Mylapore street awaits pedestrian friendly makeover

One of the major streets in the locality, Kalvi Varu street links Mundakanniamman Koil Street to Thirumayilai railway station.“The project will be implemented under ‘Namakku Naame Thittam’ under which we have taken up the beautification of Buckingham Canal,” a Chennai Corporation official said.

He added that design for the redevelopment has been prepared and the street would have wider footpaths, street furniture, parking space and greenery like the pedestrian plaza in T Nagar. On Friday, Chennai Corporation Commissioner G Prakash inspected the street and reviewed the design prepared for the street.

The civic body is slated to spend Rs 4 crore for the street which spans around 400 meters in length.

The Buckingham Canal is also supposed to undergo an overhaul as the civic body has proposed to create walkways, bicycle track and a green bank to promote non-motorised transport between Kasturibai Nagar and Tiruvanmiyur MRTS stations.

Under the non-motorised transport policy, the Corporation has proposed to redevelop 87 streets extending up to 112 kilometres with bicycle tracks and walkways.