Calls rise for Seaport-Airport road extension

KOCHI: Despite several interventions, a rapid surge in vehicle numbers has left the Edappally-Aluva-Athani section on NH 544 — the primary gateway to Kochi airport located 28 km north of the city — heavily congested, affecting hundreds of travellers.

The traffic gridlock, especially at key choke points like the Marthanda Varma bridge in Aluva, is worsening by the day even as calls grow louder for the implementation of the second phase of the Seaport-Airport Road on a war footing.