T. Nagar pedestrian plaza plans up again
Posted on: 31/Aug/2015 10:26:02 AM
The Chennai Corporation will build multi level parking lots. The government body hopes to re create the T. Nagar pedestrian plaza.
Officials said, `We are considering building a multi-level parking lot on Muthukrishnan Salai, near Panagal Park. We own around 10 cents of land close to the Metro Water Area Office here and we have involved consultants to study the feasibility. The traders (of the pedestrian plaza project) opposed it because they thought if vehicles are not permitted, then they would lose out on business. So if there is any chance of it working out, we have to find spots for people to park their vehicles in and then walk into the plaza.`
`The already proposed parking lot at Panagal Park has run into opposition from environmentalists. That is why we decided to explore the option of constructing underground storeys. It looks like we may have to explore that option in any of our future parking lot projects`, said officials. They are also concerned about the Metro Rail constructions in the area. Speaking about it, they said, `We have to determine the future course of metro rail construction before committing to such projects. There are talks that Metro Rail could be extended under Panagal Park. So, even if we build a parking lot, it could be rendered useless in the future.`
