A STUDY ON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURE AT VIJAYANAGAR INTERSECTION –VELACHERY

Transportation has always been a crucial aspect of human civilization, but it is only in the second half of the last century that the phenomenon of traffic congestion has become predominant due to the rapid increase in the number of vehicles and in the transportation demand in virtually all transportation modes. The Government has taken initiatives to develop the National Highways at the rate of about 20 km per day (i.e. about 7,300 km per year). Accordingly, an Average project implementation period of about 3 years, works of about 20,000 km is to be in progress at any point of time. Tamil Nadu is having a total road length of 1,99,040 km Tamil Nadu has about 14257 km of Highways network which is designated as National Highways and State Highways on the basis of traffic intensity and connectivity. There are 25 national highways in Tamil Nadu out of which 12 national highways runs within Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu has an extensive road network. State road network covers about 153 km per 100 km2 area, which is higher than the country's average road network coverage of 103 km per 10 km2 area