Dsp thrissur ch9

District Spatial Plan - Thrissur CONNECTIVITY

Department of Town & Country Planning, KeralaDepartment of Town & Country Planning, Kerala

9.1 DESCRIPTION OF HIERARCHY OF SETTLEMENTS

As per the settlement analysis, it is found that

the settlements in the District can be grouped in to four

hierarchies. The future hierarchy of settlement of the

district evolved shows that Thrissur Municipal Corpo-

ration is the highest order settlement in the District.

Chalakkudy Municipal Council, Irinjalakkuda Municipal

Council, Kunnamkulam Municipal Council are the ex-

isting and Chelakkara and Mattathur are the proposed

second order settlements. Kodungallur Municipal Coun-

cil, Guruvayur Municipal Council and Grama Panchayats

of Alagappanagar, Pananchery, Venkitangu, Valappad

and Wadakkanchery are the proposed third order settle-

Fig: 9.1: Suggested hierarchy of settlements

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ments. In general there is one first order settlement, 5

second order settlements and 7 third order settlements

in the District as shown in figure 9.1.

9.2 DESCRIPTION OF HIERARCHY OF NODES

The hierarchy of a node is indicated by the ex-

tent of activity taking place in the node. The study of

hierarchy of node shows that, obviously Thrissur round

and surrounding area is the 1st order node of the Dis-

trict acting as a commercial centre serving the entire

District. Based on the service area of the existing sec-

ond order nodes, nine extra nodes are proposed as sec-

ond order for serving the entire area effectively by con-

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sidering population distribution, centrality and exist-

ing status. Similarly based on the service area of the

existing third order nodes, ten extra nodes are pro-

posed as third order nodes for serving the entire area

effectively by considering population distribution, cen-

trality and existing status of the nodes. Finally there

are 20 suggested second order nodes and 43 suggested

third order nodes. The suggested hierarchy of nodes is

shown in fig 9.2.

Fig: 9.2: Suggested hierarchy of nodes

9.3 EXISTING NETWORK

The roads in Thrissur district are considered as

the main connecting link between northern and south-

ern part of state. In most of traffic junctions the avail-

able road space is encroached upon for non transport

purposes. The major roads in Thrissur were former foot

paths. Only a few roads were properly designed. Due

to limited resources and land availability for develop-

ment, proper road standards is not still attained. Im-

provement to road project planning and designing are

essential to provide efficient road network system. Fig

9.3 shows the existing road network system.

National Highways provide inter-state and inter-

district connectivity. It is proposed to upgrade the stan-

dards of National Highways to meet future require-

ments by providing a Right of Way of 45 meters, with 4-

line carriage way of 3.75 meters wide lanes and service

roads of 3.75 meters each.

The existing National Highways in the district are:

1. 60 Km. of Kanyakumari – Salem NH-47

from Vaniyampara to Karukutty

2. 64.562 Km. NH- 17 from Palapetty to

Moothakunnam and kodungallur Bye-Pass 3.75 Km.

Under NHAI, Fourlaning of NH-47 from Mannuthy to

Karukutty is in progress and will be completed by 2011.

Fourlaning of balance portion in the district from

Mannuthy to Vaniyampara is being taken up by NHAI.

Also Alignment of Fourlaning of NH-17 from

Kottappuram to Chettuva has been approved by NHAI

and land acquisition is in progress.

Thrissur Junction is one of busiest and important

railway junctions in South India, connecting Thrissur city

with the rest of Kerala and India. It lies in the Shoranur-

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Cochin Harbour section of Trivandrum division. Thrissur

Railway Station is operated by the Chennai-headquar-

tered Southern Railways of the Indian Railways. The

railway station of Thrissur lies on the main railway line

that connects Kerala with the rest of India. Hence,

Thrissur Railway Station is an important gateway to

Kerala. It is the halting point of all express, long dis-

tance and local trains and have three platforms. The

station is located in the heart of the Thrissur city and

handles over 20,000 passengers daily.

Thrissur has a well maintained network of rail-

way tracks that connects the place to all parts of India

with much ease and convenience. As an important rail-

way station of the Southern Railways network, Thrissur

is one of the important halting stops for any train pass-

ing through the region. The local trains of Thrissur which

pass through this station cater to the local population

who prefer to travel by train from one city to another.

Regular train services are there to Cochin and Palakkad

are available from here. Thrissur also has a suburban

station at Punkunnam and Ollur, but only local passen-

ger trains and a few express trains stops here.

9.4 SUGGESTED NETWORK

The road net work should connect the higher or-

der settlements and nodes. Figure 9.4 shows the sug-

gested hierarchy of nodes and settlements together

with existing major road network. From the figure, it is

clear that most of the suggested 1st, 2nd order nodes

and suggested 1st, 2nd and 3rd order settlements are well

connected by already existing NH, SH and other district

road.

Conceptual road network is prepared based on

the existing and proposed hierarchy of settlements.

The analysis of the above map clearly reveals the

following facts.

1. The entire district depends upon the

monocentric single first order settlement ie, Thrissur

Municipal Corporation for higher order facilities.

2. Considering the service area of the first order

settlement, Thrissur Municipal Corporation shows the

clear primacy.

3. As far as the linkage between the first order

settlement and second order settlement is concerned,

Fig: 9.3: Existing road network

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Fig: 9.4: Suggested hierarchies of nodes and settlements along with existing road network

there is already exist a radial pattern of roads which

support the planning concept of road network for a

settlement which is centrally located.

Incorporating the spatial distribution of settle-

ment in the District, the following conceptual road net-

work can be suggested. And it is shown in fig.9.5

Conceptual road network contains mainly five

types of proposed roads. They are as follows.

1. Ring Road

2. Radial Roads (1st order Road) – Connecting 1st

order settlement with second order settlement.

3. Loop Roads (2nd order Road) - Connecting all

2nd order settlements

4. Road connecting loop road and 3rd order

settlement (3rd order road)

5. By Pass Roads

9.5 FUTURE CONNECTIVITY

Transportation always depends upon the posi-

tion of nodes and the rank of the nodes. In Kerala sce-

nario where perfect urban – rural continuum exist,

nodes plays a crucial role in the transportation network.

Hence it is highly essential to modify the proposed road

network based on proposed hierarchy of nodes. So

modification of proposed road network based on the

hierarchy of nodes is necessary.

Based on the hierarchy of nodes, Thrissur Round

becomes the first order node. And based on the servic-

ing area of the existing second order nodes, nine extra

nodes are proposed as second order for serving the

entire area effectively by considering population dis-

tribution, centrality and existing status of the nodes

which is described above. Similarly based on the ser-

vicing area of the existing third order nodes, ten extra

nodes are proposed as third order for serving the en-

tire area effectively by considering population distri-

bution, centrality and existing status of the nodes which

is described above.

By superimposing the suggested conceptual road

network with the proposed hierarchy of nodes, it is

found that most of the proposed and existing 1st, 2nd, 3rd

order nodes are already incorporated in the proposed

Map Generated for IDDPby TCPD, Thrissur Unit

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Fig: 9.5 Suggested Conceptual Road Network based on hierarchy of settlements

Fig: 9.6: Future connectivity

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road network and all other proposed and existing 1st ,

2nd and 3rd order nodes are well connected by already

existing NH, SH and other district road.

Modified proposed road network contains mainly

five types of proposed roads. They are as follows.

1. Ring Road around Thrissur Municipal Corpora-

tion

2. Radial Roads (1st order Road) – Connecting 1st

order settlement with second order settlement.

3. Ring Road connecting second orders.

4. Road connecting ring road with other major

nodes.

5. By Pass Roads.

Some routes of radial roads, loop roads and by-

pass are changed by considering the hierarchy of nodes

in the modified road network. Hence there is not much

difference in the proposed conceptual road network.

And it is shown in fig.9.6.

9.6 INFERENCE

Conceptual road network based on hierarchy of

settlement has been derived and superimposed over

the existing transportation network to derive the pro-

posed road network. The proposed road network is

modified based on the spatial distribution of hierarchy

of nodes. The proposed transportation network

emerged out from the study consist of 1st order radial

roads with second order loop roads which support and

justify the transportation planning concept for a

monocentric region.

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