To help the pedestrians cross busy city thoroughfares, the state government has granted administrative sanction to construct foot overbridges with escalators at seven points across the city.

The highways department has given a go-ahead to the proposal submitted by the metro division of the highways. The work will be carried out at an estimated cost of `28 crore, with financial assistance from the World Bank.

On the GST Road, two such bridges will come up near Chromepet GH and MEPZ. Another one is due to make its appearance at Vaishnav College on the Poonamalee EVR High Road. The IT corridor will get two foot overbridges with escalators, near TCS and Perungudi junction. On the Inner Ring Road, a bridge will come up near SBOA school and another will be constructed at the Velachery By-pass.

A high-level meeting chaired by chief secretary S. Malathi, decided that the escalator should have a folding-type ramp instead of staircases, so that elderly people, women and children will be comfortable using it. The highways department will soon invite tenders for construction of these bridges after finalising the design.

Will Chennai get escalators similar to the above image? Hope for the best.

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