Summary:
One of the busiest stretches in the city, Medavakkam Main Road links city suburbs including Madipakkam, Puzhuthivakkam, Ullagaram and Kovilambakkam with the metropolitan areas. “The work on Vanuvampettai-Kilkattalai stretch began a couple of years ago and there has been a lot of inconvenience ever since. Just when we thought the widened roads will ease traffic, they dug the roads again. With a movie theatre in the stretch, the area is frequented by motorists late night. The widening of the Medavakkam Main Road between St Thomas Mount station and Koot Road junction near Quaid-E-Milleth Government College (totally nine kilometres) is undertaken by the State Highways Department at the cost of `14 crore..