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KV Navya ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: In a move to ease traffic congestion in Velachery, St Thomas Mount and Vanuvampet, the State Highways department will soon construct a Road Under Bridge (RUB) at the junction connecting Mount-Medavakkam Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Salai (Velachery-Alandur Road). The proposed RUB will be 290 metres long and 25.2 metres wide including the side service road and drain-cum-footpath. We realised after the construction of MRTS station near the junction that it will be chaotic. After the construction of the RUB, motorists driving towards Kilkattalai from St Thomas Mount railway station can take the underway and those going towards Velachery can take the service road. “Motorists going towards Velachery station from Vanuvampet are now taking the wrong direction for 200 metres, instead of taking a roundabout of 1.5 kilometres to reach the other side..