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SEMINAR ON ELEVATED CORRIDORS FOR CHENNAI: A PROBLEM OR A SOLUTION?

Explore why elevated corridors are not justified for Chennai, favoring a small proportion of car owning population, pushing congestion to other locations, and being expensive and inefficient response to traffic problems.

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SEMINAR ON ELEVATED CORRIDORS FOR CHENNAI: A PROBLEM OR A SOLUTION?

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  1. SEMINAR ON ELEVATED CORRIDORS FOR CHENNAI: A PROBLEM OR A SOLUTION?

  2. WHY ARE THEY NOT JUSTIFIED FOR CHENNAI? • Favour only a small proportion of Car owning population • Simply push congestion from one location to another • Expensive and inefficient response to the cities’ traffic problems • Cost intensive- around four times more

  3. WHY ARE THEY NOT JUSTIFIED FOR CHENNAI? • Against sustainable transportation Principles • Inaccessible to pedestrians /cyclists • Adverse visual and Aesthetic impacts • Air and Noise pollution • Incompatible land uses.

  4. WHY ARE THEY NOT JUSTIFIED FOR CHENNAI? (Contd) • Contradicts the goals of the SMP Modal split Promotion of non-motorized Transport • Incremental construction is impossible-sub- optimal utilization till the Project- period • No scope for expansion in the future

  5. WHY ARE THEY NOT JUSTIFIED FOR CHENNAI? (Contd) • May lead to acute congestion on approach roads • Disastrous consequences in the event of accidents or breakdowns • Impossible to design the elevated expressway as an independent roadway.

  6. WHY ARE THEY NOT JUSTIFIED FOR • CHENNAI? (Contd) • Instead of expanding the same Thoroughfare other Routes should be explored • Existing flyovers in Chennai are writings on the wall- Congestion on the surface and free flow on Elevated Corridors • Walls of tall buildings will create a canyon-like effect on Elevated roads and intensify air pollution and noise level

  7. WHY ARE THEY NOT JUSTIFIED FOR CHENNAI? (Contd) • Elevated corridors included like a Bolt from the Blue in the SMP • Comprehensive Transportation Plan currently under preparation. Why can not Elevated Corridors wait for its finalization.

  8. STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CONGESTION • Up-gradation of existing Road Links and Intersections • Provision of Missing Links • Synchronization & Rationalization of Signals • Stress on Short trips to Long Trips

  9. JUSTIFICATION NOT ESTABLISHED • Traffic congestion is not a valid justification for elevated roads • Congestion due to inept-management and laxity in enforcement • Evaluation of cost effective alternatives • Assessment of the demand and shift from other routes

  10. FOLLOW UP ACTION ON THE • PROPOSALS OF THE SMP • Ban encroachments/parking of any type on commercial roads • Redeem footpaths from encroachments • Provision of network of passages for pedestrians and cyclists • Adoption of Transportation demand • Management

  11. Light House Option 1Part 1/2 Broken Bridge Elliots Beach

  12. Elliots Beach Church Astalaxmi Temple Option 1Part 2 / 2 To Kottivakkam

  13. Elliots Beach Option 2 M T C Depot M G Road L B Road

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