For the residents of this famous commercial and temple town, traffic snarls have been a persistent problem with narrow roads being the main constraint.
The town has a few roads measuring 50 feet wide and the internal roads are even less spacious which make traffic movement a tardy and clumsy affair.
This municipal town is an important road junction linked to Bapatla, Chirala, Guntur, and Repalle but the roads are not wide enough to facilitate smooth movement of traffic.
The roads leading to Bapatla and Guntur have been proposed to be widened to 100 and 150 feet respectively.
However, these proposals, which figure in the Master Plan, have not yet emerged from the conceptual stage partly due to paucity of funds and objections by the local residents and some commercial establishments.
Except the Anjaneya Swamy temple road, all other roads are narrow measuring not more than 40 feet each.
The Guntur road has been a major traffic bottleneck for a long time and it is still waiting for a proper solution.
The civic officials claim to be seized of the matter but to no avail.
The main market area is another problematic area with thousands of vehicles parked in a haphazard manner. Pedestrians have little space to walk through this central locality of the town.
