 Vaikom-Ettumanoor Road which traverses Vallakam is the life-line linking the village with prominent markets like Thalayolaparambu and Kuruppanthara to the East and the municipal town of Vaikom to the West.The village's system of canals too were important in transportation till recent times.These are non-functional now because of large scale 'filling' of them for housing and other purposes and due to the spread of the fresh water weed called in Malayalam 'African payal' (Salvinia molesta) which chokes inland waterways.