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Utilities will also be made underground to create more space for surface utilization for further development. Traffic calming measures will also be used to ensure pedestrian safety on all these streets. Additionally, the aim is to also make all these spaces accessible to all users, regardless of age, gender or physical ability through the adoption of global best practices.
With the ever-increasing number of vehicles venturing on roads, there is a need for tackling the unending traffic and road congestion. This also generates a lot of complications for the pedestrians walking on the roads. We believe that improving pedestrian pathways and promoting non-motorized transport is the key to the fluent flow of transportation. Furthermore, for expanding pedestrian pathways, there will be no digging of roads to avoid disruption of traffic.
The benefits of redesigning major roads are:-
Greater Chennai Corporation believes in striving hard to improve the quality of our environment. We constantly adapt better techniques and new technology using Research and Development to maintain the ecological balance. Keeping that in context, the Bus route roads department of GCC has proposed to redesign the 23 concrete roads by improving the pedestrian pathways. Out of the entire project, 95% of the work has been completed. Apart from widening the footpath, the following components are also proposed:-