CHENNAI: The state government plans to construct seven flyovers at vital junctions and seven bridges over water bodies in Chennai. These includes plans to link the North Usman Road and South Usman Road flyovers into a single grade separator up to Anna Salai or extend the South Usman Road flyover up to Anna Salai, for which a feasibility study has been proposed.Tabling the policy note for his department in the assembly on Monday, local administration minister K P Munusamy said: "A feasibility study for the construction of flyovers will be taken up through consultants." The announcement is seen as an endorsement of the corporation's plan spelt out in its budget presented in March.Apart from T Nagar, flyovers have been proposed at the junction of Adithanar Salai, Pantheon Road and Dr Rukmani Lakshmipathy Road, near the Mandaveli bus stand, at the K K Nagar-Arcot Road junction; at the Gandhi Mandapam Salai-Ponniamman Koil Salai junction in Kotturpuram, the Bharathi Salai-Royapettah Clock Tower junction, and at the Sterling Road junction.Most residents seem happy. S Abhaya Kumar of Mylai Ranganathan Street said the plan to link the two flyovers in T Nagar would ease congestion to a great extent. "Presently, residents of adjoining lanes find it difficult during emergencies," he said.Munusamy also announced a plan for small/large bridges across water bodies, including Otteri Nullah, Captain Cotton Canal , Virugambakkam canal and Kodungaiyur canal. However, Raj Cherubal of City Connect, a NGO, threw a sour note saying, "We don't know how far these plans will go. Often, feasibility studies are done for flyovers but we don't know if they will even materialize."