I hope the ROB opens soon. I think it was mentioned in some tv news that this ROB will be complete by august end. it will make airport commute from OMR a breeze.

Pallavaram Flyover Construction over GST road - Taken Today (8/24)

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Thanks for the pics Vijay!

^^
Good work Vijay!
This will definitely cut down the distance between OMR & airport.

Does all the flyover ramps connected to the road on all sides?
When completed....Pallavaram and Chrompet will have simiilar one on top of GST !!

^^
Good work Vijay!
This will definitely cut down the distance between OMR & airport.

Does all the flyover ramps connected to the road on all sides?
When completed....Pallavaram and Chrompet will have simiilar one on top of GST !!

Thanks guys.

The flyover ramps are almost touching the ground on all sides. A few of the ramps are fully completed. But the ramps towards the Chromepet side of GST road are still hanging a few feet above the ground. but it is a matter of a day's work to bring them down to the ground.

Once the elevated Circle over GST road is completed, I guess they'll start with road laying works.

Source: Dinakaran Tamil Newspaper, dated 26-Aug-2010 (http://www.dinakaran.com/chennaidetail.aspx?id=13839&id1=9)

A combination of two flyovers and a subway are being planned at the intersections near Anna nagar Arch and Ampa Mall.

The total cost is expected to be around Rs. 120 Crore and the construction is expected to be completed in 2 years.

The design is being finalized and tenders will be floated soon.

^^
This news was already published in Times of India at the start of this year. Back then, the cost was quoted to be Rs. 80 Crore. Now we're reading the news again with the cost as Rs. 120 Crore. but nothing actually seems to have moved on ground. Is this a legitimate proposal from the planners or just some media published story?

Can some one help me understand the above proposed flyovers and subways and their traffic flows ?? with gmaps if possible :)

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOICH/2010/01/09/5/Img/Pc0051100.jpg

I think this is the picture of proposed flyovers. But the width of flyovers is only 7 meters!!!

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOICH/2010/01/09/5/Img/Pc0051100.jpg

I think this is the picture of proposed flyovers. But the width of flyovers is only 7 meters!!!

Thanks for the pic ... Ya plan looks cool ..

But 7m is two lane right ??? Y cant they go for four lane at one go ..???

but considering increase in road size at the places where ramps and subway join PH road there will be very large land acquisition needed .. Let see how thy do this ...

In P.H road , Metro is UG/ Overhead ???Will not this road subway obstruct even if Metro is UG???

Very confusing and complex project:nuts:

^^ I suppose the Metro will go below the subway? And I do hope they don'd actually have 90-degree bends in the flyovers - that's just ridiculous!

Thanks for the pic ... Ya plan looks cool ..

But 7m is two lane right ??? Y cant they go for four lane at one go ..???

but considering increase in road size at the places where ramps and subway join PH road there will be very large land acquisition needed .. Let see how thy do this ...

In P.H road , Metro is UG/ Overhead ???Will not this road subway obstruct even if Metro is UG???

Very confusing and complex project:nuts:

guys , metro is not touching that part of P.H road. metro ll take a right at aminjikarai junction and reach anna nagar via Thiru vi ka park and chinthamani.

^^ Oh i c :)... Off topic req. - Is there any detailed plan available for metro ... With road alignment n all ... ?

last week i passed by koyembedu flyover. the flyover is 90% complete. just one month work is left. if they work efficiently they can inaugurate by october 15. just only one link is left out in all directions. i mean rohini theatre side towards annanagar, one link towards PH road side and one link near vijaykanth mandapam side.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article596489.ece

The State Highways Department will go for a re-tender within a week for the construction of a bridge in Adyar and at Moolakadai junction.

It will be the fourth call for the project to construct a three-lane facility across the Adyar river. The bridge will be constructed between the Thiru Vi.Ka. bridge and the old bridge, which is not in use.

As regards the bridge at the Moolakadai junction on Grand Northern Trunk Road, it will be for the third time that the department will be floating a tender.

The time taken to finalise the construction contract is on account of the high rates quoted by the contractors in response to the previous tenders.

The contractors, in turn, have cited a shortage of workforce as the reason for quoting high.

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^^ Oh i c :)... Off topic req. - Is there any detailed plan available for metro ... With road alignment n all ... ?

Details are available in this thread:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=591102

Koyembadu flyver
-Royal shan hotel end
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Connecting ramp towards vadapalani from maduravoyil
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junction
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towards central
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connecting ramp from vadapalani to central
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Rohini Threate end
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Thanks for the pics cityrider82.
The area around the construction looks messy, waiting to see a good structure once completed.

Perambur Murasoli Maran flyover got green look with music water fountain.

http://dkn.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/08/28/20100828a_003101006.jpg

^^

More news, the above park and music fountain will be opened by DCM in one month.

http://dkn.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/08/28/20100828a_003101003.jpg

DKN

Good to see open spaces getting transformed to nice little parks. Hope our not so environment friendly People start appreciating beauty in all forms and contribute their mite to maintain and expand.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article596489.ece

The State Highways Department will go for a re-tender within a week for the construction of a bridge in Adyar and at Moolakadai junction.

It will be the fourth call for the project to construct a three-lane facility across the Adyar river. The bridge will be constructed between the Thiru Vi.Ka. bridge and the old bridge, which is not in use.

As regards the bridge at the Moolakadai junction on Grand Northern Trunk Road, it will be for the third time that the department will be floating a tender.

The time taken to finalise the construction contract is on account of the high rates quoted by the contractors in response to the previous tenders.

The contractors, in turn, have cited a shortage of workforce as the reason for quoting high.

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Happen to see this tender in ToI sunday issue


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@ cityrider: Thanks for the great updates! A small request (pun intended) - can you please resize your photos to 1024*768 or 800*600 when you upload them?

It'll save all visitors a lot of page-loading time and allow them to appreciate your updates better..

Thanks! :)

@ cityrider: Thanks for the great updates! A small request (pun intended) - can you please resize your photos to 1024*768 or 800*600 when you upload them?

It'll save all visitors a lot of page-loading time and allow them to appreciate your updates better..

Thanks! :)

^^Thanks dude...
Yes i agree.. I jus upload pics directly to web from my phone... anyways i will resize and uplaod from next time onwards

great updates city rider ... :) use tinypic .. It allows u to resize acc to forum size ...

:cripes: Noooooo, tinypic is blocked here, please use imageshack, you can resize there as well.

Vadapalani signal to get two tier flyover with metro corridor in the 2nd tier and IRR road traffic in 1st tier.

http://dkn.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/09/01/20100901a_003101006.jpg

DKN

^^Thanks Arul. The picture seems to be an artist's depiction of the proposed flyover and not the actual plan. Am sure the road is wide enough to accommodate a 4 lane flyover.

The Chennai Corporation Council on Tuesday extended the deadline for completion of two flyovers, including the upcoming facility in Rangarajapuram, and two subway projects being implemented by the civic body in association with the Southern Railway.

The new deadline for completion of the Rangarajapuram flyover will be January 31, 2011.

According to Corporation officials, the delay in completion of the work was mainly on account of protests by residents of the locality, difficulties faced in taking over a part of a temple land, time taken to entrust the work front to the contractor and rain.

The railway's component of the work is expected to be completed by October.

The council has accepted the request by the contractor for extension of deadline for the flyover on Cocraine Basin Road-Kathivakkam High Road to June 30, 2011.

The project has been delayed on account of litigation, according to a resolution tabled in the council.

The deadline for completing the subway at a level crossing (LC-2) in Villivakkam is January 31, 2011. The extension follows a request from the contractor for two more months after completion of the railways portion of the work. This work has also been delayed because of litigation. Over 30 per cent of the work has been completed.

The new deadline for completion of the subway on Monegar Choultry Road is March 31, 2011.

Around 60 per cent of the work has been completed, the resolution said.

Source : http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article606056.ece

Any updates on Mint flyover ???

Just been to Chennai after a year....almost i have travelled/seen on all Major flyovers in the current form.... traffic is too much at every corner inspite these many flyovers.....Gov should think more than just contructing flyover at each junctions and adapt some process/approach to ease traffics....such as Lane maintenance / force to use more public transport...

Loyola college to till end of Subway - Took 30 min - Just less than 1 KM


The A/C volvo just contains few 10-15 passengers at non-peak hours....I found only 3-5 passengers on CMBT-Mahabalipuram route.....Horrible..

Thanks for the pic ... Ya plan looks cool ..

But 7m is two lane right ??? Y cant they go for four lane at one go ..???

but considering increase in road size at the places where ramps and subway join PH road there will be very large land acquisition needed .. Let see how thy do this ...

In P.H road , Metro is UG/ Overhead ???Will not this road subway obstruct even if Metro is UG???

Very confusing and complex project:nuts:

This is my first post in this forum. Have been following this for while.
The plan is not Good in my opinion. Its a simple POINT SOLUTION. My reasons

1. Downstream to flyover in Nelson Manickam Road is not free flowing today. So the flyover is simply going to backlog through flyover to Annanagar.
2. The Ampa Mall entry is from NM Road. Obviously flyover cant end before the entrance. So Anna Nagar to Ampa Mall has to take circuitious route. Not that this is the main traffic, but still a substantial one.
3. The flyover needs to be convuluted or Squared one - neither an easy one to construct nor easy to drive through.

Other points.
1. 7m is width of each carriageway, 2 lanes on each side. Looking at the plan, its not 1 but 2 independent flyovers.
2. The other simple alternative is to construct a flyover on the PH over the entire area - with a subway from Anna Arch to PH right as indicated in this.

The vijay nagar junction in velachery lacks a flyover. It is one of the most important junction in South Chennai. During peak hours vehicles are jam packed close to a km and one takes a long time to cross that junction. Some flyovers one in chromepet mit junction are of only little use. Only few vehicles are using that. But here in velachery, life for commuters is miserable.
So, This junction badly needs a flyover.

^^ They have already proposed flyovers in this junction. More @ Times of India, Chennai Edition, dated 18th April, 2010 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Velachery-junction-to-get-2-flyovers/articleshow/5827051.cms)

I dont think so.
Lot of works needs to be done before starting this project.

1) Velachery VJnagar - IT Corridor six laning project underway expected to be completed in a year.
2) Canal works in progress on the VJnagar - Tambaram highway.
3) VJnagar bus terminus needs to be relocated.
4) Velachery main road needs to be widened.

So only after finishing all these works, one can actually even think of constructing a flyover. Do you think that works will start in the near future? God only knows!!!

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/funds-okayed-bridge-534

Chennai: Concerned about the increasing number of deaths that are being caused by accidents at the railway level crossing between Alandur and Adambakkam, the Southern Railway, in coordination with the local body, has decided to construct a foot-over bridge at an estimated cost of `1.56 crore. Alandur council also agreed to pay a maintenance fee of `3.12 lakh.

I dont think so.


Dude, I didn't say there is already a flyover there OR that they have started constructing one. I was merely pointing out the fact that "flyovers were already proposed" as a reply to your comment such as "The vijay nagar junction in velachery lacks a flyover." and "So, This junction badly needs a flyover."

What do you mean by "I dont think so":?

Dude, I didn't say there is already a flyover there OR that they have started constructing one. I was merely pointing out the fact that "flyovers were already proposed" as a reply to your comment such as "The vijay nagar junction in velachery lacks a flyover." and "So, This junction badly needs a flyover."

What do you mean by "I dont think so":?

I am just refering to that article, which explains about the location and the structure of flyovers proposed. It is not feasible to construct a flyover as proposed. There are lot of problems. This is what was mentioning.

Let them 1st clear the thatched shops and the Tasmac/tea kadai at the junction of the bypass road with the Velachery terminus. The six lane road narrows into 2 lanes here - ridiculous. Then move the bus terminus to the MRTS station, and widen the roads to their full width: that, in itself will make a difference. We can look at flyovers later. Just building flyovers over existing chaos will make no difference, except in the pockets of the local politicians.

Let them 1st clear the thatched shops and the Tasmac/tea kadai at the junction of the bypass road with the Velachery terminus. The six lane road narrows into 2 lanes here - ridiculous. Then move the bus terminus to the MRTS station, and widen the roads to their full width: that, in itself will make a difference. We can look at flyovers later. Just building flyovers over existing chaos will make no difference, except in the pockets of the local politicians.

From the day this By-pass was constructed, all the road side shops were demolished but for this small shops near the bus stand. All the corporate full size buses block this road in the morning traffic and even a simple left turn takes 30 mins in the busy hr. We lack the Will to complete the project to get full benefit to the public.

An update on the Radial road - GST road flyover between Pallavaram and Chromepet. The bridge including the rotary seems to be complete except for plastering/painting work. They have removed all the supporting structures and scaffoldings. Black topping work is in progress on the ramps on both sides of GST road. Could not take a pic as I was riding my bike, and will try to take one while going by car! :)

^^^Welcome onboard Mr.Gansan..

An update on the Radial road - GST road flyover between Pallavaram and Chromepet. The bridge including the rotary seems to be complete except for plastering/painting work. They have removed all the supporting structures and scaffoldings. Black topping work is in progress on the ramps on both sides of GST road. Could not take a pic as I was riding my bike, and will try to take one while going by car! :)


The govt is planning to inaugurate this flyover in the first week of october. the flyovers that we can expect to be inaugurated within next 7 months are..

1. koyembedu flyover.
2. rangarajapuram flyover.
3. pallavaram radial road flyover.
4. tambaram flyover. i think thats it. any other flyovers possible friends please add.

What about flyover from thoraipakkam-Pallavaram road flyover to GST. That was supposed to be complete by now?

^^^Welcome onboard Mr.Gansan..

Thank you very much!

What about flyover from thoraipakkam-Pallavaram road flyover to GST. That was supposed to be complete by now?

That was the one I was talking about, buddy! :) That road is called Radial road.

When I crossed it this evening they were installing the lamp posts on the flyover.

Thanks. That will make my commute to airport a breeze.

The govt is planning to inaugurate this flyover in the first week of october. the flyovers that we can expect to be inaugurated within next 7 months are..

1. koyembedu flyover.
2. rangarajapuram flyover.
3. pallavaram radial road flyover.
4. tambaram flyover. i think thats it. any other flyovers possible friends please add.

I have not seen # 1 & 2 recently.

#3 is a very distinct possibility.

#4 is a remote possibility IMO. A lot of work seems to be pending.

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DP, thanks for posting image on the progress.....
This ramp will be ending right in front of the Vandalur zoo's entrance!!

we also need a flyover near crescent eng college.

It is probably time to upgrade the GST stretch from Tambaram to Chengalpet to an access controlled freeway. Considering the flyovers for almost each intersection, and the need for more, this would be a good start and streamline traffic and provide a service road and exits at each of these junctions...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article697452.ece

The work to strengthen and beautify the Stanley flyover opposite the Central railway station will be completed by March 2011, Mayor M. Subramanian said here on Saturday.

“The bridge, which is being renovated at a cost of Rs.70.27 lakh, will have paintings depicting the Tamil culture,” he said at the launch of the work. The bridge was constructed 25 years ago by the Highways Department. The Chennai Corporation would be implementing the work.

Nine bridges, subways

Mr. Subramanian said that nine bridges and subways in the city were being renovated and strengthened at a total cost of Rs.3.65 crore.

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http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/21/stories/2010092159100300.htm

CHENNAI: Traffic congestion on Nelson Manickam Road may reduce in a few months as work to construct a bridge across the Cooum river in Mehta Nagar is set to be completed by January.

The facility, being constructed at a cost of Rs.3.68 crore by Chennai Corporation, will link Mehta Nagar Officer's Colony First Street and Venkatachalapathy Street near Harrington Road.

B. Damodaran, a resident of Mehta Nagar, said that apart from the residents of Mehta Nagar, the bridge would be beneficial to those travelling from Nungambakkam to Chetpet, Sterling Road and Kilpauk. Traffic on Nelson Manickam Road would also be reduced as the bridge would serve as a short-cut route.

Officials of the Corporation said the bridge would be 150 metres long and 8.5 metres wide and have pedestrian footpaths. A part of the construction cost is being met from the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Fund.

The civic body is also carrying out widening works of bridges and culverts in various parts of the city. Work to widen the bridge in Aspiran Garden, which connects traffic between Kilpauk Garden Road and New Avadi Road, has begun. As the road is being used by more motorists, the bridge across Otteri Nullah canal is being widening from the existing 7.5 m to 11.5 m facility. The Rs.55.34 lakh project would be completed in six months, officials said.

Similarly, a culvert on Cochrane Basin Road is being widened at a cost of Rs.33.93 lakh and the work would be completed in four months. The level of the culvert at the junction of Kalasathamman Koil Street and Chinnandi Madam, Kodungaiyur is being raised at a cost of Rs.20.24 lakh.

Work to renovate the damaged subway near Communicable Diseases Hospital, Tondiarpet, is set to be completed by this month-end, the officials added.

Flyover links IT corridor to airport

Courtesy : The Times Of India

Chennai: Soon,reaching the airport from the IT Corridor will become quicker with the flyover in Pallavaram ready for use.The Road Over Bridge (ROB),expected to be inaugurated by deputy chief minister M K Stalin in the first week of October,was approved by the government in October 2000.
Despite being approved by the state government in 2000,the actual work began only in March 2004 at an original estimate of Rs 19 crore.Land acquisition was another reason for the delay.However,due to litigation and cost escalations,the project remained halfdone in 2007 when it was supposed to be completed.It was then given to a new contractor with a revised estimate of Rs 44.50 crore.By the time work resumed in October 2008,1.62 hectares of required land was acquired at Rs 20 crore.
On Tuesday,highways department workers were giving final touches,including laying bitumen on the service lanes and painting the rotary-shaped structure.More than 98% of the work has been completed.The project cost is equally shared by the state highways and the Southern Railway, said Southern Railway officials.
The flyover connects the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road with GST Road.Those travelling to and from the IT Corridor will do so on a four-lane stretch while for those travelling from Guindy to Tambaram,the flyover is a two-lane stretch.This is to enable more vehicles from the OMR and ECR to reach GST Road faster.The aim is to give software company personnel on OMR better connectivity to the airport and to decongest the routes used by them now, Pallavaram municipality chairman E Karunanidhi told TOI.With 42 street lights,a high-mast lamp and a rainwater harvesting system,the 2,200metre long flyover is 15 metres wide enough for two MTC buses and includes a median.Channels on both sides will discharge excess rainwater into a collection pit below.Bitumen-topped service lanes three metres wide and enough for a car to pass through are being laid on both sides.
The bridge,which will connect busy stretches like GST Road,Velachery Main Road,Medavakkam Main Road,OMR and ECR,is sure to bring cheers to thousands in Thoraipakkam,Nanmangalam,Kovilambakkam,Pallavaram,Madipakkam,Thiruneermalai and Pammal.The bridge is a boon for thousands of residents who can now travel without any traffic chaos, said S Meenakshi of Pallavaram.
The Rs 44.50-crore flyover,similar to those at Chromepet and Padi,is part of Southern Railways gauge conversion project between Tambaram and Chennai Beach.

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Chennai South flyover update

1) Vandalur ROB- Construction over Railway track and GST in progress
2) Tambaram ROB- Construction over GST in progress
3) Chrompet ROB - final work like painting, lighting in progress
4) Pallavaram RUB (Vels College road) - Digging in the west side commenced
5) Pallavaram ROB - No changes
6) Rangarajapuram ROB - Constrution over railway tracks and connection to both sides in progress

Chennai South flyover update
2) Tambaram ROB- Construction over GST in progress

Are u sure? Because I pass by this every day and never seen any work going..

Are u sure? Because I pass by this every day and never seen any work going..

I have seen few people working in the Mudichur Road part of the flyover other than that I have not seen any progress.

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Shame for Chennai Corporation and Mayor.

Vandalur ROB update. Work is going on over the railway line

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Thanks for the photos. Appreciate your initiative.

I am concerned about Chennai investing in building bridges that are nothing but elevated round abouts. It has proven to be a big mess all over the world, especially if the traffic exceeds a particular volume (which will be true in Chennai on Day 1). In NJ, USA there used to be 80 round abouts and now they are spending millions of dollars eliminating it. There are less than 10 now. Hopefully, these bridges don't become bottlenecks like the ones in NJ later on.

^^ whats the alternative?

for round abouts? I hope you are not kidding...:)
Just any other interchange. could be clover leaf, trumpet, diamond or anything else including a combo of the above. The investment will certainly be costlier compared to the round abouts. But if the traffic is more than what the round about can handle, then the entire money invested in the round about will go waste (besides the money required for replacing it with a different interchange later).

That is why I am hoping that the planners did enough research and forward planning while deciding to implement a roundabout.

good pixs

Any news on the Pallavaram ROB opening. They were telling it will open in fist week of Oct. Hope the politicians find sometime to open it so that public can use the benefits. 10 years of long waiting time is too much. Happy that it is finally done.

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http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/08/stories/2010100861090300.htm

Any news on the Pallavaram ROB opening. They were telling it will open in fist week of Oct. Hope the politicians find sometime to open it so that public can use the benefits. 10 years of long waiting time is too much. Happy that it is finally done.

I am also interested in the same. Can anyone who uses GST confirm the current status(if it is open or not).

Almost all works on the GST road side seem complete. Lamp posts on the bridge as well the mast in the centre are erected, but no connection given. The approach road on the radial road side seems to be incomplete.

There is no way to climb on the bridge and check, as all approaches are blocked.

^^ The approach road and the service roads on the radial road side are complete.. they have even painted the interior wall at the end of the ramp in the radial road side with Yellow / black arrow to notify the slight curve at the end.. i saw that the wire connections to all the lamp post has been provided.. not sure on what else is pending apart from some VVIP's date..

Nice to know atleast the work is completed. It should be a matter of days or week. It is a irony in democracy people are left to poiliticians & VVIPs wrath. I remember the Maduvangarai ROB bridge in Guindy was made open to public after they did get opening dates from VVIP's for some months. Hope this also goes the same way so that public can utilize the benefits.

I am not sure if it is just a matter of waiting for VIP dates. So far as I have seen, both the MIT as well as MEPZ flyovers were opened to the public at least a month before they were officially "inaugurated" by VIPs.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article825518.ece

Commissioning of the Villivakkam vehicular subway, a much-awaited facility to decongest traffic in north Chennai, will be delayed. The subway, which was scheduled to be completed last month, will be opened by January-end.

Officials of Chennai Corporation, which is implementing the project in association with Southern Railway, said the delay was mainly on account of the heavy rains between July and September.

Visiting the project site on Monday, Mayor M. Subramanian said the civic body had completed 85 per cent of the work. Southern Railway has installed three of the five concrete boxes, each 4.5 metre high and 10.6 m long, below the tracks. The remaining work is expected to be completed by mid-January.

The Rs.34.16-crore sub-way will be 447.50-metre long and 13 metre wide, which includes 2.5 m wide cycle tracks. The Corporation officials said work on the subway began in 2009 and the project faced many hurdles, including those related to acquisition of land and removal of encroachments.

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Any luck on opening Pallavaram ROB. It almost 2 weeks since th folks started painiting the Paraphet walls

^^This evening I saw all the brand new street lights blazing on the ramp climbing up from the Pallavaram side ( I was proceeding to Chromepet ). Looked very grand. Work was proceeding under the lights - I think they were blacktopping the approach to the ramp.

Great News, It should be a milestone event for easy access to airport from OMR and all southern suburbs. It should also help people to reach Pallavaram & Chrompet stations. Need to put some lights on this section road from OMR to Pallavram ROB to avoid accidents.

Guys,

anyone got any good news for people living in Velachery???? This part of the city got a huge population in the past decade r so, but wer is the development??? Every other day to cross that Vijaya nagar junction is a huge task.

Is there any possiblilty of a flyover any time soon for this junction r any quick plans from the government to move the bus terminus next to the railway station???

Guys,

anyone got any good news for people living in Velachery???? This part of the city got a huge population in the past decade r so, but wer is the development??? Every other day to cross that Vijaya nagar junction is a huge task.

Is there any possiblilty of a flyover any time soon for this junction r any quick plans from the government to move the bus terminus next to the railway station???

The problem with Velachery Flyover is is the whole section of land owners from Bus stand to Macdonald's have gone to Supreme court and got stay on land accusation. ey want a high compensation which the govt is not ready to give. All of them have high political connections. The land filling in Bus stand is ready but need a shed. This Project unfortunately is done by railways (no one knows why)

The problem with Velachery Flyover is is the whole section of land owners from Bus stand to Macdonald's have gone to Supreme court and got stay on land accusation. ey want a high compensation which the govt is not ready to give. All of them have high political connections. The land filling in Bus stand is ready but need a shed. This Project unfortunately is done by railways (no one knows why)

Isn't those encroachment lands???? all those sutherland n adjoining buildings?????

And bout the bus stand, did the land filling got over jus now??? i guess its ready for almost 6 months now......... All it needs is a shed.......... if a politican meeting is arranged a shed comes up overnight...... when its somethin good for the people it takes more than 6 months........

and one more big thing i wanted to ask the government......... when the built that ROB bridge some 10 yrs back y dint the widen the road that time wen the land prices were really low????? y cant our politicians think one step ahead???

They are not encroched, they are notified lands when highways dept wantend to increase the road width and build the Velachery flyover. As you can see most of them are pushing the building behind (like A2B) . They are looking for higher compensation and have gone to Supreme court. Some guys have agreed. You can also see a bunch of thatched shops on the Bypass road corner. Its all owned by the same person. Let's hope they find amicable settelment so that Velachery flyover can start.

This is my first post.
Pallavaram ROB will be opened on Oct 29 by M.K. Stalin. This information was told by Tha.mo. Anbarasan (minister?) in a function held at keelkattalai.

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Good news.

Welcome to SSC.

This is my first post.
Pallavaram ROB will be opened on Oct 29 by M.K. Stalin. This information was told by Tha.mo. Anbarasan (minister?) in a function held at keelkattalai.

good news. welcome krishnaswamy, vivek

Kris, Welcome

(Lateaa vandallum latest news oda vandhingae) on Pallavaram ROB

thanks krishnaswamy for the update.. i have been waiting for this so long... guys.. what do you think when we will get the MTC bus route for OMR to pallavaram thru radial road using this bridge?

thanks krishnaswamy for the update.. i have been waiting for this so long... guys.. what do you think when we will get the MTC bus route for OMR to pallavaram thru radial road using this bridge?
I am living there in Dharga Road only. but i am currently away for the last 4 months. the buzz was , MTC plans to operate more buses through that route ASAP. Airport to OMR, Mangadu to OMR, Pallavaram to OMR via keelkattalai, pallvaram to velachery

I am living there in Dharga Road only. but i am currently away for the last 4 months. the buzz was , MTC plans to operate more buses through that route ASAP. Airport to OMR, Mangadu to OMR, Pallavaram to OMR via keelkattalai, pallvaram to velachery

that is great news krish.. i am also living near keelkattlai junction.. lets wait and see the development.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Railway-gives-nod-to-one-more-subway/articleshow/6765819.cms

CHENNAI: Soon, north Chennai will get another vehicular subway, with Southern Railway giving its nod to general arrangement drawings (GAD) of the Chennai Corporation to complete Bojaraja Nagar and Dr Vijayaraghavalu Road project.

About 5,000 families in Bojaraja Nagar, Srinivasapuram and Mint Modern Colony off Korukkupet had been cut off from the rest of the city by three railway lines Beach-Washermenpet-Korukkupet, Central Station-Gummindipoondi- Delhi and Beach-Basin Bridge-Arakkonam. These lines are flooded with expresses and EMUs, besides goods trains.

Says a senior corporation official: "Now that the GAD has been accepted, we will conduct an inspection next week with senior Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board officials to work to shift service lines in the alignment area. Then a detailed estimate for the project will be drawn for floating tenders." The subway is likely to be 350 m long and 5.5 m wide.

There were plenty of representations from locals for a subway, given that the number of expresses and goods trains increased over the years. The level crossings are closed for most part of the day and traffic, during peak hours, comes to a grinding halt.

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good news. welcome krishnaswamy, vivek

i also heard unoffcial news that they will soon start the MTC buses on this routes..

Yesterday i was Travelling from velacherry to Tambaram and happend to cross across Pallavarm ROB!!!!!!!!!!! Got some shots!!!!!!!!! Its mobile camera so wasn't able to zoom too much!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img35.imageshack.us/i/image007ct.jpg/ - GST from Chrompet towards Guindy. Its up till the street lights!!!!!!!!!!
http://img688.imageshack.us/i/image008zs.jpg/ -GST the center Roundabout
http://img180.imageshack.us/i/image009l.jpg/ - Work on Full swing to level the ground and straighten the Service lane.
http://img204.imageshack.us/i/image010br.jpg/ - .
http://img266.imageshack.us/i/image011mw.jpg/ - Paintin (Rather White wash ???)
http://img828.imageshack.us/i/image012t.jpg/
http://img295.imageshack.us/i/image013yj.jpg/
http://img801.imageshack.us/i/image014e.jpg/ From velachery all painted
http://img830.imageshack.us/i/image015ty.jpg/ From velachery

Expected to open on 29th. thats wat the person who was supervising told me!!!!!!!!!

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thanks vivek for the PICs...

Cool pics there Vivek - thanks for the update!

:)

Vivek, I cannot see the pics. Anyone else has the same problem ?

GST from Chrompet towards Guindy. Its up till the street lights!!!!!!!!!!
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1194/image007ct.jpg

GST the center Roundabout
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7468/image008zs.jpg

Work on Full swing to level the ground and straighten the Service lane.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7834/image009l.jpg

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/2633/image010br.jpg

Paintin (Rather White wash ???)
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9726/image011mw.jpg/

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2995/image012t.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7924/image013yj.jpg

From velachery all painted
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5811/image014e.jpg

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/245/image015ty.jpg

Comments and Pictures Courtesy: cheetukutty/SSC

^^ Nice pictures of the Radial road - GST Road ROB! But why do you say Guindy and Velachery, they are a long way off from here! The last few pictures are the view as one enters from Zamin Pallavaram (Radial road) side. The other pics show the GST road view as one proceeds towards pallavaram.

Hope they clear the debris below and do some nice landscaping.

^^ Nice pictures of the Radial road - GST Road ROB! But why do you say Guindy and Velachery, they are a long way off from here! The last few pictures are the view as one enters from Zamin Pallavaram (Radial road) side. The other pics show the GST road view as one proceeds towards pallavaram.

Hey dude!!!

Im more of an North madras guy!!!!!!!!!!! I lived there for 20 yrs from childhood!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I moved to velacherry jus 4 yrs back n these places r comparatively new to me!!!!!!!!!! I mentioned it that way cuz I knew it that way!!!!!!!!!! Anyways i got to know 2 places from the above comment!!!!!!!!!!!

Minda Vechikkaren!!!!!!!!!!!! Use pandren :P

Can someone let me know why people(Including me) r not able to see the images uploaded by me in the forum???? N the same reposted by Satishanu is visible???

How do i correct it??? I uploaded with the help of Image shacks!!!!!!!!!!! wats the error????

Just copy and paste the direct url that Imageshack provides (2nd text box on the right side).

Your URL
http://img35.imageshack.us/i/image007ct.jpg

Hope they clear the debris below and do some nice landscaping.

Also, I would be more happy if they add median lights all along the road, not just the flyover.

Hey dude!!!

Im more of an North madras guy!!!!!!!!!!! I lived there for 20 yrs from childhood!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I moved to velacherry jus 4 yrs back n these places r comparatively new to me!!!!!!!!!! I mentioned it that way cuz I knew it that way!!!!!!!!!! Anyways i got to know 2 places from the above comment!!!!!!!!!!!

Minda Vechikkaren!!!!!!!!!!!! Use pandren :P

Ha,ha! No offence my friend, but not everyone will like to be addressed as "dude"!

Well, then keep these places also in mind! As you proceed from Chromepet, Guindy is 13 KM away and comes after these places: Pallavaram, Tirusulam,Meenambakkam, Pazhavanthangal and Alandur (St.Thomas Mount). Similarly as you proceed on Radial road, you will first cross Zamin Pallavaram, Kilkattalai and one more place (Kovilambakkam, I think) before you reach Velachery!:)

Also, I would be more happy if they add median lights all along the road, not just the flyover.

Median lights exist and pre-date the ROB by quite a few years.

Excellent work, Vivek. You have kept the velachery flag flying. (I'm also from RPG, Velacahery) I am sure this ROB will make life easy for so many people. Folks can get to the airport from OMR in 20 minutes flat. It should provide a good alternate route to reach GST. Hope the GST portion from ROB to airport is wide enough to accomadate this additional traffic.

lets all hope that this month 29th they will open it for public..

as you all said, if we get median lights till OMR (entire stretch), that would be gr8.. i doubt we get that within next few years.

hope, MTC buses will be starting soon.

Median lights exist and pre-date the ROB by quite a few years.


as you all said, if we get median lights till OMR (entire stretch), that would be gr8.. i doubt we get that within next few years.


What I said goes only for the GST road stretch, of course. The Radial road becomes a "Godforsaken stretch" after dark, as everyone knows.

Excellent work, Vivek. You have kept the velachery flag flying. (I'm also from RPG, Velacahery) I am sure this ROB will make life easy for so many people. Folks can get to the airport from OMR in 20 minutes flat. It should provide a good alternate route to reach GST. Hope the GST portion from ROB to airport is wide enough to accomadate this additional traffic.

Tanx Murali!!!!!!!

This will make Life great for people in Velachery for sure!!!!!!!!!!!! all these So called Volvo's (jus kiddin) of all (If not all, some) the It Stretch will move to GST via Pallavaram ROB and avoid Vijaya Nagar!!!!!!!!!!! :banana:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article841238.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00272/22THBRIDGE_272617f.jpg

Work on the 45-year-old structure at Kodambakkam will be completed in a year

The work to strengthen the 45-year-old Kodambakkam bridge began on Thursday.

It is being strengthened at a cost of Rs.4.74 crore and the project will be completed in a year, Mayor M. Subramanian said after launching the work.

The bridge, which is 623 metres long and 12.8 metres wide, is an important link to several localities in west Chennai and the suburbs. Similar works to restore and strengthen 10 bridges and subways in various parts of the city are under way, at a cost of Rs.8.39 crore, he added.

Micro concrete would be used to repair the Kodambakkam Bridge and wet wrapping method would be followed to strengthen and preserve the columns.

As the bearings of the bridge are damaged, special jacks would be used to raise the height of the bridge during the repair work.

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The news is offical now The Pallavaram ROB is to be opened by Dy Cheif Minister on 29th Oct. (TOI- update) Quite a Milestone as far the Southern suburbs are concerned. Wishing everyone a safe journey.

Yes. This will bring a much awaited huge relief to road users from Madippakkam to Medavakkam, the entire OMR stretch and also Velachery. The radial road which was conceived last decade has taken very long time to become truly operational.

I beleive that Tambaram ROB will also be ready latest MArch 2011 which will further reduce congestion.

Velachery: has become a densly populated and happening place in chennai for past few years...but the drains on the 100 feet road is a big eye soar. Is there any plan to do something about it...? The drain is full of garbage dumps and not even free flowing and stinks...Can't they atlest fence it properly (as they have done In drains of Domulur and Indirnagar, Bng) so that people do not throw garbages and make it clog.

But anyway a permament solution has to found out. Can close it by building concrete foot path or service road... something like that. With all branded stores, mall, food joints popping up..priority should be give to do something about this unavoidable eye sore.

Next is velachery main road....a high time sucker. As IT corridor is connected to it some good plan has to be in place to widen the road...

Much of the drain has to be covered when they bulid the Velachery Flyovers (Don't know when). Based on the new plan a 10 ft wide Canal is to be built as part of flood mitigation on the 6 lane Perugdi Velachery road which will also become a eye sore. With all the so called branded shops dumping their daily distbin waste into the canal no wonr this canal is full of plastic waste. Let's wait for the monsoon rain for flushing the canal.

Much of the drain has to be covered when they bulid the Velachery Flyovers (Don't know when). Based on the new plan a 10 ft wide Canal is to be built as part of flood mitigation on the 6 lane Perugdi Velachery road which will also become a eye sore. With all the so called branded shops dumping their daily distbin waste into the canal no wonr this canal is full of plastic waste. Let's wait for the monsoon rain for flushing the canal.

Monsoon will not flush the canal for sure. Monsoon will once again inundate velachery and Madipakkam. Year on year we see boats introduced for the rescue operations. When will the public and Govt(The worst encroacher of Pallikaranai Marsh Land) realize for their irresponsible act.

Much of the drain has to be covered when they bulid the Velachery Flyovers (Don't know when). Based on the new plan a 10 ft wide Canal is to be built as part of flood mitigation on the 6 lane Perugdi Velachery road which will also become a eye sore. With all the so called branded shops dumping their daily distbin waste into the canal no wonr this canal is full of plastic waste. Let's wait for the monsoon rain for flushing the canal.

:ohno:Another 10 feet drain ..oh gosh. Drains are important but why can't they cover it up with nice asthetic removable concrete slabs and make them a neat foot path kind....
Most of them in India lack social repsonsiblity..that is why our environment is like this..Thanks for such a good news of another drain coming up...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/A-decade-later-flyover-at-Pallavaram-ready-to-open-on-October-29/articleshow/6800648.cms

CHENNAI: Exactly a decade after sanction was given by the state government to replace the manned railway level crossing in Pallavaram with a road overbridge, a rotary-shaped-flyover is all set to be inaugurated by deputy chief minister M K Stalin next Friday.

"More than 99% of the work has been completed. The project cost has been equally shared by the state highways and Southern Railway," said an official of the Southern Railway.

Considered to be one of the long-awaited but much-delayed projects in the southern suburbs, the Rs 44.5-crore flyover, which is similar to MIT Chromepet and Padi flyovers, is part of the 1999 plan of gauge conversion between Tambaram and Chennai Beach by the Southern Railway and the Railway Works Project of the state highways.

Despite the nod by the state government in October 2000, the actual work began only in March 2004 at an original estimate of Rs 19 crore. The delay was due to the preparation of the blue print of the project and also in getting nod from various layers of administration in the railways and state highways. Land acqusisation was another reason for the delay.

Due to litigations and cost esculations, the project could only be half-completed in 2007 - the year when the flyover should have been ready as per the agreement between state highways and the private contractor. The project was then given to a new contractor, East Coast Construction & Industries (p) Ltd, with a revised estimate of Rs 44.50 crore. By the time work resumed in October 2008, 1.62 hectare of required land was also acquired at a cost of Rs 20 crore.

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Hi Guys,

All our prayers are getting answered as i am drafting this. Laying of medain lights all along Pallavaram- Thoraipakkam Radial road has been signed off and the work begined last saturday evening. The work went on whole night. They have digged hole for median lights starting from Pallavaram to the first four way junction (Kovilambakkam). As of today morning they had laid the lamps till Vels college and works are in full swing. Think they are going to complete the work before the flyover inaugeration.

Regards,
Saro

Finally Pallavaram radial road flyover is ready

http://tm.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/10/26/20101026a_003101005.jpg

DKN

Ooo" what a sight. A dream come true for many. Though a lot of flyovers have connected GST this being a direct connection from OMR is a very important and will serve a lot. Thanks AM for posting the image

why aren't we using segmental construction in Chennai ?

I guess metro is the first project which is using segmental in Chennai..

Hi Guys,

All our prayers are getting answered as i am drafting this. Laying of medain lights all along Pallavaram- Thoraipakkam Radial road has been signed off and the work begined last saturday evening. The work went on whole night. They have digged hole for median lights starting from Pallavaram to the first four way junction (Kovilambakkam). As of today morning they had laid the lamps till Vels college and works are in full swing. Think they are going to complete the work before the flyover inaugeration.

Regards,
Saro

That is great newsssssss saro... :banana::banana: i am jumping to the sky.. wow..

The next big thing which can happen in this area as far as connection to the GST road from Velachey station is the Adambakkam Bridge opening. It is almost near to completion and may open up in a couple of months. The Southern suburbs are in for a bonaza.

Not sure what is the status on the Tambaram ROB. Can that be opened in the next 6 months.

Finally Pallavaram radial road flyover is ready

http://tm.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/10/26/20101026a_003101005.jpg

DKN

hopefully the TAMBARAM ROB gets completed soon, means the entire GST strech from guindy bw tambaram will improve.

The next big thing which can happen in this area as far as connection to the GST road from Velachey station is the Adambakkam Bridge opening. It is almost near to completion and may open up in a couple of months. The Southern suburbs are in for a bonaza.

Not sure what is the status on the Tambaram ROB. Can that be opened in the next 6 months.

2 months is the perfect duration u gave Murali!!!! I too crossed it last night n felt the same!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately i dint have a camera in hand!!!!!!!!! :banana:

I doubt Tambaram ROB in 6 months!!!!!!!!! jus my view!!!!!!!

Hi Guys,

All our prayers are getting answered as i am drafting this. Laying of medain lights all along Pallavaram- Thoraipakkam Radial road has been signed off and the work begined last saturday evening. The work went on whole night. They have digged hole for median lights starting from Pallavaram to the first four way junction (Kovilambakkam). As of today morning they had laid the lamps till Vels college and works are in full swing. Think they are going to complete the work before the flyover inaugeration.

Regards,
Saro

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: Any plans of widening the road in near future???? The traffic will be enormous!!!!!!!!!!! :ohno:

2 months is the perfect duration u gave Murali!!!! I too crossed it last night n felt the same!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately i dint have a camera in hand!!!!!!!!! :banana:

I doubt Tambaram ROB in 6 months!!!!!!!!! jus my view!!!!!!!

Are you guys talking about the IRR bridge over adambakkam lake? Has it progressed so far to be opened in just 2 months? And have they completed all 6 lanes of the road? what about MRTS in the middle?

Nice :)

Are you guys talking about the IRR bridge over adambakkam lake? Has it progressed so far to be opened in just 2 months? And have they completed all 6 lanes of the road? what about MRTS in the middle?

Nice :)

Yes IRR bridge over Admabakkam lake. One side section three lanes have been done and is almost ready for traffic. The other side may take another six months. Construction taffic is already moving. I walked the entire length of the bridge last month, all work except some parapet is pending.I had posted the images in the previous pages. MRTS pillars are indipendent in the bridge section area and are also progressing well. I will get some good snaps in aweeks time on the progress

Guyz...................... one side of the the bridge over adambakkam bridge is 95%completed,
only black topping is remaining work...
the other side has 65% done.......
guys, MRTS is going pretty well..........
34 pillars fully done, viaduct is yet to be fixed, 15 pillars are in skeleton stage out of which 7 pillars' skeleton were fullt done.....
got some good snaps, will upload soon.........

Hi Guys,

All our prayers are getting answered as i am drafting this. Laying of medain lights all along Pallavaram- Thoraipakkam Radial road has been signed off and the work begined last saturday evening. The work went on whole night. They have digged hole for median lights starting from Pallavaram to the first four way junction (Kovilambakkam). As of today morning they had laid the lamps till Vels college and works are in full swing. Think they are going to complete the work before the flyover inaugeration.

Regards,
Saro

they finished laying lamps all the way upto keelkattlai junction.. expecting them to finish upto CTS today..

How come they are all working like "Pugahendhi's" one day CM. So much is happening so fast after 10 years. Laying lights for 8kms so fast. Anyone doing this should be appreciated.

they finished laying lamps all the way upto keelkattlai junction.. expecting them to finish upto CTS today..

Yes..laying of lamp post has been installed till keelkattalai junction...the work yet to be started form there to Pallikaranai junction..

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: Any plans of widening the road in near future???? The traffic will be enormous!!!!!!!!!!! :ohno:

Yes..They have laid only 100 feet as of now...depending upon the volume of traffic they will widen another 100 feet, that is 50 feet either side of the raod in the mere future..hope that will happen soon..

Yes..They have laid only 100 feet as of now...depending upon the volume of traffic they will widen another 100 feet, that is 50 feet either side of the raod in the mere future..hope that will happen soon..

I think you guys are asking for too much too soon. This 100ft road was lying vacant all these days.

Let's open the bridge tommorow and see how busy is this road. I too wish this is widened.:cheers:

The next big thing which can happen in this area as far as connection to the GST road from Velachey station is the Adambakkam Bridge opening. It is almost near to completion and may open up in a couple of months. The Southern suburbs are in for a bonaza.

Not sure what is the status on the Tambaram ROB. Can that be opened in the next 6 months.

Election in May 2011 and the last date for opening any new facility is March 2011 for the current giovt. So dont worry the TBM ROB will be opened in JAN or FEB 2011.

The next ROB to be opened will be vandalur ROB it is almost 90 % completed.

Arun, Does the Vandalur ROB shoulders extend towords the Kelambakkam road also. or is there an off set at the junction.

I am going via kathipara and airport fly over daily. This is a proof for up growing construction culture of India

Even though with the lights it looks grand, I feel Chromepet and Pallavaram ROB lighting is too much. Instead of so many street lamps three to four high mast lamps with lesser street lamps is more than sufficient. Even Kathipara does not have this kind of lighting.

I think you guys are asking for too much too soon. This 100ft road was lying vacant all these days.

Let's open the bridge tommorow and see how busy is this road. I too wish this is widened.:cheers:

There may not be an immediate huge jump in traffic IMO. The only bottleneck in this route, in the absence of this ROB, was the Vaishnav college level crossing. People who were prepared to brave it were already using this route anyway. My guess is only about 30% of the intended users were taking alternate routes so far.

There may not be an immediate huge jump in traffic IMO. The only bottleneck in this route, in the absence of this ROB, was the Vaishnav college level crossing. People who were prepared to brave it were already using this route anyway. My guess is only about 30% of the intended users were taking alternate routes so far.
Dear sir,
Before this bridge, lot of company buses/college buses towards OMR takes the route of chrompet, tambaram East, trunk road. Now these vehicles will take this bridge.
lot of cars, two wheelers, lorries which uses MOP Vishnava college can take this route very well.
Traffic towards OMR, velachery from Poonamalli,mangadu, kundrathur will use this route. I am staying there in pallavaram (now i am not there for last 5 months). The traffic towards OMR is huge..

There may not be an immediate huge jump in traffic IMO. The only bottleneck in this route, in the absence of this ROB, was the Vaishnav college level crossing. People who were prepared to brave it were already using this route anyway. My guess is only about 30% of the intended users were taking alternate routes so far.

The main problem is that if we wait for the traffic to increase to go ahead with widening of the road, all this space will be taken over by encroachers.

as the traffic now increases, you can now start small shops and structures coming up. If left unchecked, soon they'll start building permanent structures and the concept of the original 200 ft road will be long forgotten.

Then around 10 yrs later when the traffic becomes too high, the government will wake up and spend another 10 years in trying to get these lands back. Its better to lay the complete road now itself when the place is available.

How do you think Politicians & big shots earn money? They have cornered every bit of adjoining land to this road and will wait for huge compensation. This is what is happening on the Velachery junction. We still wait for 20 minutes dailiy on the Velachery junction just because 20 thatched shed shops refuse to leave because of Political support.

The main problem is that if we wait for the traffic to increase to go ahead with widening of the road, all this space will be taken over by encroachers.


It has already happened. There is a SEZ coming up adjacent to Vel's university, right on the road. Then there is an ecological angle involved in the form of the Pallikkaranai marsh.

The widening will happen in your grandson's time!:)

BTW does anyone know the time of this ROB inauguration?

Lot more Chennai pictures (http://www.veethi.com/Chennai-All_Images-cityimages_lists-city_id-744&image_category_id-all.htm) are available in the following link.

http://www.veethi.com/Chennai-All_Images-cityimages_lists-city_id-744&image_category_id-all.htm

Thanks

Another picture of Pallavaran radial flyover on GST

http://epaper.dinamalar.com/DM/DINAMALAR/2010/10/29/photographs/012/29_10_2010_012_014_001.jpg

Dinamalar

Does anyone of our SSC Folks planning go around this place today. Some snaps on the event will be excellent.

Does anyone of our SSC Folks planning go around this place today. Some snaps on the event will be excellent.

let me try to get some snaps if i get sometime today...

but, lights are laid upto keelkattalai junction only.. they havent started the work after that..

Yes..laying of lamp post has been installed till keelkattalai junction...the work yet to be started form there to Pallikaranai junction..

it seems like only upto keelkattalai junction got approved..

http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=115525

saro, do u have any update on this?

Arun, Does the Vandalur ROB shoulders extend towords the Kelambakkam road also. or is there an off set at the junction.

Murali,

The Vandalur ROB is near the vandalur railway station and the kelambakkam road is around 1 km. So it does not touch the kelambakkam road.

GOOD NEWS . The only pending ROB in south chennai the pallavaram ROB near the station which was pending for construction over the railway tracks has been COMMENCED. today worker are erecting the metal structure to support the beams over the tracks in the middle of the railway tracks.

Further it is rumoured that the Vandalur ROB is scheduled to be opened in second half of November and Tambaram ROB by Jan 2011

CHENNAI: The construction of two grade separators on Anna Salai, which have been proposed to decongest traffic on the arterial road, has been delayed.

The design of the facilities is yet to be finalised, though the piling work was expected to begin by the end of August. The Highways Department had said that it was planning to complete the piling work before March 2011 to avoid any conflict with the tunnelling work for the Metro Rail project....

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/29/stories/2010102961760300.htm

Further it is rumoured that the Vandalur ROB is scheduled to be opened in second half of November and Tambaram ROB by Jan 2011

Opening Vandalur ROB by November end or in December is possible. But with the current phase of work going, Tambaram ROB can never be opened by Jan

I was surprised there was no news on this Pallavaram ROB opening in most of the E papers (Hindu, TOI, Dinamalar). Was it a Media blackout or they found more important news than this. Was it really opened yesterday.

Pallavaram radial road flyover opened for public

http://dkn.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/10/30/20101030a_004101003.jpg

*Pallavaram-Pamal flyover will be constructed at the cost of 60crores
*Steps will be taken to extend metro to Tambaram :nuts:

dkn

I was surprised there was no news on this Pallavaram ROB opening in most of the E papers (Hindu, TOI, Dinamalar). Was it a Media blackout or they found more important news than this. Was it really opened yesterday.

Opened by Stalin y'day.

Baalu requested for extension of Metro to Tambaram.Govt. will look inti it.

what is that pallavaram -Pammal flyover? it is on GST in pallavaram pammal rd junction or somewhere else?

^^Guess that must be the Pallavaram ROB that they are talking about.

why aren't we using segmental construction in Chennai ?

I guess metro is the first project which is using segmental in Chennai..

Good Question, I think the technology has been extensively used in Banglore flyovers and else where. Might be it requires large intial investment only bug companies can afford. With Metro making a start in Chennai and segment casting yards are in place we can expect the future bridges to be built in this way.

day time picture of Pallavaram ROB

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3326/94336812.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/i/94336812.jpg/)

http://www.dailythanthi.com/thanthiepaper/30102010/FE_3010_MN_02_Cni_PH_02.jpg

Malaimalar

I have a query..
how this bridge will be useful to commute to and from Thirneermalai? I think vehicles from OMR need to take the bridge, go up to palllavaram signal and go via pammal road? or they need go till chrompet on other direction, take a u turn near MOP vishnava signal and come back again?

New flyover proves a blessing
Pallavaram Radial Road Gets Street Lamps Before Stalin Visit

Chennai: VIP visits are not something residents usually look forward to. They mean traffic diversions, high security and loudspeakers. But deputy chief minister MK Stalin’s visit to Pallavaram to inaugurate a new flyover was doubly welcomed by residents of several suburban neighbourhoods.
While the new 55-crore rotary-shaped flyover cuts down the distance between the IT Corridor and airport by 8km, Stalin’s visit ensured that the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road got street lamps.
For the last ten years, different departments have been passing the buck, leaving the 200-ft radial road in the dark at night. The road that connects the suburbs with the IT Corridor also helps people move between GST Road and Velachery Main Road, Medavakkam Main Road and East Coast Road.
State highway officials argued that their job was restricted to laying the road while the rest had to be done by local bodies. The local bodies of Pallavaram, Nanmangalam, Kovilambakkam and Okkiyam-Thoraipakkam located along the stretch failed to take up the work due to paucity of funds.
All that changed last week after labour minister TM Anbarasan, who represents Alandur-Pallavaram in the assembly, made a pilot visit to the Pallavaram flyover and told officials that the radial road should be lit up for Stalin’s visit. Within no time, street lights were installed between Pallavaram and Kilkattai, a distance of 8km.
“The lights were installed by the city roads division of the state highways. Each street light cost 75,000,” said an official. Residents hope, and officials promise, that street lamps would be installed along the rest of the road soon.
The new flyover is 2,200 metres long, 15 metres wide. It has 122 street lights, a high mast lamp and a rain water harvesting system.

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOICH/2010/10/30/3/Img/Pc0031200.jpg
AND LET THERE BE LIGHT: After being in the dark for nearly 10 years, the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road was lit up in time for the inauguration of the flyover by deputy chief minister MK Stalin (inset)

TOI (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2010/10/30&PageLabel=3&EntityId=Ar00301&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T)

mr_madras
what is that pallavaram -Pammal flyover? it is on GST in pallavaram pammal rd junction or somewhere else?

neohistoryman
Guess that must be the Pallavaram ROB that they are talking about.

Just to clarify my own post- this is the ROB to replace the level crossing at Pammal- Pallavaram, connecting Old Trunk Road and Dargah Road near Pallavaram station. I think that this is still a long way from completion.

People don't get confused.

There are only ROB in pallavaram.

One is to the Zamin Pallavaram for which construction is going on for ever [ and in march a car jumped of the bridge, it was posted right here in SSC as well].

The Second one was opened by Stalin on friday.

For Pammal it is directly accessible via road. but flyover can split the traffic on Road.

Pallavaram ROB Median Lights are not yet connected with electricity.. also, its only upto Keelkattali junction.. doesnt seems like putting the full stretch upto Doraipakkam..

Deadline got extended owing to problems in acquiring land

The entire Koyambedu grade separator will be thrown open for traffic shortly. Motorists are already using one arm of the facility from Arumbakkam to Anna Nagar and one of the service roads.

Officials of the National Highways Authority of India, the implementing agency, said that nearly 90 per cent of the work has been completed on the main carriageway and the remaining three loops. The deadline for completion, which was September, got extended owing to problems in acquiring land from a private establishment on Arumbakkam.

A portion of retaining wall of the ramp leading to Arumbakkam from the main carriageway remains incomplete as a private establishment is yet to provide land.

“We are planning to allow traffic on the main carriageway between Arumbakkam and Maduravoyal. Until the entire retaining wall is completed, the two-lane traffic from Maduravoyal side may have to move along only one lane when approaching Arumbakkam due to safety reasons,” an official said.

While each of the two carriageways would be 11 metres wide where the traffic from the loops merges, the width would be reduced to 7.5 metre each as the traffic approaches the entry and exit ramps.

Loops have been provided to link traffic between Vadapalani and Arumbakkam; Maduravoyal to Vadapalani; and Anna Nagar to Maduravoyal.

Of the two ramps for service roads, the one connecting traffic from Anna Nagar to Arumbakkam was opened almost two months ago. Work has been completed on the service road from Maduravoyal to Anna Nagar.

Motorists have started using the loop from Arumbakkam to Anna Nagar. Residents of Koyambedu said as the main carriageway is yet to be open, motorists from Arumbakkam take a left turn from the loop to travel to Maduravoyal.

This poses problems for other motorists if traffic signal is green for those proceeding to Anna Nagar from Vadapalani.

Work on the Rs.100 crore-facility began in 2007. The junction witnesses traffic of nearly one lakh passenger units during rush hour daily, an official said.

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00279/02THKOYAMBEDU_JUNCT_279641f.jpg


Source: The Hindu, dated 02-Nov-2010 (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article863598.ece)

New flyover proves a blessing
Pallavaram Radial Road Gets Street Lamps Before Stalin Visit

Chennai: VIP visits are not something residents usually look forward to. They mean traffic diversions, high security and loudspeakers. But deputy chief minister MK Stalin’s visit to Pallavaram to inaugurate a new flyover was doubly welcomed by residents of several suburban neighbourhoods.
While the new 55-crore rotary-shaped flyover cuts down the distance between the IT Corridor and airport by 8km, Stalin’s visit ensured that the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road got street lamps.
For the last ten years, different departments have been passing the buck, leaving the 200-ft radial road in the dark at night. The road that connects the suburbs with the IT Corridor also helps people move between GST Road and Velachery Main Road, Medavakkam Main Road and East Coast Road.
State highway officials argued that their job was restricted to laying the road while the rest had to be done by local bodies. The local bodies of Pallavaram, Nanmangalam, Kovilambakkam and Okkiyam-Thoraipakkam located along the stretch failed to take up the work due to paucity of funds.
All that changed last week after labour minister TM Anbarasan, who represents Alandur-Pallavaram in the assembly, made a pilot visit to the Pallavaram flyover and told officials that the radial road should be lit up for Stalin’s visit. Within no time, street lights were installed between Pallavaram and Kilkattai, a distance of 8km.
“The lights were installed by the city roads division of the state highways. Each street light cost 75,000,” said an official. Residents hope, and officials promise, that street lamps would be installed along the rest of the road soon.
The new flyover is 2,200 metres long, 15 metres wide. It has 122 street lights, a high mast lamp and a rain water harvesting system.

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOICH/2010/10/30/3/Img/Pc0031200.jpg
AND LET THERE BE LIGHT: After being in the dark for nearly 10 years, the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road was lit up in time for the inauguration of the flyover by deputy chief minister MK Stalin (inset)

TOI (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2010/10/30&PageLabel=3&EntityId=Ar00301&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T)

Pallavaram to keelakatalai is not 8 kms long..its only a 4 KM stretch..

I noticed yesterday that the bus stand at Pallavaram (on the Rly station side) has been demolished. What is going on? Are they going to start the Pammal ROB work so soon?

I have a query..
how this bridge will be useful to commute to and from Thirneermalai? I think vehicles from OMR need to take the bridge, go up to palllavaram signal and go via pammal road? or they need go till chrompet on other direction, take a u turn near MOP vishnava signal and come back again?


Yes youre right you need to take the bridge when you re coming from OMR and take a left on the rotary.. you need to go till Vaishnav college signal and have to take a u turn..then you need to take left under the rotarty to reach thiruneermalai..

I noticed yesterday that the bus stand at Pallavaram (on the Rly station side) has been demolished. What is going on? Are they going to start the Pammal ROB work so soon?

No...they are widening the old trunk road which runs parallel to GST road from Thirusulam railway station..they are saying they are gonna divert the bus route from gst road to old trunk road which leads to pallavaram bus station..

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00279/02THKOYAMBEDU_JUNCT_279641f.jpg

http://i9.************/3z69nrl.jpg


The above model picture is an artist depiction of 'Grade Separator on Koyembedu Junction at the intersection of NH 4 and Inner Ring Road' that was posted in post #2 of this thread.

Is the above photo the same flyover as the artist depiction?

If that is the case, is that separate flyover arm seen in the photo, a new addition to the flyover design. This one seems to be a standalone structure and not connected to the main arm of the flyover. But in the artist depiction, all the arms are connected to the main arm of the flyover.

The above model picture is an artist depiction of 'Grade Separator on Koyembedu Junction at the intersection of NH 4 and Inner Ring Road' that was posted in post #2 of this thread.

Is the above photo the same flyover as the artist depiction?

If that is the case, is that separate flyover arm seen in the photo, a new addition to the flyover design. This one seems to be a standalone structure and not connected to the main arm of the flyover. But in the artist depiction, all the arms are connected to the main arm of the flyover.

Wrong one. Instead of seperate flyover above IRR, it shows RUB. rest are OK

The above model picture is an artist depiction of 'Grade Separator on Koyembedu Junction at the intersection of NH 4 and Inner Ring Road' that was posted in post #2 of this thread.

Is the above photo the same flyover as the artist depiction?

If that is the case, is that separate flyover arm seen in the photo, a new addition to the flyover design. This one seems to be a standalone structure and not connected to the main arm of the flyover. But in the artist depiction, all the arms are connected to the main arm of the flyover.

Basically, it's the same, except an overpass and the loop under it have exchanged levels, now the loop is above the overpass is at-grade.

Source: The Hindu, dated 02-Nov-2010 (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article863598.ece)


"private establishment " is the Hotel Shan Royal :ohno:, don't know what has happend. hope that the land will be acquired soon to complete the bridge ...

^^ And they better clear up the debris and make the place neat, unlike Padi.

No...they are widening the old trunk road which runs parallel to GST road from Thirusulam railway station..they are saying they are gonna divert the bus route from gst road to old trunk road which leads to pallavaram bus station..
yes. you are right. also bus stand will be shifted beyound little more or it might be built in old trunk road.

^^what road is this ??? And why are they diverting buses through this road instead of GST ?? Please help me understand :)

^^what road is this ??? And why are they diverting buses through this road instead of GST ?? Please help me understand :)
this was the old trunk road. It is a parallel road from Tirusulam Railway Gate and join at pallavaram bus stand. Nowadays, During Evenings in Pallavaram-tambaraam side, there is a heavy traffic jam since all vehicles uses GST road and most of the buses stops in the road instead of entering into bus bay. The situation is crazy during weekend nights and festival holidays where the traffic jam is almost upto 1 km.
So It is planned to divert MTC buses in old trunk route. They might take a left turn after airport stop or in Areva signal. then take a right turn in old trunk road to reach pallavaram bus stand.

^^ oh ok then it will have to cross rail line na ??? is there any rob or rub for switching between this road and Gst ??

Nope. Old trunk is between railway track and GST road.

http://epaper.dinamalar.com/DM/DINAMALAR/2010/11/04/photographs/001/04_11_2010_001_004_001.jpg

Source: dinamalar, Chennai edition, front page, dated 04-Nov-2010

Great news .. ^^ :banana::cheers:

Great news .. ^^ :banana::cheers:

Real Diwali for Koyambedu commuters:)

today morning i came via this. lets hope they complete thr remaining part of the straight lane, which was blocked by Shan Royal hotel.

today morning i came via this. lets hope they complete thr remaining part of the straight lane, which was blocked by Shan Royal hotel.

Is this photo oriented east west? Meaning the near side is east of ph road and the far-side is west/madhuravoyal of ph??

only the main arm of the flyover was opened for traffic yesterday.
still, works r going on to complete thirumangalam-maduravoyal arm, vadapalani-arumbakkam arm and maduravoyal - vadapalani arm.

Finally they opened it.......

Is this photo oriented east west? Meaning the near side is east of ph road and the far-side is west/madhuravoyal of ph??

That's right.. I think it was shot from the top of the Shan Royal hotel..

another feather to the cap of the dmk govt. criticize what you want, but they are taking chennai cityscape to another level.

^^ +1 they should also do some more landscaping work at these places :)

Travelled from Airport to Velachery thru the newly opened Pallvaram ROB. The road is briming with traffic and already the Keelkatalai signal is seeing long lines of traffic. I think a bridge similar to Kamatchi hospital junction is required.

Travelled from Airport to Velachery thru the newly opened Pallvaram ROB. The road is briming with traffic and already the Keelkatalai signal is seeing long lines of traffic. I think a bridge similar to Kamatchi hospital junction is required.

If you build a road it is likely to get clogged but unfortunately the junctions are seldom factors to the planners .. just as in the case of OMR. I am pretty sure if incorporated in the initial project, there would have been a ton of money saved. Instead of huge flyovers .. subtler alternatives could have been explored.

Having said that, flyovers/underpass/overpass anything of that ilk are only methods to move the traffic bottlenecks from one place to another. Eliminating is a different ball of wax.

Travelled from Airport to Velachery thru the newly opened Pallvaram ROB. The road is briming with traffic and already the Keelkatalai signal is seeing long lines of traffic. I think a bridge similar to Kamatchi hospital junction is required.
Got a signal at Keelkatalai junction? very good

http://epaper.dinamalar.com/DM/DINAMALAR/2010/11/07/photographs/113/07_11_2010_113_021_001.jpg

Source: dinamalar, chennai Edition, dated 07-Nov-2010

The caption below the photo states that small encroachments have started sprouting under the new pallavaram ROB abd if left unchecked, there'll be hundreds more in a few days. :bash: The newspaper is trying to bring this to the notice of the highway authorities

They got to lawn the area under the bridge and place barricades/fence to curb this menance and may be used it for posh advertisements.

Who gives the idea to the people that any public place is there to encroach and be used for their private use? Why this lawlessness? How did it come to such a pass?

Local governments should be empowered and have more say in the local matters. Quick actions should be initiated against such perpetrators by local governments. The problem in India seems to be that all the powers are vested with the State and Central governments and everybody else is a passive observer of the goings-on with disinterest. Empowerment of the individual is the key to arriving at a solution to this disease.

Source: dinamalar, chennai Edition, dated 07-Nov-2010

The caption below the photo states that small encroachments have started sprouting under the new pallavaram ROB abd if left unchecked, there'll be hundreds more in a few days. :bash: The newspaper is trying to bring this to the notice of the highway authorities

http://epaper.dinamalar.com/DM/DINAMALAR/2010/11/07/photographs/113/07_11_2010_113_021_001.jpg

in india those who strugle, weak can do mistakes, can put huts in river bed, can put small shops along NH. :bash::bash::bash: no one will dare to ask them... police... well for sure they will have a meal there and let it go...:bleep: if you ask him why he is doing, he will reply " he is poor! " and thats it. he will get the sympathy and support from all corners.

^^
I dont think it's fair to blame the govts directly for this menace, its more of the local municipality or the corporation that needs to take responsibility. And who are the officials representing this? Its the area councillors and the local police station. Well I just need to pay a few thousands to the police every month and they will be happy even if I put a food stall there.

But honestly i will miss the tender coconut shops during summer if they are all removed..where will we go for them?:)

Some good news to folks who travel thru Velachery grid lock junction. Finally a JCB/Bulldozer started working in clearing encroachments from junction to Axis bank area. Quite acrowd watching this action. Not sure how far thay can go, atleast upto Sutherland office I suppose

in india those who strugle, weak can do mistakes, can put huts in river bed, can put small shops along NH.
If we were in that situation, probably we would do the same.

Its the duty of the Govt to prevent that.
All these flyovers look like bare skeletons with mud all over. Any plans to beautify those? Is Karunanidhi planning any Tamil classical meet in Chennai?

http://epaper.dinamalar.com/DM/DINAMALAR/2010/11/07/photographs/113/07_11_2010_113_021_001.jpg

in india those who strugle, weak can do mistakes, can put huts in river bed, can put small shops along NH. :bash::bash::bash: no one will dare to ask them... police... well for sure they will have a meal there and let it go...:bleep: if you ask him why he is doing, he will reply " he is poor! " and thats it. he will get the sympathy and support from all corners.

The larger society has also to share the blame in pushing these people to banks of rivers and the sides of the highways. Sometimes, it is not just the poor who is doing it but a lot of rich and the powerful also do it or behind it.

I had seen a rich land-lord cum MLA occupy public (poramboke) lands and convert them as his private property. I am sure this is not an exception. Every day the powerful folks - read politicians and their co-horts - quarry sand unofficially and make money out of them. Nobody dares raise an objection. Indian people have always been sympathetic to the wrong-doings of the rich and the mighty. When a crime of a much smaller dimension is committed by a poor person, everybody stands up to pass judgment.

^^
Agreed Arasu. This is the dilemma you must answer for raising that Q. If I commit a big crime and go scot free, does that give you a right to commit a petty crime and complain that you are caught.

The issues you have raised are all serious from two perspectives - a) Politicians indifference in ripping off the people (good example sand quarrying side effects - very short sighted) b) People's indifference to repudiate and punish this political class.

Compounding with this apathy is the socio economic situation of the poor. You may add additional dimensions of total lack of planning any project from a holistic perspective - if they were to build a bridge.. all they do is plan and build one useless bridge when they should be thinking of all the traffic patterns affected by the bridge (or its lack).

The ultimate reason in my mind is the victim mentality of the masses.

^^
Of course, the intention was not to condone petty crimes or encroachment of public lands by the rich or poor.

I was only highlighting the indifference of the Indian populace towards public/collective well-being. "As long as I am not affected personally, I don't care" attitude.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article876812.ece

The Highways Department will soon call for expression of interest from consultants to prepare detailed project reports for four flyovers at important junctions in and around Chennai.

A Government Order was issued on Tuesday giving administrative sanction to use the Rs.5-crore revolving fund of Tamil Nadu Road Infrastructure Development Corporation for the purpose.

The four facilities are estimated to cost Rs.465 crore. The flyovers would come up at the junctions linking Market Road and Kundrathur Road in Pallavaram; Taramani Road and Tambaram-Velachery Road in Vijay Nagar, Velachery; Red Hills Road and Inner Ring Road at Retteri. :cheers:

As regards the fourth facility on EVR Periyar Salai, from the intersection of Rajah Muthiah Road (Sydenhams Road) to Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, the consultant would be required to study and recommend whether an elevated corridor or a combination of flyovers would be suitable.

On completion, the proposed facility on the 5-km stretch of EVR Periyar Salai help the motorists avoid nine busy intersections, including those at the junctions of Gandhi Irwin Road, EVK Sampath Salai, Gengu Road and Taylors Road.

...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article876812.ece

The Highways Department will soon call for expression of interest from consultants to prepare detailed project reports for four flyovers at important junctions in and around Chennai.

A Government Order was issued on Tuesday giving administrative sanction to use the Rs.5-crore revolving fund of Tamil Nadu Road Infrastructure Development Corporation for the purpose.

The four facilities are estimated to cost Rs.465 crore. The flyovers would come up at the junctions linking Market Road and Kundrathur Road in Pallavaram; Taramani Road and Tambaram-Velachery Road in Vijay Nagar, Velachery; Red Hills Road and Inner Ring Road at Retteri. :cheers:

As regards the fourth facility on EVR Periyar Salai, from the intersection of Rajah Muthiah Road (Sydenhams Road) to Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, the consultant would be required to study and recommend whether an elevated corridor or a combination of flyovers would be suitable.

On completion, the proposed facility on the 5-km stretch of EVR Periyar Salai help the motorists avoid nine busy intersections, including those at the junctions of Gandhi Irwin Road, EVK Sampath Salai, Gengu Road and Taylors Road.

...


the last one on EVR salai would benifit motorists a lot. better to go for flyovers. one such killer stretch is ega. it also affects traffic follow at Chetpet signal and sterling road signal.

there has been a long time request to build 2 bridges on at these intersections like : 1 @ harrigton road to VR Ramanathan road , 2 @ sterling road and colleage road.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8595/sterlingsignal.jpg

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article876812.ece

The Highways Department will soon call for expression of interest from consultants to prepare detailed project reports for four flyovers at important junctions in and around Chennai.

A Government Order was issued on Tuesday giving administrative sanction to use the Rs.5-crore revolving fund of Tamil Nadu Road Infrastructure Development Corporation for the purpose.

The four facilities are estimated to cost Rs.465 crore. The flyovers would come up at the junctions linking Market Road and Kundrathur Road in Pallavaram; Taramani Road and Tambaram-Velachery Road in Vijay Nagar, Velachery; Red Hills Road and Inner Ring Road at Retteri. :cheers:

As regards the fourth facility on EVR Periyar Salai, from the intersection of Rajah Muthiah Road (Sydenhams Road) to Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, the consultant would be required to study and recommend whether an elevated corridor or a combination of flyovers would be suitable.

On completion, the proposed facility on the 5-km stretch of EVR Periyar Salai help the motorists avoid nine busy intersections, including those at the junctions of Gandhi Irwin Road, EVK Sampath Salai, Gengu Road and Taylors Road.

...

All the 4 places definitely need flyovers. anyhow now only sanction for DPR study. Lets hope DPR approval and construction work at the earliest (after election only it is possible)

Apart from these 4, our govt yet to start work on following flyovers/grade seperaters already announced:
1) Thirumangalam (Mugapair-IRR jn)
2) Moolakadai jn
3) Annasalai (2 long one)
4) OMR (5 flyovers)
5) Koyambedu (IRR-Chinmaya ngr Rd)
6) PH road (nelson manicam rd & 3rd avenue anna arch)
7) Nungambakkam H road - kodambakkam h rd nr by Gemini flyover
vadapalani flyover will be taken care along with Metro

Apart from these 4, our govt yet to start work on following flyovers/grade seperaters already announced:
1) Thirumangalam (Mugapair-IRR jn)
2) Moolakadai jn
3) Annasalai (2 long one)
4) OMR (5 flyovers)
5) Koyambedu (IRR-Chinmaya ngr Rd)
6) PH road (nelson manicam rd & 3rd avenue anna arch)
7) Nungambakkam H road - kodambakkam h rd nr by Gemini flyover
vadapalani flyover will be taken care along with Metro

Aiyaiyo, Amma vandhal ithiku ellam appu.:bash:

I hope they start work before election.

Aiyaiyo, Amma vandhal ithiku ellam appu.:bash:

I hope they start work before election.

While this apprehension may be true..or not..

but dont worry.. your friends in government know how to win elections.. you will get free second tv, bicycle, cheap TN made liquor and the private security business will get a boost as folks need to more kids could get kidnapped for ransom.

Not to forget that there will be massive fiscal deficit with such freebies.

(I try not to mix politics. but all the above i mentioned are wastages for which any government will get sued in the west and to say the least loose elections big time)

^^ One thing I learnt in SSC is you can ridicule amma (opposition in general), hindu beliefs etc., in this chennai threads and getaway with it without name calling.

Do the same to the ruling party or defend Hindu beliefs or try talking leaning a little towards left to consider "people development" instead of bridges and roads -> voila you will see people indulge in name callings, will be tagged as someone deviating from Chennai topics, and mods will delete your belief posts (while retaining the opposite camp's) etc.,

^^ One thing that we have learnt in SSC is that you defend Amma to the core. :lol:

^^ One thing that we have learnt in SSC is that you defend Amma to the core. :lol:

Show me one instance of my amma support:)

I can quote numerous name callings against my posts and places where my posts are targeted while pro-ruling party members were spared with and mods and wannabe mods maintaining silence when it comes to them.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Govt-may-shelve-Anna-Salai-elevated-highways/articleshow/6904369.cms

The state government is having second thoughts on constructing elevated highways on Anna Salai. If discussions in the highways department are anything to go by, the government is hesitant to go ahead with the project, which it fears may encourage more people to opt for private transport. This could affect passenger patronage for one of the Metro Rail corridors, a part of which is to run along the same stretch, under Mount Road.

In February, Karunanidhi viewed the physical models of the elevated highways, after which the government gave green signal for the projects. Piling work was to begin in September and end by March 2011, so that it doesn't cause hindrance to Metro Rail works. However, amidst talks of shelving the project, there is no sign of the piling work starting.

The probable shelving of the elevated highway project may also come as good news to many Mount Road lovers who feel the elevated structures would obstruct the view of several old buildings which add an integral charm to the city's oldest arterial road.

I sincerely hope this short sighted project is shelved. It is better to wait until the metro is operational and then review the traffic flow on Anna Salai.

While this apprehension may be true..or not..

but dont worry.. your friends in government know how to win elections.. you will get free second tv, bicycle, cheap TN made liquor and the private security business will get a boost as folks need to more kids could get kidnapped for ransom.

Not to forget that there will be massive fiscal deficit with such freebies.

(I try not to mix politics. but all the above i mentioned are wastages for which any government will get sued in the west and to say the least loose elections big time)

True DMK gives freebies & cash for votes.
DMK gives budgets 20% of their ill gotten money for giving back to people to try and retain their rule.
In Amma's rule all the 100% ill-gotten money goes to Manarkudi Mafia headed by Sasikala.
No peanuts for poor. No development for chennai.

Now tell me which theif is better out of the two choice we have.

I prefer Triuvarur mafia than Mannarkudi mafia.

Show me one instance of my amma support:)

I can quote numerous name callings against my posts and places where my posts are targeted while pro-ruling party members were spared with and mods and wannabe mods maintaining silence when it comes to them.

Will you please GTFO this thread !!! This is not the place for stupid rants.

True DMK gives freebies & cash for votes.
DMK gives budgets 20% of their ill gotten money for giving back to people to try and retain their rule.
In Amma's rule all the 100% ill-gotten money goes to Manarkudi Mafia headed by Sasikala.
No peanuts for poor. No development for chennai.

Now tell me which theif is better out of the two choice we have.

I prefer Triuvarur mafia than Mannarkudi mafia.

I'm not trying to talk politics here.

But DMK giving 20% of their money ???
No one, whether it is Amma, the DMK or anyone else, gives anything back out of their ill-gotten money.

These governments do a little bit in the form of project. while the current government seems to concentrate a little bit more on the infra front, the previous government focussed on certain other things. That is all. end of the day, the primary motive is to loot and there is no question of giving back anything.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/work-rs-116-cr-grade-separator-begin-jan-042

Nov. 10: In a bid to ease traffic congestion in the stretch between the Anna arch and Nelson Manickam road-E.V.R. Periyar Salai junction, the state government has accepted the detailed project report to construct a grade separator along with a vehicular subway in the busy junction.
A senior highways department official said the state government had accepted the report and the department would float a tender for the Rs 116 crore project next week and if everything goes well, the physical work would start by January next year. According to the official, the flyover would have two separate arms — one would begin on E.V.R. Periyar Salai near Anna arch and land on Nelson Manickam road for vehicles moving towards Nelson Manickam road from Anna Nagar and from Koyambedu. The second arm would begin on E.V.R. Periyar Salai near Nelson Manickam road and land on Anna arch road in front of the government Siddha hospital.

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http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/elevated-highway-help-jump-9-signals-809

Nov. 9: Chennai is all set to enter the modern age as a Rs 300 crore, 5-km, elevated road in the heart of the city has just got the official nod.
The project to build the elevated highway to run on top of E.V.R. Periyar Salai from Raja Muthiah road junction near the Ripon Buildings to Pulla avenue road junction at Aminjikarai got the administrative sanction on Tuesday along with four major flyover projects, at a total cost of Rs 465 crore.
The elevated highway would allow the traffic to move from near Pachaiyappa’s college to the HQ of the city’s civic body and vice-versa non-stop, avoiding as many as nine traffic intersections and signals right through the way.

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Govt nod for elevated highway on Poonamallee HR

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Govt-nod-for-elevated-highway-on-Poonamallee-HR-/articleshow/6897956.cms

CHENNAI: The state government on Tuesday granted administrative sanction for project reports for construction of an elevated highway on Poonamallee High Road and three flyovers in Velachery, Kolathur and Pallavaram.

According to the order issued by the highways department, the estimated cost for the proposed six-km elevated highway from Raja Muthiah Road-Poonamallee High Road intersection up to Pulla Avenue, Aminjikarai is Rs 300 crore. Two flyovers at Taramani Road-Velachery Bypass-Tambaram Velachery Road intersection at Vijayanagaram and Rettai Eri junction in Kolathur will be built at a cost of Rs 50 crore each. The Pallavaram Market Road-Kunrathur Road intersection will get a flyover at a cost of Rs 65 crore, the government order said.

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In a bid to ease traffic congestion in the stretch between the Anna arch and Nelson Manickam road-E.V.R. Periyar Salai junction, the state government has accepted the detailed project report to construct a grade separator along with a vehicular subway in the busy junction.[/B]...

Really good news. Lets hope govt will take action on other pending flyovers and start construction work sooner.

Wow. Lot of flyover proposals!!! Any idea about the alignment of flyover in vijayanagar junction ?

True DMK gives freebies & cash for votes.
DMK gives budgets 20% of their ill gotten money for giving back to people to try and retain their rule.
In Amma's rule all the 100% ill-gotten money goes to Manarkudi Mafia headed by Sasikala.
No peanuts for poor. No development for chennai.

Now tell me which theif is better out of the two choice we have.

I prefer Triuvarur mafia than Mannarkudi mafia.

I prefer no mafia. When we lower our standard to choose between two thiefs and keep arguing who is a better thief (everything being subjective), the ultimate loss is for the morals and the biggest loser is all the people (including the ones who believe they chose the lesser thief). No matter who steals less, a thief is a thief is a thief.

Not to dishearten the likes of you, DMK is finding itself in the hot seat with the 2G scam which will easily overtake 100,000 crores according to CAG.

The issue gets complicated because of our double standards. Is there a difference between a person who killed 5 people and one who did 10 murders. Yes quantitatively yes.. but qualitatively NO.

So please stop politician comparisons as everybody will jump in and start arguing. No amount of political passion will cover up for the short sighted planning (or total lack ) on the part of government.

If you are starting a corruption chat my friend, this thread is not the one unless the flyover falls due to poor cement..

I have been repeating my plea on multiple threads not to bring personal inclinations of Politics or religion etc. I am sure there are some who will jump in and say I am spreading my brand (I am not running for any post.. sorry).

If you scroll back, it was totally disconnected sarcastic remarks that triggered this diversion.WE MUST NOT LOWER OUR VALUES OR EXPECTATIONS BASED ON CURRENT REALITY. CAN WE DREAM BIGGER ?

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/elevated-highway-help-jump-9-signals-809

Nov. 9: Chennai is all set to enter the modern age as a Rs 300 crore, 5-km, elevated road in the heart of the city has just got the official nod.
The project to build the elevated highway to run on top of E.V.R. Periyar Salai from Raja Muthiah road junction near the Ripon Buildings to Pulla avenue road junction at Aminjikarai got the administrative sanction on Tuesday along with four major flyover projects, at a total cost of Rs 465 crore.
The elevated highway would allow the traffic to move from near Pachaiyappa’s college to the HQ of the city’s civic body and vice-versa non-stop, avoiding as many as nine traffic intersections and signals right through the way.

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Another highly short sighted asprin treatment for putting a 5 km highway. They need to really think bigger and atleast extend it to Koyambedu or Maduravoyal

Another highly short sighted asprin treatment for putting a 5 km highway. They need to really think bigger and atleast extend it to Koyambedu or Maduravoyal

+1.
if they can do 5 kms then y not another 4 kms upto koyambedu flyover.
in that case central to maduravoyal bypass is matter of 15 min drive (koyambedu to maduravoyal elevated way is in progress). the difficult stretch may be aminjikarai.

Will you please GTFO this thread !!! This is not the place for stupid rants.

Again there you go. You guys will never change will ya? Calling someone stupid when pointed out double standards in this forum.

So are your DMK clan friends dear. Ask them to skip the thread and go elsewhere and not to cunningly promote their leader with quotes like "Go Stalin" (Sounds like "Heil Hitler" to me) or raise the flag for DMK in the name of (illusional) development. Did you ever call them stupid? As long as they do it you will see replies for those messages.

^^ See, this is a Chennai thread. We will be happy as long as developments are happening in Chennai. We will not be concerned about other parts on TN in this thread. Maybe some other thread.

^^ See, this is a Chennai thread. We will be happy as long as developments are happening in Chennai. We will not be concerned about other parts on TN in this thread. Maybe some other thread.

I think Kongu you have built a reputation for development outside Chennai.

Indian_Sun, seems like you didnt go thru the rest of postings, for once. Some of our friends were busy bashing some parties to promote their own party agenda. I think Kongu was right in requesting them to be neutral as this is not a party blog.

Secondly there is no reason to discuss politics on a flyover thread. You got Kongu wrong. Also some folks jumped in to bash Kongu without reason. So his reaction seems justified when someone calls him stupid when that person cannot identify him even if he is sitting next to him.

I am sure Kongu can defend himself better. But I wanted to set the records straight.

^^ Thanks. I would not have put it better than you:)

For others, before reacting to my posts make an effort to read the post I am replying to. You all will understand better... Peace.

guys better avoid bringing in politics ,either amma or ayya
you can very well do it in arattai arangam

^Election time and forumers are gripped with E.Fever :lol:

Should be alright once it is over.

^^ If E.fever brings out words like 'stupid', GTFO in our forumers who are not contesting, I can understand our politicians compulsion :)

Again there you go. You guys will never change will ya? Calling someone stupid when pointed out double standards in this forum.

So are your DMK clan friends dear. Ask them to skip the thread and go elsewhere and not to cunningly promote their leader with quotes like "Go Stalin" (Sounds like "Heil Hitler" to me) or raise the flag for DMK in the name of (illusional) development. Did you ever call them stupid? As long as they do it you will see replies for those messages.

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but you are choosing the wrong thread everytime if you want to bash DMK. There must be a thread for discussing politics instead of posting there you keep ranting in all projects thread.

^^ Every member of the forum is entitled to personally bash other forum members as well:lol:

There should be a seperate thread for personal attacks against fellow forumers. So either continue there (or create one if it doesn't exist) instead of engaging in personal attacks in all projects thread.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article880316.ece

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The Chennai Corporation continues to pursue its objective of decongesting traffic in and around Thiruvanmiyur junction by constructing a flyover and a subway.

However, for want of funds it would implement the project — at the Lattice Bridge Road-Thiruvalluvar Salai-West Avenue junction — in a phased manner. In the first phase, either the subway or the flyover would be constructed, according to Corporation Commissioner D. Karthikeyan.

The civic body would not be able to execute the work at one go on account of financial constraints.

The land acquisition alone is expected to cost Rs.93 crore. A total of 52 grounds of private land has been earmarked for acquisition.

An earlier estimate of the construction cost of the flyover and the subway was Rs.33.76 crore. A detailed project report for the facilities was completed by Wilbur Smith Associates.

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^^ Thanks. I would not have put it better than you:)

For others, before reacting to my posts make an effort to read the post I am replying to. You all will understand better... Peace.

I see Kongu's name pulled in every now and then :-). Guys, we have seen many of our folks claim for Chennai not getting a fair share from center, while other cities like Delhi/ Mumbai alone getting the major share. Similarly, what's wrong in person like Kongu claiming for fair share across the state. Agreed, its chennai thread, and it will be more biased to Chennai. While we spare ppl who refer to Blr/ Hyd frequently in Chennai thread, why we only have to abuse one person refering to other parts of the same state like GTFO ? he might be bringing in politics, still it's not fair to call anyone stupid.

Regional imbalance will lead to all sort of problems. Every day 1000s of ppl heading towards Chennai, even if we construct a flyover/ road a month, we cannot have an improved infrastructure.

I think he started with good note of regional balance, but over a time his responses to certain posts stamped him as Amma's visuvasi and anti-dmk. :lol:

^^ me too from chennai... dont conclude me as well anti-chennai :lol:

^^ See, this is a Chennai thread. We will be happy as long as developments are happening in Chennai. We will not be concerned about other parts on TN in this thread. Maybe some other thread.

Ooops...yes this is Chennai thread and Chennai is also part of TN. Kongu was saying about regional imbalance..that is in a way right.

See Maharashtra, they have marketed Pune so well...which now poses a stiff competition to Bangalore. (Pune was developed becuase it has climate that off Bangalore, real estate that is not costly & congested as Mumbai which was at par with Bng) We would have done this with Coimbatore. It has good climate, (if climate is the one we sribb about for our loss), roads that are better than Bangalore & cost of living that is not high as Bng or Pnq...that is a place which has all possibilities to be developed as a metro city in all sense..but we failed to even consider these advantages and market it aggressively. This would have given a stiff competition to both the cities..and TN would have been No 1 state in IT & manufacturing...TN politicians are dumb(p)heads...We have beautiful cities all around TN but we don't beautify them or recognise them....pity on us. We need to know what is the advantage of a city & develop in that angle...Like you cannot try to focus on developing a port related activities in Coimbatore. But we do that.

^^ +1.. rightly said.. for first time, i have to agree with u :lol:

^^ I too, am for developing other cities, I recognize it's an urgent need. I'm just saying there's another place for discussing that. This is the Flyover Projects thread.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Thirumangalam-flyover-construction-to-begin-soon/articleshow/6910153.cms

CHENNAI: Vehicle users taking Inner Ring Road (IRR) will soon have to bear with more congestion in Thirumangalam but for a good reason.

The state highways department has issued work orders for the construction of a 600m long flyover along IRR, connecting two signals at Anna Nagar II Avenue-IRR and Mogappair Road-IRR junctions. A pedestrian subway at Mogappair Road-IRR intersection will also be built as part of the project which is to be executed at a total cost of Rs 60.33 crore.

"We have issued work orders to an Erode-based construction firm and the work will begin in a week or two. It will be a four-lane flyover and is scheduled to be completed in 18 months from the date of commencement of the work," said sources in the department.

While the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has already built a flyover at Padi signal and partially completed another flyover at Koyambedu on IRR, the state highways department's decision to build a flyover on the same road will come as a relief to motorists.

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Thirumangalam-flyover-construction-to-begin-soon/articleshow/6910153.cms

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GREAT NEWS. :banana:

Flyovers required in 2nd avenue Annanagar(atleast @Roundana & Blue star).
Problem may be construction of METRO undergound.
There are 4 signals in the main rd between thirumangalam & roundana so one has to spend minimum 6 min in signal itself for 2.5Km drive.
Other solution is to make entire stretch one way so use parallel shanti colony(4th avenue)rd but many people will complain later stage.
Any suggestions?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Thirumangalam-flyover-construction-to-begin-soon/articleshow/6910153.cms

CHENNAI: Vehicle users taking Inner Ring Road (IRR) will soon have to bear with more congestion in Thirumangalam but for a good reason.

The state highways department has issued work orders for the construction of a 600m long flyover along IRR, connecting two signals at Anna Nagar II Avenue-IRR and Mogappair Road-IRR junctions. A pedestrian subway at Mogappair Road-IRR intersection will also be built as part of the project which is to be executed at a total cost of Rs 60.33 crore.

"We have issued work orders to an Erode-based construction firm and the work will begin in a week or two. It will be a four-lane flyover and is scheduled to be completed in 18 months from the date of commencement of the work," said sources in the department.

While the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has already built a flyover at Padi signal and partially completed another flyover at Koyambedu on IRR, the state highways department's decision to build a flyover on the same road will come as a relief to motorists.

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good news ...

Flyovers required in 2nd avenue Annanagar(atleast @Roundana & Blue star).
Problem may be construction of METRO undergound.
There are 4 signals in the main rd between thirumangalam & roundana so one has to spend minimum 6 min in signal itself for 2.5Km drive.
Other solution is to make entire stretch one way so use parallel shanti colony(4th avenue)rd but many people will complain later stage.
Any suggestions?

actually i do that when i go to annanagar. taking shanthi colony road and while returning i use 2nd ave road. but it the birdge at thirmungalam intersection is extended till shanthi colony road, it will help a lot.

Good News

When they will open Perambur Loco ROB & villiwakkam RUB? earlier they said nov & dec respectively.

Any updates on mugapair-Poonamalle High rd bridge over cooum river?

http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/16/stories/2010111650850100.htm

The Highways Department will begin work on two flyovers on Periyar EVR Salai at the Aminjikarai and Nelson Manickam Road junction in January.

The government recently approved the detailed project report for the two facilities that would be closely located on the stretch. Officials of the Highways Department said one of the flyovers would begin from Periyar EVR Salai before the Anna Arch and land on Nelson Manickam Road, taking an L-shape.

The other would begin on Periyar EVR Salai near Nelson Manickam Road and end on Anna Arch Road in front of the Arignar Anna Government Hospital of Indian Medicine.

The facility would also include a loop that would land near the hospital's medicinal farm. Motorists proceeding towards Parry's Corner from Nelson Manickam Road would take the loop ending on Anna Arch Road and join the traffic on Periyar EVR Salai, the officials said.

An official said tenders would soon be floated for the Rs.117-crore project. Of the total cost, Rs.40 crore has been set aside for land acquisition.

A major share of the lands to be acquired is from government agencies. Anna Arch would be relocated 50 metre further down on the road to accommodate the flyover.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Decks-cleared-for-flyover-in-Tambaram-illegal-structures-demolished/articleshow/6938422.cms

The state highways department on Tuesday demolished over 50 illegal structures opposite the Madras Christian College in East Tambaram, paving the way for work on a Rs 78-crore flyover to re-start. A four-year-old leagal battle had ended after the Madras high court a few days ago quashed the petitions of 30 individuals who had encroached upon the land. With strong support from the Tambaram police, state highways department workers demolished more than 50 illegal structures, mostly commercial buildings and petty shops.

According to officials of the state highways' city roads division, acquiring land is their biggest challenge and they have cleared around 15,000 sq m for this project. "Tuesday's demolition was significant as it helps us lay service lanes and open up a portion of the flyover for traffic movement. It's a big relief," they said.

The flyover will replace the existing railway level crossing (LC No: 30) in Tambaram. "Acquiring land and evicting encroachers on the East Tambaram side was a major reason for the delay. With instructions from our divisional engineer, we completed the demolition. The debris would be cleared in the next few days," the officials added.

The two-lane flyover project, which is being jointly executed by Southern Railway and the state highways department under Railway Project Works, will be 3.2 km long and 7.5 metres wide enough for two buses to pass. The fifth such facility that has come up on the 15-km Guindy-Tambaram stretch in the past few years, it is part of the state government's effort to give better connectivity to the city and its outlying areas. "The flyover will not only be a major link connecting East and West Tambaram but will also connect Velachery Main Road with GST Road, helping ease traffic congestion," said Tambaram municipality chairman E Mani.

The delay in the construction has also escalated the cost. The original estimate, when the work first began, was Rs 35 crore. Now, it has been revised to Rs 78 crore the share of the state highways department which includes land acquisition costs.

It was in 2004 more than five years after it was first envisaged by Southern Railway as part of the gauge conversion work between Chennai Beach and Chengalpet that the project began. Since then, however, it was delayed several times, mainly due to objections by the affected families whose land was to be acquired for the project and litigation against evictions.

^^ With a great amount of the work complete, we can expect this ROB to be opened in a few months...possibly before March!! I still remember how the Pallavaram ROB was hurriedly built after the court orders on land acquisitions came through!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Three-lane-Adyar-bridge-finally/articleshow/6944181.cms

CHENNAI: Finally, an additional bridge in Adyar, along the existing Thiru Vi Ka bridge, is set to take shape with the foundation likely to be laid on Friday. Aimed at easing congestion near the city's southern gateway, the project is expected to be completed in ten months, highly-placed sources said.

Administrative sanction for the project was given in 2005 after it was found that Thiru Vi Ka bridge, with a four-lane divided carriageway, was unable to handle the huge amount of traffic through the day. It is a major link to the city for people in Tiruvanmiyur, Adyar and Besant Nagar as well as for those from southern suburbs.

The proposed three-lane structure, to come up between Thiru Vi Ka bridge and the old disused bridge, will be 326 m long and 11 m wide with a 1.5-m wide footpath on one side near the old arch bridge. It is estimated to cost Rs 13.08 crore. "The contractor will begin work immediately after the bhoomi pooja," said a senior government official.

The road level of the proposed structure has been fixed at 0.72m over the existing bridge. The width will overlap the existing footpath on the four-lane bridge by 1.4m. At least 14 spans will run across the river from near the erstwhile Sathya Studios to Malar Hospitals. The highways department also plans to clear the flower/fruit market at the southern end with support from the corporation.

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http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/korattur-subway-gets-civic-body-green-signal-532

Chennai, Nov. 15: Korattur residents who have put up with crowded railway level-crossings for several years can now heave a sigh of relief with the Ambattur municipality giving the go-ahead for the construction of a new subway there.
But, on the other hand, the petition of Korattur’s neighbourhood locality, Ambattur, is yet to find any official support.
When contacted, Ambattur municipal commissioner Ashish Kumar said. “The Ambattur level crossing at Karukku (LC6) is still in the planning stage. We will be giving the Korattur (LC4) subway a no-objection certificate soon, but no such project is being executed at Karukku.”
“During peak hours, it takes nearly 30-45 minutes to cross the tracks. And the traffic jam develops into a 1-km-long jam. This is not a new problem. The authorities should have taken up a project to construct a subway here long ago,” says Mr Raja Babu, who commutes from Ambattur to Guindy every day.
Not only commuters, but also Lok Sabha MP T.K.S. Elangovan had raised the demand for two subways in Ambattur and Korattur during the 2010 budget session of Parliament.

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Can anyone update on the Adyar / LB road junction flyover /underpass project pls? Is this shelved or in cold storage or some progress happening?

^^If am not wrong they have decided to do it in phases , due to financial crisis involved in land acquisition ..Either Flyover or underpass will be constructed first

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article898761.ece

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Decision on Anna Salai flyovers to be taken in a fortnight

A revised study on traffic on Anna Salai will be completed by the Highways Department shortly to take a decision on flyovers. Inspecting various projects on Friday, Highways Minister Vellakoil Saminathan said that a decision on Anna Salai flyovers would be taken in a fortnight.

The Highways Department is also weighing in the option of constructing smaller flyovers in the intersections instead of constricting two long elevated stretches of larger flyovers to reduce traffic congestion on the arterial road. The department was planning to complete the piling work of the flyovers before the commencement of the Metro Rail work.

“We are not dropping the plan to decongest Anna Salai. There may be modifications based on the results of the study,”Mr. Saminathan told The Hindu.

The Minister also inspected the Koyambedu Grade Separator. The grade separator would be put to use completely by December.

The work on a three-lane bridge on the Cooum River in Aminjikarai would be completed in two months, he added. The Government Order on commencing work on two flyovers and a subway on Periyar EVR Salai-Nelson Manickam Road-Anna Nagar Third Avenue junctions had been issued.

The initial funding for commencement of the Rs.117-crore project would be done through contingency fund until legislative approval.

The L-shaped subway would begin on Anna Nagar Third Avenue and take a right turn to end at Periyar EVR Salai for vehicles proceeding towards Koyambedu. Vehicles from Koyambedu would also use the subway for reaching Anna Nagar Third Avenue.

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Government has sanctioned a fly over near nelson manickam road - junction


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http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article898761.ece

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Decision on Anna Salai flyovers to be taken in a fortnight


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I wish sense prevails and they drop the proposal for 2 long flyovers. Instead, they can consider couple of flyovers - at Teynampet Jn and Nandanam Jn (or may be at CIT nagar Jn).