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Vehicles can be seen dropping off and picking up passengers right in front of these shops. But work got delayed due to land acquisition issues and shortage of sand, said state highway department officials.Consequently, the cost escalated to ?82 crore, according to the department’s policy note.Traffic routes were changed in order to facilitate construction. Motorists bound towards airport or Guindy from Tambaram or Chromepet had to opt for Indira Gandhi Road (near Ya Mohideen Biryani Centre) instead of continuing on GST Road.V Santhanam from Federation of Civic and Welfare Associations of Pallavaram said despite the diversion, traffic was chaotic. This facility was designed to help vehicles cross three junctions — Pallavaram Shanty Road, Kundrathur Signal and Alstom Signal — with ease.According to official data, every day more than two lakh vehicles use the GST Road and among them 15,000 cross the stretch where the flyover is coming up.Construction begun in 2015 and July 2018 was set as the tentative deadline. CHENNAI: Traffic congestion due to the ongoing construction of a flyover along Grand Southern Trunk (GST) Road is a major inconvenience for motorists heading to the Chennai airport from the southern suburbs of the city.Delay in construction of this key flyover at Pallvaram in South Chennai has worsened traffic conditions, particularly during rush hours.The three-lane unidirectional grade separator, announced in 2013-14 at an estimated cost of ?69 crore, aims at easing traffic going towards Kathipara junction from Tambaram..