City Corporate & Business Plan - Municipal

Chapter ñ 8 Final Report: Ambur Municipality
8.6 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
Transport infrastructure forms a backbone of any economy and plays an important
role in the development of a region. It is also one of the most important
infrastructure facilities of any city. The objective of studying the transport sector is to
analyse and understand the role of transport in the present scenario of the city and
the surrounding. The study is to understand the existing potentials, strengths
weaknesses and constraints of the Transport sector and consequently arrive at
strategies and projects which will form an integral part of the City Development.
8.6.1 Regional Linkages- Roads, Railways and Airways
The transport linkage for the district is well connected in terms of road, rail and
airways. The town is connected with the National Highway 46 which connects
Chennai to Bengaluru. The district is well connected with National Highways, District
Roads and Municipal Roads that traverse the length and breadth of the district of
Vellore.
8.6.2 Town Level Road Network and Hierarchy
The town is well connected with the National Highways, District Roads and Municipal
Road that crisscross Ambur Town. The municipal roads collect Traffic from Collector
roads and joins with arterial roads.
8.6.3 National and State Highway
Following NH, SH pass through the town:
Table 8-20: Length of National Highways Passing through Ambur
S. No. Name of the Road Length (In Km)
1 National Highways 6
2 Stat Highway 5
Total 11
Source: Engineering Department, Ambur Municipality
8.6.4 Municipal Roads
The municipality is maintaining a total length of 105 Km of roads within the town. The
category of the roads maintained by the municipality are given in the table below:
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