The ongoing works to trim three traffic islands at Edappally Junction to
pave way for smoother vehicle flow will be completed by the end of this
week.
This will create two new lanes on the junction’s northern and southern
sides. The modification works on the southern side – on the
Edappally-Vyttila road- is expected to considerably decongest the
traffic at the junction. Following this, an island on the northern side
will be trimmed and two free-left turns widened.
The work to widen the free-left turn on the junction’s south-western
side for a distance of about 350 metres will be taken up after the
islands are modified.
A good share of the width of the service road is now being used to park
vehicles and the PWD intends to add a few metres of the road to the
free-left turn.
Following constant traffic snarls at all four directions after the
opening of Lulu Mall, the District Administration had entrusted the PWD
(roads wing) with the task of widening the junction’s bell mouths and
trimming the islands. These are being done without acquiring even a cent
of unused land left by the National Highways’ Authority of India.
Sources associated with the ongoing works said the junction should have
been widened years ago, foreseeing huge traffic blocks.
On the PWD’s delay in finishing the work on the Parutheli
Palam-Marottichodu stretch, an official in the agency said the levelling
and tar coating work will be done in another fortnight.
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