Road not to have uniform width—11.2-km-long stretch from Palarivattom to Infopark to have width of 22 to 26 m, says KMRL

The narrow stretches at Alinchuvadu and Vazhakala, where metro work is progressing.

Amid reports of changes incorporated in the original alignment of Kochi Metro Phase 2, also referred to as the Pink Line, it has been revealed that the road along the 11.2-km-long corridor connecting the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with Infopark won’t have uniform width.

In its reply to an RTI query, the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) said land has been acquired such that the road along the stretch from Palarivattom to Infopark will have a width of 22 to 26 m, and that 2m on both sides is meant for construction of drainage.

D Dhanuraj, Chairman of Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), spoke to Krishna Kumar K E of The New Indian Express (TNIE) on the subject, stating that a further study on possible traffic congestion is needed if the road width is less at certain points.

“The coming-up of a metro system is said to decongest roads, though I favour a dedicated bus corridor for this. A study should be done on whether the ‘bottlenecks’ will lead to traffic congestion or not, and the solutions,”

Dhanuraj is quoted as saying.

Read the TNIE article here.

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