Pallavaram, Vandalur flyovers open, GST Road travel a breeze

Traffic bottlenecks on GST Road, gateway to the southern districts, could soon be a thing of the past. A flyover in Vandalur and another in Pallavaram, thrown open to the public by chief minister Edappadi K Palanisamy on Thursday, will ensure that.
Work on the two flyovers had begun in 2016. The flyover in Vandalur is a two-way stretch and is expected to ease congestion for at least 2km on GST Road.
The flyover in Pallavaram, about 1.5km long, is a uni-directional bridge like the one abutting the city's airport.
A senior official from the highways department said at least 10,000 vehicles take the stretch during peak hours daily. With the inauguration of the Vandalur flyover, vehicles coming from Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road can turn left and proceed towards Chengalpet or take a U-turn under the flyover and head towards Perungalathur and beyond, he said.
On the three-lane Pallavaram flyover, which can carry 5,000 vehicles during peak hours, an official said it will help motorists and vehicle users to avoid three traffic intersection on the GST Road, namely the old English Electric company junction, Sandhai road junction and Kundrathur road junction.
The Pallavaram flyover cost `82.76 crore, while the one in Vandalur was constructed for `59 crore, the official said.