Traffic study on road network and identify transport improvement projects required in salem

Salem is the fifth largest city with a population of 7.54 lakhs (2011) in Tamil Nadu. Fast growth in population and vehicles in these centre have caused congestion in roads for movement of passengers and goods affecting economic development. Local Authorities faced with great difficulties to identify required various road improvement projects. An efficient transportation network is the need of the present urban scenario to tackle the discussed problems. The identified road network selected for the study comprises 162 road links in Salem Corporation. Existing traffic condition, surface condition of carriageway, street lighting, footpath condition and drainage condition in the Salem Corporation area has been studied in detail. Traffic volume count survey was conducted on the idendified 162 road links in Salem Corporation to identify the type of transport facilities required for the road links. In Salem Corporation area 44 road links required removal of onstreet parking and encroachment, 52 road links required widening of carriageway, 23 road links required traffic management measures with extrawidening to carry the existing traffic flow efficiently.