Land acquisition for the 8.6-km Sitra-Kurumbapalayam Road widening is about 35% complete, and the state highways department expects construction to begin in the next financial year, likely from April 2027. The route runs from Sitra Junction on Avinashi Road to Kurumbapalayam via Kalapatti and serves traffic towards Mettupalayam, Ooty and the Nilgiris.

The ₹51.22-crore project will provide a four-lane road with a 20-metre right of way, two 7.5-metre-wide carriageways, a central median and pedestrian footpaths. The government has earmarked ₹27 crore to acquire private land.

Landowners are disputing compensation, citing valuations of ₹1,000 and ₹155 per sq ft for different survey fields within the project area. They say officials used 2020 sale data and seek valuations based on genuine market transactions and guideline values under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Act. District Collector Pavankumar G Giriyappanavar had directed revenue and highways officials to expedite acquisition. Highways officials said discussions are under way; compensation varies with structures and whether land is barren or agricultural.

Landowners whose properties are being acquired for widening the Sitra-Kurumbapalayam road have challenged compensation fixed by the district administration. They say agricultural land was valued at about ₹153 per square foot, nearly one-ninth of the approximately ₹1,001 per square foot awarded for nearby residential land in the same survey field number. The dispute has remained unresolved since 2020.

Around 70 affected landowners, including 30 agricultural landowners, plan to submit representations to Collector Pavankumar G Giriyappanavar and Kavundampalayam MLA Kanimozhi Santhosh. B Praburaj has petitioned the Chief Minister’s Cell for valuation statements, comparable sale deeds, calculation sheets, market-value proceedings and other assessment records.

Praburaj alleges officials failed to consider eligible sales within the 1,600-metre search area prescribed for linear acquisitions, including transactions a few hundred metres away in the same corridor, and instead used agricultural guideline values. He says this violates the 2013 land acquisition law and has caused financial losses.

Coimbatore district administration has directed officials to expedite land acquisition for widening the Sitra–Kurumbapalayam road into a four-lane carriageway. The project costs ₹51.22 crore.

Traffic is worsening at the Sitra-Kalapatti-Airport junction on Avinashi Road, where the State Highways Department has yet to build a load-bearing stormwater drain or widen the road. The junction connects Coimbatore International Airport, educational institutions, industries, hospitals and commercial establishments. Signals were removed and a U-turn system introduced, but an open sewage channel, vehicle queues, narrow roads and a lack of traffic police cause congestion; motorists struggle to turn left towards Kalapatti.

The district road safety committee and State Highways road safety wing proposed concrete covers over the channels and widening the stretch by 5 metres. Divisional Engineer G Manuneethi said a proposal submitted over a year ago sought a 5-metre-wide load-bearing cover for about 50 metres, from the U-turn to Kalapatti Junction. The collector orally instructed officials at last month’s road safety committee meeting to build the drains immediately, but work has not begun. The special projects wing said Chennai Metro Rail Limited had instructed it not to start new work on the left side of Avinashi Road towards Neelambur because of the upcoming metro project. A 10.1-km elevated flyover is being built on Avinashi Road, bypassing the junction among others.