For more than two years now, one of the main road links between the core areas of the Coimbatore city and Ganapathy remains congested and chaotic.
According to highways officials, plans to construct two road over bridges (ROB), near Textool (an industrial unit), remains incomplete with just one two-lane bridge constructed. There does not seem to be any immediate plan to construct the second bridge. A consultant is preparing a detailed project report on widening NH 209 (the bridges are part of NH 209) for the National Highways Authority of India.
Meanwhile, the State Highways is in the process of revising the estimate and preparing a report to include the bridges as part of the proposed Gandhipuram flyover project.