Paliyekara toll plaza may go barrier-free in push to ease traffic snarls

The Paliyekara toll plaza could soon move towards a barrier-free system, with District Collector Shikha Surendran directing the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to examine the feasibility of adopting Tamil Nadu’s Tambaram model. The direction was issued at a meeting of the National Highway Task Force chaired by the Collector at her chamber, where a range of safety and infrastructure concerns along the National Highway 66 corridor were review.

The NHAI Project Director informed the meeting that the deficiencies identified in a joint inspection relating to highway safety, waterlogging and difficulties faced by pedestrians had been fully rectified. However, the Collector directed the police and Motor Vehicles department to physically verify the claims on the ground and submit a report confirming whether the corrective measures had indeed been implemented.