Vengeri overpass work likely to be completed in 3 months
The facility is expected to smoothen traffic flow on the KozhikodeBalussery route
The construction of an overpass across the sixlane Kozhikode bypass has commenced at Vengeri Junction, which is expected to smoothen traffic flow on the KozhikodeBalussery route. The work, involving the construction of a 27metrelong and 45metrewide bridge, is expected to be completed in three months.
The project had been pending at the site since January this year following an unexpected caving in of land during civil work. Delayed repositioning of major drinking water pipelines also impeded the work.
Contractors associated
Opening of the six-lane Kozhikode bypass is likely to be delayed further because of the ongoing construction of the overpass at Vengeri Junction.
with the work said they would be able to finish the project ahead of the monsoon season. “Private buses and other vehicles on the KozhikodeBalussery route are now being diverted through another road in the absence of a vehicular overpass at the Vengeri Junction. It was the poor planning by the authorities
that created such a chaotic situation.” said V.V. Sanjayan, an autorickshaw driver from the area. He said there were no clear plans for constructing such a vehicular overpass as it emerged as a lastminute requirement following the caving in of an illegally mined land.
Meanwhile, engineers associated with the work said the allegations were baseless as the sketch for the proposed overpass had been prepared several months ahead of launching the sixlaning works.
They pointed out that the work execution got delayed mainly because of the shortage of essential raw materials, especially the required quantity of soil.
At the same time, opening of the sixlane Kozhikode bypass is likely to be delayed further with the ongoing construction of the overpass at Vengeri Junction.
Shifting of drinking water pipelines on the route is one of the hazardous civil works to be executed as part of the overpass construction work.