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Kovai Junction Transformation Programme
About the Programme
Road safety is one of Coimbatore’s most urgent urban challenges. In 2024 alone, the city recorded 642 road accidents, with 176 fatalities and 589 injuries. Strikingly, pedestrians accounted for nearly 60% of these incidents (387 cases), leading to 102 deaths and 281 injuries. These figures highlight the disproportionate risks faced by vulnerable road users and the critical need for safer, people-centric street design.
At the core of this challenge are the city’s intersections. As convergence points for multiple movements, they often suffer from poor geometry, inadequate channelisation, unsafe pedestrian facilities, and unregulated turning movements— making them hotspots for both accidents and congestion. Without systematic redesign, junctions will continue to endanger citizens, disrupt traffic flow, and diminish urban livability.
To address this, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC), in collaboration with the Traffic Police and the Highway Road Safety Division, and Initiatives of Change Centre for Governance (ICCfG), launched the Kovai Junction Transformation Programme in September 2024. This flagship initiative is aimed at making urban intersections safe, efficient, accessible, and inclusive for all road users.
Our Focus
Design Approach
30 Critical Intersections
As the first phase of this initiative, CCMC identified 30 critical junctions based on their record of accidents, conflict points, blackspots, and overall safety concerns.
Each junction is being reimagined with safer pedestrian crossings, streamlined layouts, organised turning movements, and people-friendly spaces. With detailed studies completed and pilot interventions tested, the first redesigned junctions are already delivering visible improvements on the ground.
Status
20–25 junctions — reached final design readiness.
4–5 junctions — under active construction (improved channelisation, safer crossings, upgraded traffic management).
1–2 junctions — fully completed, serving as pilot demonstrations.