Trivandrum Road Development Projects: Planning For The Future
The ongoing road development projects undertaken by TRDCL (Trivandrum road Development Company Ltd) is all set to culminate the coming year. Works are fast progressing on the residual length of the 42odd km of roads taken up for expansion and come 2010 the city will host a road network it could well boast about.
TRDCL works began in 2004, with initial plans to complete the project within 3 years. But the pestilential lags with the land acquisition and related litigation dragged the project into troubled waters. However the works are well into the final laps and the current cumbersomeness experienced on our roads will soon be a thing of the past.
Kowdiar Avenue image courtesy Sudheesh Nair
These are the corridors developed/ under development under Trivandrum City Road Improvement Project. Source: The Kerala Road Fund Board website
Here is the total 4-lane network for you all to see. 
courtesy yahoomaps. This includes existing 4-lane roads and the ones u/c by TRDCL.
Out of the 42km roads being planned under TRDCL approx. 25 km will be 4/6 lane avenues. Another81 km of city roads, including 30km of 4-lane avenues are planned to be taken up under KSUDP (Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project). Details below. Source: KSUDP Trivandrum Road Projects pdf
Add on the 22km of Kazhakkutam- Kovalam Bypass, all set for expansion under NHDP (National Highway Development Project) and the city will have a network of wide interconnected road-systems which will solve the traffic glitches to a great extent. With a plethora of mega-projects like Vizhinjam Container Terminal, Technopark expansion and Technocity under various stages of development, Trivandrum is well on a race to put the necessary infrastructure in place.
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well,good to see all this.
well hoping for a day in wen all the roads are smooth and easy to drive in!
well,if tat happens,am sure there would be cameras on all the roads,tat wud b bad
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Well all the plans are fine. But the way it being carried by our people.. That’s what makes the difference, how much time all these will take and with how much precision..
A lot of authorities – CRIP, TRDCL, KSTP… our own old PWD.. New companies.. New new names.. a lot of officials.. Who all eats??
Let’s hope for the good.
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you are absolutely rightMr.kunju .Still this project moving with snail pace
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Wonderful plans!Hope we will be able to see these new roads in the near future at least.Only if our politicians wlll let this happen without any selfish motive.
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I want a new bypass from trivandrum to Thirunelveli so that it will be a boon for cargo distribution From our port
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Does anybody know if there is road widening in the kundamanbhagom -vattiyoorkavu road? (This is the by-road opposite kundamanbham Devi temple which goes and joins Vattiyoorkavu-Kodunganoor road)?
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To add my earlier post the place is called Thittamangalam
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Guys..if any body can push our authority to complete this project at the earliest please do that. I really fed up.
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