Coimbatore: With the Mettupalayam road blocked in Kavundampalayam, the vehicle lakh takes a diversion through Ambrose Road, Church Street, Pannimadai Road and Thadagam Road, especially if they head to the western part of the corporate boundaries and police guides to these routes, they don’t bother Take simple steps such as expanding the transfer, delivering the road or choosing a separate road for heavy vehicles and light vehicles, which leads to traffic jams.
Looking to Mettupalayam must be left back to the ambrose road.
, others went to Jalan Edayarpalayam-Kavundampalayam and then right to St Joseph Church Road.
They must navigate through JP Nagar and rejoin with Mettupalayam Road again.
“However, the streets marked by traffic police through J P Nagar are very narrow.
Even if one heavy vehicle comes, another vehicle is jammed,” said V Ramesh, a shop owner.
“The police did not even bother making a one-way transfer.
The local residents parked along the road made the problem worse,” said R Sivakumar from Thudiangur.
Another option given to commuter is the path of Thadagam, from where they can take the AppanenticenPalayam route and reach thudiagur.
Road, which has several speed breakers, does not have a street light.
“The authorities have allowed large vehicles such as trucks to use the road and last Saturday, when two trucks came to face each other, they were trapped for a while.
Because at 9:30 a.m., the car stacked on the route,” said R Rajasharan, a domestic driver.
The main Thadagam road has also become a nightmare for residents, shop owners and daily commuters.
The road, forced to bear the traffic of the Metupalayam, narrow and has some prominent male holes.
“As a result, with the increase in gasoline costs, the cost of US Rs 30-Rs 60 per trip from the city to Thudiyalur.
It adds five to 10 km to drive and vehicle moves at a slut speed,” said R Anbazhagan, a driver of the Autorickshaw.
With Mettupalayam Road Blocked, Traffic Chaos Rules
