Chromepet residents rejoice
Posted on: 07/Oct/2013 2:03:37 PM
There is a reason for residents of Chromepet to rejoice. Commuters using Chromepet railway station and the bus stops on either side of the Grand Southern Trunk Road will soon be able to cross the road safely thanks to a fresh proposal to construct a foot overbridge (FOB) by the highways department. The FOB will have one escalator each on either side of the road and stairs on three sides — two on the post office side and one near Chromepet Railway Station.
The highways had in fact proposed to connect this FOB with the existing one inside the railway station so that pedestrians could cross over to the other side of the tracks but the Southern Railway shot it down.
Earlier, the national highways authority of India had planned to construct an FOB at the spot and a plaque had also been laid to mark the project. However, the Southern Railway objected to providing land for the FOB inside the station.
