Heavy Vehicle Movement On Padi Flyover Increases

Today the Padi flyover has many takers. The flyover, which connects Inner Ring Road (IRR) with Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (CTH) was constructed with an aim of reducing traffic congestion. During non-peak hours, vehicular movement is smooth. 

But during peak hours a number of heavy vehicles such as buses and Lorries are using the flyover. Driving behind a heavy vehicle on a flyover is quite risky. There should be a restriction on heavy vehicles plying on flyovers. 

City roads have many bottlenecks. Flyovers are built mainly to avoid such bottlenecks and to increase the average traffic speed. But the present practice of allowing too many heavy vehicles on flyovers is not safe for the other vehicle riders. Avoiding a flyover could be a better option for heavy vehicles as they will not be forced to undergo the strain of climbing up the flyover.