Influx of more private vehicles a matter of concern, says councillor
Faced with additional influx of vehicles into the NH Bypass since Saturday, which created unprecedented snarls at Vyttila, demand is rife that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which owns the Edappally-Aroor NH Bypass, or the PWD, which built the Vyttila flyover, urgently take up the second phase development of the congested junction.
Saturday’s chaos is a symptom of what is in store, since more private vehicles are expected to converge at the junction.
Narrow slip road
The NHAI or the PWD must initiate steps to widen the narrow slip road on the eastern side (Thripunithura side) of the flyover, if need be, by acquiring land, to carve out space for vehicles from Palarivattom wanting to turn left towards the Vyttila Mobility Hub or Thripunithura and those waiting for signal to turn right towards SA Road, said Sunitha Dixon, councillor representing the Kochi Corporation’s Vyttila Division.
Kochi sees unprecedented traffic chaos as flyovers open
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Officials attribute snarls to unscientific timings fed into the signal system
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Vehicles pass through the Kundannoor flyover after its commissioning on Saturday. Unlike at Vyttila, there was no traffic congestion at Kundannoor.
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Officials attribute snarls to unscientific timings fed into the signal system
The Vyttila-Palarivattom-Edappally stretch on the NH Bypass and roads leading to it witnessed unprecedented traffic snarls, soon after a pair of six-lane flyovers were opened to traffic on Saturday afternoon.
While commuters caught unawares by serpentine snarls turned restive, traffic police personnel were seen running around, trying to unwind the hold-ups. “The fact that it was Saturday, when employees and others leave Kochi for their home towns, made matters worse. Personnel manning junctions on the Edappally-Kundannoor NH Bypass and roads leading
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French, German, EU Ambassadors check out green mobility initiatives in Kochi
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German, French and EU Ambassadors to India ride bicycles at the Vyttila Metro Station on Saturday.
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French, German, EU Ambassadors check out green mobility initiatives in Kochi
A nine-member delegation led by French, German and European Union Ambassadors to India, which visited Kochi on Saturday, coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement to contain climate change, visited Water Metro construction sites, the Cochin Shipyard where 23 AC ferries of the project are under construction and Kochi Metro’s operation, command and control centre at Muttom.