₹1.50-crore project to redevelop Vyttila Junction nearing completion
A ₹1.5 crore redevelopment project at Vyttila Junction in Kochi is nearing completion to improve traffic flow and safety. The project involves structural modifications, including the removal of medians and the addition of a dedicated bus bay.
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Infrastructure improvements at major transit hubs are critical for urban mobility and reducing traffic congestion in rapidly growing metropolitan areas.
The ₹1.5 crore project of the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) to redevelop Vyttila Junction here is nearing completion, with a bulk of works being completed.
The widened and redeveloped portions beneath the Vyttila flyover are being opened to traffic in a phased manner. The redevelopment work is being carried out mainly by dismantling considerable portions of the medians and the roundabout that the Public Works department (NH wing) had built beneath the flyover.
A senior traffic police official said that 80% of the junction redevelopment work was over, while the work to lay paver blocks on the south-eastern side of Kaniampuzha Road (that leads to the Vyttila Mobility Hub) was under way. “The paving work has been delayed due to rain. On its part, Keltron ought to relocate traffic signal posts towards the extreme ends of the freshly developed carriageways on different sides of the junction,” the official said.
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