‘Transit-oriented development-based LAP will help decongest Vyttila’

The transit-oriented development -based local-area plan for Vyttila that Kochi Corporation has mulled can effectively address long-standing issues faced by motorists, pedestrians, and others in and around Kerala’s biggest junction if implemented professionally, experts have said. The proposed LAP, the first of its kind in Kerala, would hopefully resolve issues at the poorly planned Vyttila Junction, where chaotic traffic and a lack of pedestrian infrastructure create daily challenges, said S. Gopakumar, president of the Better Kochi Response Group. U-turns “The six-lane flyover built by the PWD at the junction in 2021 is a classic example of poor planning, as town planners and other experts were not consulted during its design,” said S. Gopakumar. Widen roads, footpaths The councillor representing Vyttila Division in Kochi Corporation, Sunitha Dixon, hoped that the LAP would help undo the damage caused by shoddy planning while designing the junction and the flyover.