Aroor-Edappally highway: Encroachment, potholes make highway congested

KOCHI: With shops mushrooming on either side of the Aroor-Edappally highway and more vehicles hitting the road, the stretch has become too congested. Potholes on the road add to the trouble, making it hard for drivers to navigate on the highway. Due to all this, parking has become a major problem for shoppers as well as the shopkeepers on one of the busiest commercial stretches in the city.

“There are many shops and establishments along the Aroor-Edappally highway as the other nearby prominent locations like Vyttila and Kadavanthra are already very developed. However, the shops are not able to provide ample parking space for customers who then encroach either the highway or the service roads,” said Unnikrishnan, one of the residents and a regular traveller on this route.