New bus stand in Coimbatore

Q: Any new bus stands coming up in Coimbatore? I think I heard something recently. It would be such a blessing, the city needs these immensely.

Sandeep Krishna, Coimbatore

23rd July 2014

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All this is good, but if the authorities let the past repeat itself again, then that would be a major problem. In the past also, the Mettupalayam Road bus stand was constructed to reduce the bus traffic, but the private bus owners somehow wrangled a permission, and continued to run till Gandhipuram. I hope that the corporation is going to get all the government agencies on board and remain strict to the current plan. Even the city traffic police are welcoming this decision. With the reduced traffic in the city, its going to bring down the accident rates.

Manikandan Swami, Coimbatore

25th July 2014

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What are you saying! The city already has a number of bus stands. But yeah, we need one on the outskirts to improve the traffic condition within Coimbatore. I’ve heard about the new upcoming bus stand. Its in Vellalore, isn’t it? And like you said, its basically to hold off the heavy inflow of traffic. I think previously there was a plan to build the new bus stand on the Coimbatore-Kochi Bypass Road, because the Chettipalayam Road would then lead up to the bus stand, and it is wide enough to take all the traffic. But then they decided to go with Vellalore instead. I’m also hearing that the corporation is also going to shift the Lorry Pettai from Ukkadam to Vellalore.

Satyanathan Kumar, Coimbatore

24th July 2014

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I agree with you. I think the city does need more bus stands, especially in the outskirts of Coimbatore. This one will actually help with the traffic congestion problems that are faced by the entire city. What the corporation is planning to do, is to shift all existing mofussil bus stands, like Gandhipuram, SETC, Singanullur and Ukkadam to this new bus stand on the outskirts. Currently what is happening is that all the traffic from outside the city are aiming for all these bus stands, and it is leading to unnecessary traffic blockages. If the major bus stand is shifted to the city outskirts, then that would prevent all this extra traffic from entering the city.

Chetan Reddy, Coimbatore

23rd July 2014

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