Integrated transport system for TRIDA area mooted

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 18. A 54-km-long integrated mass transport system has been mooted to connect the Central Business District (CBD) of the State capital with Ulloor, Peroorkada, Karamana and with further extensions to Neyyattinkara, Kazhakuttom and Vizhinjam.

This has been proposed in the draft proposals presented to the State Government by the Consulting Engineering Services Ltd. which had been entrusted with the Comprehensive Traffic and Transportation Study for the Thiruvananthapuram urban area.

The proposed road network will comprise radial and ring roads along with five corridors. The development of the integrated mass transport system has been proposed in stages to minimise traffic disturbance during construction and to match with the probable funding arrangements.

The draft proposals, presented before the State-level steering committee constituted for the study, cover short, medium and long-term measures. The short-term recommendations include junction improvement, pedestrian facilities, augmentation of road capacity and traffic management and enforcement measures.

For the congested East Fort and Thampanoor area of the CBD, improvement measures have been suggested in the form of short, medium and long-term plans to be implemented in different phases.

An exclusive pedestrian corridor along Chalai market for movement between Thampanoor bus terminal and East Fort connecting the Central Railway station and Chalai has been mooted. Construction of a fly-over and reorganisation of the existing bus terminal at East Fort are included in the medium range proposals.

In order to provide complete connectivity at the district-level, a major road network system comprising five radial roads and development of two ring roads has been proposed. This will enable better connectivity between the city, the surrounding panchayats and the municipal towns of Neyyattinkara, Nedumangad,

Attingal and Varkala and also development of the region.

The final study report, which is to be presented to the Government by the end of the year, will prioritise the identified corridors for detailed engineering works and implementation.

The Principal Secretary, Transport, the Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Urban Department, chairpersons of Attingal, Nedumangad and Neyyattinkara municipalities, the State transport Commissioner, the District Collector, the Chief Town Planner, the TRIDA Secretary, the Executive Director of CES, Mr. B.C. Roy, and the senior consultant, Mr. Thomas Paulose, attended the meeting.

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