THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The authorities on Saturday launched a major two-day work on the Althara-Thycaud stretch to make the road motorable by the end of this month.
As part of the redevelopment work, the road from Bakery Jn to Vazhuthacaud Jn will be closed to traffic on Saturday and Sunday. The nearly 3km-long stretch has been in a dilapidated condition for the past several months owing to the cut-open roads. Heavy traffic blocks have been a regular scene on the stretch ever since Smart City Thiruvananthapuram Ltd (SCTL) launched the redevelopment works.
The implementation of the ambitious smart road project, launched two years back to upgrade the stretch with new-age features, has missed multiple deadlines owing to a range of issues, including bursting of sewage lines, termination of contract work, delay in tendering and getting the contractors for undertaking the work.
