OMR Metro Construction Update (Feb 2026): 5 Traffic Bottlenecks to Avoid Today
When your daily trip is inside Apollo Hospital Junction in Perungudi or includes the snarling Sholinganallur Interchange, the year 2026 in the month of February is making you impatient. As the Chennai Metro Rail Limited continues with CMRL Phase 2 Status, various parts of Rajiv Gandhi Salai are experiencing a lot of traffic congestion, unexpected blockages, and service lanes. This is the commuter friendly update that you can have to avoid the worst snarls today.
The “Avoid” List: Key OMR Bottlenecks Today
1. Apollo Hospital Junction, Perungudi: Blocked service lanes partially due to work of overnight placements of girder. Traffic congestion is happening due to merging resulting in long queues during rush hours.
2. Thoraipakkam – Okkiyam Stretch: Continued works of station construction have reduced carriageways. Even out of season travel is slackened by frequent OMR Diversions in this area.
3. Sholinganallur Interchange: The Interchange was one of the toughest hit areas. The construction of the Metro pillar works and grade separators still burns Sholinganallur Traffic particularly towards Medavakkam.
4. Karapakkam to Semmancheri: Digging of service lanes has moved the two-wheeler and pedestrian traffic to the main road and raised congestion and safety bets.
5. Siruseri SIPCOT to Padur: Padur: Road widening and barricade near the next Siruseri Metro Station has diminished road width considerably.
Alternative Routes to Consider
ECR (East Coast Road): It is a good road to take when going southwards of Adyar or Thiruvanmiyur.
Perumbakkam Main Road: It saves going over Sholinganallur and Medavakkam bottlenecks.
The New Flyover Update
Positive news in the mess: The new L-shaped flyover which has been recently opened on the Sardar Patel Road is improving the access of the Adyar to the OMR, with better accessibility to the Rajiv Gandhi Salai at peak time.
Travel hint: Be early, monitor domestic advice, and think smart- OMR is in urgent need at this moment.
