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Coimbatore: The city corporation is all set to commence works on the restoration and rejuvenation of three lakes and model roads, which were proposed more than a year ago under the smart city mission, at the earliest.Corporation officials said the multi-crore projects would commence from July. Singanallur lake would be developed in the third phase. “Tenders were floated in May and the work order will be issued within a few weeks,” said a senior corporation official, who didn’t want to be named. “The entire road will be designed in such a way to enable harvesting of rainwater,” said another corporation official.In the second phase of lake rejuvenation project, Narasampathy, Krishnampathy, Selvampathy and Kumarasamy lakes would be developed. Other amenities include a uniform carriage way, shelters for commuters and parking space..