Chennai: 500m stretch at Kelambakkam turns OMR traffic bottleneck
CHENNAI: Offices and educational institutions along OMR are resuming work and traffic snarls have begun paralysing Kelambakkam again.
A stretch of OMR that is barely 500m long and passes through the busy Kelambakkam market area continues to be a bottleneck for road users as the six-lane IT Corridor (Rajiv Gandhi Expressway) narrows down at this junction, leading to vehicles getting piled up for long distances in both directions during peak hours. Now, as a temporary solution, the authorities plan to throw open a portion of an unfinished bypass at Padur on OMR soon to divert traffic.
Two-wheelers encroaching upon the carriageway on either side of the road further shrink the motorable space, leading to traffic moving at a snail’s pace.
