Thrissur will soon get the state’s first skywalk bridge which will connect four main centres of the city.
The Thrissur Municipal Corporation has prepared a plan for a circular walk bridge around Shakthan Nagar.
The work will be supported by state and corporation and will be implemented under the Union government’s Amrutham project.
The Union government will bear 50 percent of the project cost, while the Kerala government will provide 30 percent of the expense, and the remaining 20 percent will be provided by the corporation.
The Centre has allotted Rs 270 crore for the Thrissur Corporation under the Amrutham Project. The bridge will be constructed using the funds allotted for urban road development under the project. The Centre will allot 20 percent of the funds in the initial stage.
The skywalk bridge will connect four centres around Sakthan Nagar -- Ekkanda Warrier road, M.O. road, Sakthan Nagar and Kokkale. It will have a perimeter of 279 mtr and four entries and four exits. The walkway will be constructed in steel structure.
In addition to the skywalk bridge, a foot overbridge will come up at North bus stand. Other projects under the Amrutham project are modernisation of the existing footpaths, new footpaths on the sides of state highways at Patturiakkal, and a subway at M.O. road connecting to Nayarangadi.