Melepazhavangady flyover work to affect traffic.

Traffic will be disrupted on the Overbridge-Pazhavangady stretch of M.G. Road from the second week of June with a section of the road being barricaded for taking up the 40-metre obligatory span of the Melepazhavangady flyover.

From June 10, only two lanes (6.5 m) will be available on each side of the carriageway for traffic. This will lead to chaos at East Fort, the nerve centre of city bus operations.

The effect of the partial closure will be felt on the arterial road as there is no alternative corridor to divert the traffic. Moreover, more vehicles will enter the city after schools and colleges reopen. The Assembly session will begin on June 9.

A 15-metre-long and two-metre-wide pedestrian tunnel will be created on both sides of the road where the obligatory span will come up for safe movement of pedestrians. The tunnel, to be made through staging framework lined with plywood, will be well lit and have eight cameras to make it women-friendly and check anti-social activities.

THE HINDU