Chennai Flyover Projects [Archive] - Page 20

valvilvijay

September 5th, 2012, 02:00 PM

சென்னை அண்ணா நகர் ஆர்ச்சை இடிக்கும் பணிக்கு முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதா தடை

சென்னை: சென்னை அண்ணாநகரில் மேம்பாலம் அமைப்பதற்காக அண்ணா ஆர்ச்சை இடிக்கும் பணியை நிறுத்துமாறு தமிழக முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதா உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளார்.
சென்னை அண்ணாநகர் பகுதியில் நெரிசலை குறைக்க 2 மேம்பாலங்களும் சுரங்கப் பாதையும் அமைக்க தீர்மானிக்கப்பட்டது. இதற்கு இடையூறாக அண்ணா ஆர்ச் இருந்து வந்தது. இதையும் இடிக்க முறையாக சென்னை மாநகராட்சியிடம் அனுமதியும் பெறப்பட்டது. கடந்த 4 நாட்களாக அண்ணா ஆர்ச்சை அகற்றும் பணி நடைபெற்று வந்தது.
82 டன் எடை கொண்ட 52 அடி உயர அண்ணா ஆர்ச்சை இடித்து தள்ளினால் பக்கத்தில் உள்ள வீடுகளும் பாதிக்கப்படும் என்பதால் வெட்டி எடுக்கும் பணி நடைபெற்று வந்தது. ஆனால் நுழைவு வாயிலின் உறுதித் தன்மை பலமாக இருந்ததால் இம்முயற்சி தோல்வி அடைந்தது. இதைத் தொடர்ந்து சென்னை பெருநகர தலைமைப்பொறியாளர் சாமுவேல் எபனேசர், நெடுஞ்சாலைத்துறை பொறியாளர் ஆகியோர் பணி நடந்த இடத்தை நேரடியாக நேற்று ஆய்வு செய்தனர். பின்னர் நெடுஞ்சாலைத்துறை உயர் அதிகாரிகளும், முதல்வர் அலுவலக உயர் அதிகாரிகளும் சந்தித்து பேச்சுவார்த்தை நடத்தினர். இதில் நுழைவு வாயிலின் உறுதித் தன்மை பலமாக இருப்பதால் இடிக்காமல், பாலத்தின் வழியை மாற்ற அதிகாரிகள் முடிவு செய்துள்ளனர். மேலும் வெட்டப்பட்ட அண்ணா நுழைவு வாயிலை தாங்கி நிற்கும் தூண்களின் மேல்பகுதி நவீன தொழில்நுட்பத்துடன் ஒட்டப்பவும் தீர்மானிக்கப்பட்டது.
இந்நிலையில் இன்று முதலமைச்சர் ஜெயலலிதா, அமைச்சர்கள் மற்றும் அதிகாரிகளுடன் ஆலோசனை நடத்தினார். இந்த ஆலோசனைக் கூட்டத்தில் அண்ணா ஆர்ச்சை இடிக்கும் பணிக்கு தடை விதித்து முதல்வர் உத்தரவிட்டார். மேலும் அண்ணா ஆர்ச் வழியாக அமைக்கப்பட இருந்த மேம்பாலத்தை சற்று தள்ளி அமைக்கவும் தீர்மானிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
கடந்த 1986-ம் ஆண்டு அறிஞர் அண்ணாவின் பவளவிழாவைப் போற்றும் வகையில் இந்த அண்ணா ஆர்ச் அமைக்கப்பட்டது. அப்போதைய முதல்வர் எம்.ஜி.ஆர் இதனை திறந்து வைத்தார்.
source :http://tamil.oneindia.in/news/2012/09/05/tamilnadu-jaya-orders-stop-demolish-anna-arch-160882.html

ceeznic pirate

September 5th, 2012, 02:55 PM

இதில் நுழைவு வாயிலின் உறுதித் தன்மை பலமாக இருப்பதால் இடிக்காமல், பாலத்தின் வழியை மாற்ற அதிகாரிகள் முடிவு செய்துள்ளனர். மேலும் வெட்டப்பட்ட அண்ணா நுழைவு வாயிலை தாங்கி நிற்கும் தூண்களின் மேல்பகுதி நவீன தொழில்நுட்பத்துடன் ஒட்டப்பவும் தீர்மானிக்கப்பட்டது.

மேலும் அண்ணா ஆர்ச் வழியாக அமைக்கப்பட இருந்த மேம்பாலத்தை சற்று தள்ளி அமைக்கவும் தீர்மானிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
கடந்த 1986-ம் ஆண்டு அறிஞர் அண்ணாவின் பவளவிழாவைப் போற்றும் வகையில் இந்த அண்ணா ஆர்ச் அமைக்கப்பட்டது. அப்போதைய முதல்வர் எம்.ஜி.ஆர் இதனை திறந்து வைத்தார்.
source :http://tamil.oneindia.in/news/2012/09/05/tamilnadu-jaya-orders-stop-demolish-anna-arch-160882.html

Is this new alignment really due to technical challenge(athu enna avlo periya appataker challengea) or just because it was opened by MGR.

J kum flyover/infra kum suthama othe varathu pola..

vinodgopal

September 5th, 2012, 03:49 PM

the traffic oveall has increased due to the flyovers built. What a shame

k11

September 5th, 2012, 11:08 PM

Hindu Link.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3863252.ece

Does it mean they will the new arm will go around the arch.

Would it become narrower, defeating the purpose of resolving congestion.

Murali Bala

September 6th, 2012, 07:02 AM

vinodgopal

September 6th, 2012, 08:01 AM

This is really a Thughlaq project management. It's surprising the NHAI dept underestimated the strength of the arch. It was not built in pallava period just 20 years back. They should have had all the drawings and worked out a detailed demolition plan.

well when they were trying to deal with the top of the arch i knew they were not wise enough. From experience I have figured the base of any structure needs to be wrecked.

Naatula enna madhiri idea mani annan irukkum bodhu yen ivalovu kashta padarangalo

saurabh85

September 6th, 2012, 08:04 AM

^^there goes another project into cold storage!!:bash:

kannan infratech

September 6th, 2012, 08:29 AM

Technical challenge onnum illa.

Bull Dozer vechu base oru idi idicaha mothamum vilundhudum.

Sentimental Challenge.

Anna Name, Inaugurated by MGR Demoilition is bad omen

Murali Bala

September 6th, 2012, 09:59 AM

Ivvalu sakunam pakravangae modhaliayae yosithirukkalmae. Any way better late than never. Let them finalise the new plan and finish the flyover as per amma's blessings.

Ramakrishnan Sitaram

September 6th, 2012, 10:06 AM

New alignment is expected reduce the speed by half... Earlier bridge was planned to accommodate a vehicle touch 60kmph when the bridge was free whereas new alignment which with unusual curve will enable only 40kmph speed.. It may be an indication that during peak hours, movement of vehicle will be slowed down drastically due to curves and turns..

vinodgopal

September 6th, 2012, 11:18 AM

Ivvalu sakunam pakravangae modhaliayae yosithirukkalmae. Any way better late than never. Let them finalise the new plan and finish the flyover as per amma's blessings.

no talk bad amma pathi. seeviduven seevi :)

just kidding :lol:

but seriously yaaru thala mela vizha poradho pathi idinjha arch

WinMoon

September 6th, 2012, 11:38 AM

no talk bad amma pathi. seeviduven seevi :)

just kidding :lol:

but seriously yaaru thala mela vizha poradho pathi idinjha arch

Am more worried that there is a 6 Month delay due to new Alignment..
someone is gonna come from Mumbai it seems to desing new Alignment.. so Obviously increase in cost & time, decrease in Purpose(Narrow and Curvy) all for Sentimental Reasons... Common... Where is so called the Common Sense & Rational thinking gone....

kannan infratech

September 6th, 2012, 01:30 PM

The arch inner steel bars & concrete have already been cut to remove the top portion of the arch. They can not refix it as it is now.

it is better if they demolish the whole thing and build an identical one if they want at the same place later after the flyover is built.

ceeznic pirate

September 6th, 2012, 01:55 PM

^^

மேலும் வெட்டப்பட்ட அண்ணா நுழைவு வாயிலை தாங்கி நிற்கும் தூண்களின் மேல்பகுதி நவீன தொழில்நுட்பத்துடன் ஒட்டப்பவும் தீர்மானிக்கப்பட்டது.

:naughty:

Murali Bala

September 7th, 2012, 06:31 AM

Now everytime we travel below this arch, we have to catch our breath so that it doest fall on us. All this talk of "Navvena Thohilnutpum" will not help to get over the fear.

tamilbala

September 7th, 2012, 03:09 PM

Chennai already had a Parakkum Bus, hope we shouldn't have a Parakkum Arch.

Can this be declared as World's First Spineless Arch?

thillai_selvan

September 10th, 2012, 05:41 AM

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01204/09Septchdhr04_High_1204152e.jpg

Looks like there may be a solution to the traffic congestion in some challenging spots in south Chennai. If the flyovers being planned in Pallavaram and Velachery materialise, that is. The Highways Department is all set to acquire land for construction of flyovers in the two localities, according to officials.

In Velachery, around 1530 sq mt of land and at Pallavaram around 2,000 sq mt of land would be required for the projects that seek to ease traffic congestion at the junctions. Sources in the Highways Department said the general arrangement drawings and alignments for these facilities costing around Rs.175 crore have been approved. Once its design wing clears the designs submitted by the consultant, the tendering process will begin. It is expected to take a couple of months after that for the work to be awarded to contractors.

The detailed project report for construction of flyovers at the Vijay Nagar junction in Velachery, at the Kolathur junction -- for smooth traffic movement from Red Hills Road --, one on Inner Ring Road at Retteri and another, connecting Market Road and Kundrathur Road in Pallavaram had been submitted by the consultant a few months ago. No acquisition would be required for the one at Kolathur as the facility would come up over the 200 feet road at a cost of Rs. 50 crore.

Of the three locations, the Vijay Nagar junction, the busiest, will have two flyovers. One of them will be a one-way facility with traffic from Velachery Bypass Road to Tambaram. The other flyover – a portion of which would pass above the other facility – would allow two-way traffic from Taramani Link Road to Velachery Bypass Road.

Residents say that unless steps are taken to remove a bottleneck that is located 100 mts from the Vijay Nagar junction on Tambaram Road, the traffic chaos cannot be addressed successfully. “There are two flyovers on the Tambaram Road. The bypass is also quite broad. Despite that, vehicles pile up on this road. A private company has taken up some road space. Unless that is removed no solution will work out,” said M. Marimuthu, a resident.

Department will soon acquire land to construct flyovers in Pallavaram and Velachery

Source (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article3879676.ece)

Murali Bala

September 10th, 2012, 07:13 AM

The bottleneck which is located 100 meters from Vijayangar bus stand is the Sutherland building owned by CDS group. I think the case is still in supreme court and no is budging a bit to give this land. Selfish people who don't care about public apathy.

udhaya

September 10th, 2012, 01:59 PM

typical jj thuglaq durbar

cofee

September 10th, 2012, 04:21 PM

கடந்த ஆட்சியில், மேம்பாலம் அமைக்க, முடிவெடுக்கப்பட்ட போதே, அண்ணா நினைவு வளைவு வழியாகத் தான் பாலம் செல்லும் என்பதும், அதனை அகற்ற வேண்டும் என்பது கருணாநிதிக்கு தெரியாதது எப்படி. ஒரு வேளை, சென்னையின் அடையாளச் சின்னமாக அமைந்துள்ள இந்த வளைவை, அகற்ற வேண்டும் என்ற எண்ணத்தில், இந்த மேம்பாலப் பணிக்கு அவர் வழங்கிய உத்தரவு, என்னால் தடைபட்டு விட்டதே, என்ற கோபத்தில் என் மீது அவதூறுகளை அள்ளி வீசுகிறார் போல் உள்ளது.எது எப்படியோ, முந்தைய தி.மு.க., ஆட்சியில் எடுக்கப்பட்ட முடிவு, என் கவனத்திற்கு முன்பே கொண்டு வரப்பட்டு இருந்தால், அண்ணா வளைவை இடிக்காமல் மேம்பாலப் பணிகளை மேற்கொள்ளுமாறு நிச்சயம் உத்தரவிட்டிருப்பேன்.அண்ணா வளைவு அகற்றப்படுவது குறித்து, பத்திரிகைகளில் வந்த செய்திகளின் மூலம் நான் அறிந்து, பணியை உடனடியாக நிறுத்தும்படி அதிகாரிகளுக்கு உத்தரவிட்டேன். மேலும், இந்த வளைவை அகற்றாமல் மேம்பாலப் பணியினை நிறைவேற்ற ஆய்வு செய்யுமாறும், அது குறித்து விரிவாக விவாதிக்கலாம் என்றும் உத்தரவிட்டேன்.

அதன் அடிப்படையில் மூத்த அமைச்சர்கள், அரசு அதிகாரிகளுடன் விரிவாக ஆய்வு நடத்தி, ஈ.வெ.ரா., சாலையில் இருந்து அண்ணாநகர் நோக்கிச் செல்லும் மேம்பாலத்தை, சிறிது கிழக்குப் புறமாக மாற்றியமைத்து, மேம்பாலப் பணிகள் மேற்கொள்ளப்படும் என்று அறிவித்தேன். இதன் மூலம் வளைவு அகற்றப்படுவது நிறுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளது.அண்ணா பவள விழா நினைவு வளைவு அங்கிருக்கக் கூடாது என்ற தன் தந்திர எண்ணம் ஈடேறவில்லையே என்ற ஆதங்கத்தில் கூடுதல் செலவு என்று நீலிக்கண்ணீர் வடிக்கிறாரா என்பதை கருணாநிதி தான் தெளிவு படுத்த வேண்டும்.இவ்வாறு அறிக்கையில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார்.

Amma pugunthirichu.

Flyover varum aana varathu.

This flyover will go in the list of:
1.Port to maduravoil express way.
2.Anna library.
3. Tamil Parliment

Next will be Metro railway.

mr_madras

September 11th, 2012, 12:20 PM

Thirumangalam flyover construction ( from Mugapair Road)
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/763/20120828001.jpg

vijayvmail

September 11th, 2012, 05:04 PM

^^^^ For a second, I thought that the flyover is so wide :)

Licit Mortal

September 11th, 2012, 06:40 PM

Does Chennai have multilevel car parking in various zones of the city? Why is it difficult to have a multilevel flyover as follows?

1) The earth level roads are modified in such a way that no buses are allowed and only light motor vehicles are allowed in 4 lanes(2 in each direction) and the pedestrian space should be expanded with dedicated cycle lanes and temporary paid parking space.

2) 4 to 6 laned signal free first level for heavy motor vehicles and point to point travel.

3) BRTS in the second level with 2 bidirectional lanes and bus bays just like mini metro stations. Even share auto and private buses can share these lanes.

How difficult is it to transform all the major roads through a network of this two level flyovers. I could see challenges with exit ramps, but the buses in level 2 do not need any exit ramp, because they would constantly be on the second level from start to destination where all the bus bays are located. They might probably need an exit ramp leading to the depots, which shouldn't be very challenging. Even that could be managed, by constructing the depots on the first level, while letting out the ground level for commercial, government or paid parking purposes. Only the first level requires proper exit ramps at different points in the city, but that is something that is already existing for all major flyovers in the city. With a little alteration on the drawing board, we could have a very effective network of urban roads, easing our traffic for both the pedestrians, public and private vehicles.

Sorry if this idea sounds stupid.

vinodgopal

September 11th, 2012, 09:23 PM

boo hoo hoo:bash: (anna arch)

kuthunga ejaman kuthunga indha pombalaingale ippidithan

sethumurugan

September 12th, 2012, 10:10 AM

sethumurugan

September 13th, 2012, 10:01 AM

For me attachment button is not there. can someone help me?

ferrari_fan

September 13th, 2012, 12:18 PM

^^ There is no such thing as an attachment button on SSC..

rsrikanth05

September 16th, 2012, 12:16 PM

Saw a gigantic crane last week for dismantling the Anna Arch.
And the Arcot Road-Mt. Poonamalle Road jn flyover seems to have been abandoned?

phoenoix

September 16th, 2012, 05:25 PM

Still the crane is holding that cut arch? Daily 4.4 lakhs going for an arch which has no historical value or worth :(

sridhar_n

September 16th, 2012, 05:58 PM

sethumurugan

September 16th, 2012, 07:00 PM

I found this on FB. Looks like this is better than the existing flyovers. No cross overs. But I do not know will this require lot of space. engineers can help.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8435/7979034373_47e9161f3b.jpg

arshyam

September 16th, 2012, 07:24 PM

Interesting idea, my 2 paise:

1. May not really work without much more space than shown. See the individual ramps, they are so narrow, like our 'awesome' Adyar flyover LB road ramp. The ramps are exactly a lane wide, and no shoulder space. In reality, the landing points of these ramps will need more than a single lane width.
2. The corners are too sharp with 90 deg. angles. May need to smoothen them so through traffic is not slowed down due to turning vehicles.
3. Are those service lanes on the side? They are also needed, since Indian reality is that there a lot of small shops at most itersections whose customers park their bikes in front, auto-stands, the road side temple, etc. :)
4. The turns look too-narrow, it would be better to land those turning arms in the outer lanes than the inner ones, so as to allow for a smoother turn at a decent speed.
5. Last (and unfortunately, the least, in today's planning): no pedestrian and bicycle access (for crossing the intersection, I suppose footpaths can be added to the sides).

I guess scaling the above to use more length might be better. But in India, it all boils down to an absolute lack of space, which this does not solve.

proprashanth

September 17th, 2012, 07:59 AM

kannan infratech

September 17th, 2012, 09:17 AM

The above is a render only and not real. May be by a student / learner.

3 level grade separators are easy solutions but costlier to build.

We have only 2 level at Chennai so far. Kathipara & Koyambedu have intermediate level.

Madya Kailsash issue can be solved by a 3 level GS. But CLRI and cancer hospital (Old) may not give lands. KB Nagar station is also too near the Jn and can not be shifted.

chennaidesi

September 18th, 2012, 04:48 AM

No. This refers to junction where the Tambaram-Velachery road meets the Medavakkam-Perumbakkam-Sholinganallur road (T51 Route) and Medavakkam - Mambakkam road. Both these road junctions are 100 m apart and there are two different traffic signals which will be avoided when the flyover is constructed on the Velachery - Tambaram SH road.

How about traffic in this place during peak hours.

iniyachennai

September 18th, 2012, 05:17 AM

Still the crane is holding that cut arch? Daily 4.4 lakhs going for an arch which has no historical value or worth :(

Anna Arch to be renamed as Hanging arch of Anna(Annanagar)

PrinceRaj

September 18th, 2012, 09:15 AM

How about traffic in this place during peak hours.

Medavakam junction traffic is pathetic during peak hours . Due to narrow and potholed roads .

Im not sure whether a flyover solves traffic issue . But given the amount of vehicles coming to this junction . Its better to have a flyover soon

chennaidesi

September 18th, 2012, 01:12 PM

Thanks Prince.

I grew up in Velachery from 1976 and there used to be only one bus 51H to tambaram from saidapet via medavakkam and the other bus from Saidapet 51E stopped at vijaya nagar busstand. I studied in T.Nagar Panagal park(RKM) and we know all bus drivers and conductors by name and it was like a family before Velachery started growing from 1980's and now Medavakkam is also a developed place.:cheers:

But for roads to become better as I already said the chances are slim for another 10 years.

phoenoix

September 20th, 2012, 02:10 PM

That Arch had no and didn't carry any relevance until they decided to remove it. Why didnt these guys create any probs when CMRL decided to dig /bore into 'Anna Salai'. And btw, did anyone create any issues when statue of Nehru was removed /relocated to give way for Kathipara interchange? And now in any case that statue is standing in some corner totally ignored!

That statue will come back to its original place once the arch is stuck with a glue like anabond. They are in the process of thinking how to stick the Arch back and as per Dinamalar 80 lakhs wasted till now just to hold that useless arch. Still they haven't found the right glue :( Sadly Dinamalar was more worried about the traffic snarls there due to this and not about the money which is being spent for nothing.

Some controversy came when Nehru idol was removed.

Anna Arch to be renamed as Hanging arch of Anna(Annanagar)

:lol: :lol:

Arul Murugan

September 20th, 2012, 02:15 PM

I hope the arch falls down in middle of the night when there is no traffic movement.

Porur flyover nanga vanthavudaney 6 months la mudikka padum nu sonnanaga. DMK enga vittangalo angae irukku antha flyover.

kannan infratech

September 20th, 2012, 02:45 PM

Today I went by the Anna Nagar arch. they have made a small detour outside the Arch so that no vehicle movement under the Hanging Arch.

If they feel so sentimental about the arch, they can remove as few pieces and reconstruct in the same design later.

I saw that the steel reinforcement bars have been cut in the middle. They may have to insert new rods and use Construction Chemicals for Old Concrete New Concrete Jointing. Jujubi work for any good construction firm.

Oru velai the crane contractor Bill u romba Kanama irukkanumnu late panrangalo ?

kannan infratech

September 20th, 2012, 02:51 PM

Porur flyover delay seems to be on two reasons.

Major reason - they are laying UG pipelines for both Water & sewage for the areas and all the major pipelines cross at the junction (Poor design but done long back without keeping the future in mind) .

Even EB lines are trunk lines it seems. During excavation, the pile machine cut through the EB cable & water lines it seems.

The second reason is that the contract was awarded at a very low price prior to the steep price increase of raw materials, steel, cement etc. The contractor now is asking for escalation.

As per tender norms, there is not much scope and they can not retender as the successful bidder may file a case then.

Idiyappa Chikkal.

cofee

September 20th, 2012, 03:13 PM

That statue will come back to its original place once the arch is stuck with a glue like anabond. They are in the process of thinking how to stick the Arch back and as per Dinamalar 80 lakhs wasted till now just to hold that useless arch. Still they haven't found the right glue :( Sadly Dinamalar was more worried about the traffic snarls there due to this and not about the money which is being spent for nothing.

Some controversy came when Nehru idol was removed.

:lol: :lol:

Don't talk about money. Money is never an issue for a profoundly wealthy country like India.

Particularly living in filthy rich state of Tamil Nadu.

We just build 700C Parliment building and let it derilict.
We spend 1000 crores on a partialy built arial Highway and then use it for posters.

Build a flasy library and let for rent to Wedding.

Tell me which country can afford to do such things.

Our Goverment even give out subsided spectrum, coal mines, granite quarries etc etc.

Stupid Sweden, Norway,UK, Australia & Canada goverment are struggling to give peanuts as unemployment benefits to their poor citizens.

Here we are doleing out Trillions in India to poor business community.

Indian tax payers are not concerned a bit about those Trillion Dollors hand outs.

India must be a super rich country.

Unfortunatly i dont live in India.

I live in a pitchakara country were my fellow citizen cry,moan & question for every Gov expenditure just because they are so called tax payers ( Pitchakara pasanga).

sridhar_n

September 20th, 2012, 04:59 PM

And cofee, this is the country where you find very insensitive and indifferent citizens...and citizens who have very short memory...and who are at times, happy to be busy watching cricket, bollywood/kollywood/....wood movie....and allow our politicians to be corrupt and make us corrupt too....

natarajan1986

September 20th, 2012, 06:03 PM

Even the almost completed rangarajapuram flyover is not progressing and its
halted now :bash::bash:
We should feel proud even if we get single flyover with this regime:lol:

thillai_selvan

September 21st, 2012, 05:08 AM

http://imageshack.us/a/img528/8301/screenshotbsqw.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img198/8250/screenshot1gb.png

Source (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article3920772.ece)

mr_madras

September 21st, 2012, 07:43 AM

one of my long dream to have flyover at this place ( Sterling rd-Collage rd Jn) & (pantheon - Adithanar salai Jn). there is no point of constructing mini flyovers, they should accuire more lands and do some justice for our chennai traffic. hope some good news by 2013

ranga

September 21st, 2012, 01:46 PM

Even the almost completed rangarajapuram flyover is not progressing and its
halted now :bash::bash:
We should feel proud even if we get single flyover with this regime:lol:

Revolutionary leaders are not good administrators and she is prooving that:lol:

Nirmal S.

September 24th, 2012, 08:53 AM

Construction was stalled to facilitate shifting of Metrowater lines at Moolakadai and Porur

Tired of waiting for Metrowater to shift water lines, the Highways Department has opted for ‘Plan B’ at Moolakadai and Porur flyovers.

Work on the two flyovers was stalled in order to facilitate the water supply agency to lay down pipelines before the two structures came up. But now, the department has decided to go ahead with construction after tweaking a few details.

At Moolakadai, the department had to change the flyover design in a small way. Work will progress at Porur, and the water supply agency can lay new lines in future and close down the two existing ones running there.

“At Porur, we completed 90 per cent of land acquisition in January, and the rest by July. But we had to foreclose the contract and are now calling a fresh tender. There is enough space on either side of the flyover and if Metrowater wishes to shift the water lines from Chembarambakkam lake, they can do so without disturbing our work,” said a Highways Department official.

Work on the Rs. 35 crore facility began in March 2010 and only about 10 per cent of civil construction has been completed. The work had to be put on hold as the water lines had to be shifted. The four-lane flyover — 475 metres long and 17.2 metres wide — will help ease traffic at the junction of Mount Poonamallee Road and Arcot Salai. “We can divert traffic to either side of the flyover. We expect work to commence by end of next month,” the official said.

At the Moolakadai junction, the design has been altered slightly so that the water mains do not come in the way. “We will commence work on October 1 after getting permission to enter the premises that have been acquired for the project,” another official said.

Nearly 50 per cent of work on the four-lane flyover has been completed. The Rs. 49.55-crore facility is expected to be ready by September 2013, the official said.

Source - http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/work-on-flyovers-resumes-after-futile-wait/article3929749.ece

Kathir

September 25th, 2012, 08:21 PM

Is it renovation or restoration ?

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chennai-anna-arch-renovation-work-to-begin-on-wednesday/295107-62-130.html

During the discussions, the Chief Minister advised the officials about the renovation measures to be undertaken to safeguard the Arches, a landmark in the city.

Donno that Jaya is an expert in architecture/civil engineering, even giving advice to 'qualified' officials about how to do the renovation.
Not only her, earlier Ayya also did the same for flyovers (just one single, straight, narrow flyover without any consideration of the nature of junction), Secretariat, etc.
It is amazing that we have politicians who are experts in all fields.

arshyam

September 30th, 2012, 06:14 PM

Also, since they are all Doctors, they will soon be giving medical opinions :lol:

murlee

October 1st, 2012, 02:20 PM

Velachery MRTS Flyover

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/8012529145_10687ee147_b.jpg

Src: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maulireflects/8012529145/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Murali Bala

October 3rd, 2012, 07:03 AM

Indha eddathai ivvalavuu Azhagha katta eppadi Mudinjatrhu. Good photography.

rsrikanth05

October 4th, 2012, 09:57 PM

I got a nice snap of the Anna Arch being lisfted by a crane. Will post soon.

Any pics of Moolakadai?

Nirmal S.

October 5th, 2012, 07:26 AM

I got a nice snap of the Anna Arch being lisfted by a crane. Will post soon.

Any pics of Moolakadai?

Regarding Moolakadai Fly over - Lot of building demolition activities going on the either side of the road. the whole area looks dusty for the past one or two weeks.. very difficult to drive two wheelers..

But the over all work goes in good pace..I dont have any photos as of now. but can click few this week end.

mr_madras

October 5th, 2012, 08:23 AM

Regarding Moolakadai Fly over - Lot of building demolition activities going on the either side of the road. the whole area looks dusty for the past one or two weeks.. very difficult to drive two wheelers..

But the over all work goes in good pace..I dont have any photos as of now. but can click few this week end.

Good it means wide flyover and also wide service lane. but in thirumangalam they are not touching single building for flyover so the service lane will not be wide.

sanjaysan

October 5th, 2012, 08:27 AM

Nirmal S.

October 7th, 2012, 03:32 PM

Regarding Moolakadai Fly over - Lot of building demolition activities going on the either side of the road. the whole area looks dusty for the past one or two weeks.. very difficult to drive two wheelers..

But the over all work goes in good pace..I dont have any photos as of now. but can click few this week end.

Moolakadai - Flyover construction activities -
Few pics which are taken today

http://imageshack.us/a/img803/5619/20121007506.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img401/4956/20121007507.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img837/8186/20121007508.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img197/6475/20121007510.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img843/9665/capturetfj.jpg

Thanks,
Nirmal

murlee

October 7th, 2012, 03:38 PM

TFS..

Looks like a warzone! Aleppo should look better than this.. :tongue2:

Kathir

October 7th, 2012, 04:13 PM

I have been using the Mount-Poonamallee road for daily commuting.
It is a hell to cross the narrow stretch at butt road section (near the mosque) during peak hours (not to mention the jams all along the stretch, especially at Ramapuram, DLF and Porur)..

When widening most of our road, they leave the bottlenecks as it is (one more e.g. vijaya nagar junction). They don't even care about it and it becomes a daily ordeal for daily commuters like us. In many places clearing the encroachments itself will give lot of road space.

In places like butt road if land acquisition is a problem, they can put that money to build flyovers to handle it. By this they can solve the traffic problems without worrying about land acquisition, using the money required for it.
For. eg. they can build a flyover at butt road with pillars at the side of the road as in the below picture, so that one way traffic is at surface and the other way is on the flyover right above it.

http://imageshack.us/a/img705/4153/flyovert.jpg

But one thing, if they continue on giving freebies with taxpayers money meant for govt projects, they won't even start or complete already started projects and everything will find the same fate as our electricity board.

madhan

October 7th, 2012, 07:40 PM

jayak914

October 9th, 2012, 01:05 PM

Honble Chief Minister inaugurated the new over bridge near Gummidipundi Railway station through Video Conferencing

http://www.tn.gov.in/seithi_veliyeedu/pr09Oct12/pr091012j.jpg

vijayvmail

October 10th, 2012, 06:16 AM

vijayvmail

October 10th, 2012, 06:45 AM

http://epaper.dinamalar.com/PUBLICATIONS/DM/DINAMALAR/2012/10/10/Photographs/006/10_10_2012_006_034_001.jpg

Rail over bridge at Pallavaram station opened yesterday.

Source: dinamalar, chennai edition, dated 10-Oct-2012

This is the bridge that was pending for a long time. This is the one, where a motorist fell down with his car.

Looks like this also has a similar design as the Rangarajapuram bridge, but with just one arm.

BTW, the Rangarajapuram Flyover second arm seems to have been completed. The flyover is still barricaded. but the approach road has been freshly laid with the lanes clearly marked and all the debris around has been removed. But the limited subway that was being built, in place of the old level crossing is still pending. It is half dug and no work is going on. So, that place is still a mess and I think it'll be too low on their radar and will not get done for another 10 years. If they want, it can be done in a week. After all, it is only a limited subway for pedestrians and two wheelers.

தமிழன்

October 10th, 2012, 06:52 AM

Corporation mulling mammoth flyover along Usman Road

The Chennai Corporation is preparing to call for tenders for a consultancy project to look into a massive flyover project to connect two flyovers on Usman Road, and extend them all the way to Mount Road. An earlier consultancy tender for this project had failed to turn up affordable consultants, and the new tender is expected to be floated soon. Work is already underway to look into the feasibility and finalise project specifics of five other flyovers in different parts of the city.

The Corporation administration had announced in its annual budget for 2012-12 that it would take up studies for seven flyover projects (see box). The biggest of these seven proposed projects is the one on Usman Road, which officials say would create a thoroughfare across one of the most congested zones in the city.

The project has been envisioned to link the Mahalingapuram – North Usman Road Flyover with the South Usman Road Flyover, and extending it to reach Mount Road. This would mean the entire Usman Road stretch, measuring roughly 3.3 km, would be covered by a traffic flyover.

The consultancy contracts for the studies and reports on the proposed projects have been divided into three packages, with the Usman Road project forming a package on its own. The price quoted by consultants had been too high during the first tender call, and the Corporation is now preparing to call for another tender.

Studies are currently being conducted on five other projects by two consultants – EGIS India Consulting Engineers and Stup Consultants. Preliminary reports of these studies are expected to be presented to the Corporation top brass in a few weeks.

The plan to commission a study into the feasibility of a flyover at the Royapettah Clock Tower Junction has been put on hold, say officials. “CMRL work is going on in the area, and traffic diversions have been put in place. This means we can’t effectively study traffic patterns. So, we have decided to put the entire project on hold till work is completed in the zone,” says an official.

The consultants have been asked to complete their study and present Detailed Project Reports in six months time, the official added.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/corporation-mulling-mammoth-flyover-along-usman-road/299523-60-120.html

krishnaswamy

October 10th, 2012, 07:06 AM

Hurray..:cheers::cheers:
Atlast this flyover is opened..
http://epaper.dinamalar.com/PUBLICATIONS/DM/DINAMALAR/2012/10/10/Photographs/006/10_10_2012_006_034_001.jpg

vijayvmail

October 10th, 2012, 07:24 AM

Corporation mulling mammoth flyover along Usman Road

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/corporation-mulling-mammoth-flyover-along-usman-road/299523-60-120.html

They're just talking, discussing, calling for tenders again and again.Not one implementation has started anywhere

robertashok

October 10th, 2012, 09:15 AM

Hurray..:cheers::cheers:
Atlast this flyover is opened..
http://epaper.dinamalar.com/PUBLICATIONS/DM/DINAMALAR/2012/10/10/Photographs/006/10_10_2012_006_034_001.jpg

I still remember the super jump by the JEEP.

ranga

October 10th, 2012, 11:34 AM

They're just talking, discussing, calling for tenders again and again.Not one implementation has started anywhere

Still u have not understood jaya's way of ruling the state.Already this has happened in her previous two regimes.Always appearing to do but do nothing.Studying feasability and viability appointing so called consultants calling for tenders no or lukewarm response as the quotes are unrealistic and the process goes on repeatedly tilll the proposed projects dies by the end of the regime.U see the funds alloted are quoted in fractions like Rs 83.67 lacs,Rs14.93crores this is an indication of the propsed project not taking off.

rsrikanth05

October 10th, 2012, 11:51 AM

So is the Anna Arch being demolished for the flyover or not?

venkatm

October 10th, 2012, 01:49 PM

All the studies, consultants, DPR etc. are to keep the conultants afloat. No project is going to come out of it. Even if miraculously a flyover gets built, it will be the width of a loincloth and will cause more problems that it solves e.g. royapettah high road, peters road, usman road flyovers. The Lb road underpass has been haiging fire for so many years now since they don't want to spend any money on LA.

tamilbala

October 10th, 2012, 02:45 PM

Corporation mulling mammoth flyover along Usman Road [/URL]

If they extend the bridge from Mahalingapuram to Anna Salai, how will the buses get into the bridge?

Atleast for Mahalingapuram direction, they can drive some 2kms extra via Venkatnarayana Rd, but how for Anna Salai?

Almost 70% buses from TNagar goes towards anna salai and there is no alternate Road.

So this 3.5Kms Bridge is totally Unfeasible.

Only solution if this is to be built - MTC should have bigger cranes for Loading & Unloading buses into this bridge.

natarajan1986

October 10th, 2012, 06:17 PM

Atlast a good news ,rangarajapuram flyover will be opened to traffic soon,they have started decoration work for inaugaration

jayaraj100

October 10th, 2012, 07:34 PM

^^ Hi.. I too commute on this road daily and I was thinking of a subway instead of a flyover. I believe there was some thing called a "Magic Box" technology to build subway for a small stretch used in Bangalore.. I remember reading that the construction could be completed in very short period and with very much less cost.

The Subway would carry traffic towards kathipara. The traffic towards porur would be on level ground.

The pictorial representation of idea is below:

http://imageshack.us/a/img837/120/buttroad.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/837/buttroad.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

I dont know whose brain child "Magic Box" is, it is one of the worst or the worst. It took nearly 3 years for completing one such thing in Bangalore. Reason is that number of underground netowrk always delays the project. Magic box is just reduces the time of RCCing, but rest remains the same. Worst part is that landing between box and the ramp is not at all smooth. Typically vehicle halts near this joint and go through 1/2 feet jerk (L shape). Some vehicle gets badly gets hit in its belly... of course traffic slowing down due to this.

My observation is, if our old style of building flyover/subway takes 6-12 months, modern technology (supposedly) takes 3 years... I dont know why...

vijayvmail

October 11th, 2012, 07:04 AM

I dont know whose brain child "Magic Box" is, it is one of the worst or the worst. It took nearly 3 years for completing one such thing in Bangalore. Reason is that number of underground netowrk always delays the project. Magic box is just reduces the time of RCCing, but rest remains the same. Worst part is that landing between box and the ramp is not at all smooth. Typically vehicle halts near this joint and go through 1/2 feet jerk (L shape). Some vehicle gets badly gets hit in its belly... of course traffic slowing down due to this.

My observation is, if our old style of building flyover/subway takes 6-12 months, modern technology (supposedly) takes 3 years... I dont know why...

I think it is due to bad implementation and not due to bad technology.

Taking 3 years is because of non-cooperation between departments, bad contracts etc.

Kathir

October 11th, 2012, 07:58 PM

I think it is due to bad implementation and not due to bad technology.

Taking 3 years is because of non-cooperation between departments, bad contracts etc.

Don't forget about our way of managing subways during rainy days.
That's why I suggested flyover at first place.

Murali Bala

October 12th, 2012, 05:58 AM

From The Hindu Today

Three new bridges to link ECR and OMR

To improve connectivity between the East Coast Road (ECR) and Rajiv Gandhi Salai, three bridges will be constructed across the south Buckingham Canal.

The bridges are to be built at Neelankarai, Palavakkam and Kottivakkam. The State highways department will execute these works as part of a project for widening roads between the two roads so as to help development in those areas as well.

Though it has been over a decade since ECR was developed and at least five years since Rajiv Gandhi Salai, also known as Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), was formed, connectivity between these major roads has remained poor.

“Thiruvanmiyur and Sholinganallur are 10 km away and there are no connecting roads in between. There are just a few culverts that carry pedestrians and two-wheelers across the canal,” said G. Sathish, a resident of Sholinganallur.

According to sources in the highways department, encroachments along the waterway would be removed. Work on the bridges is likely to commence by March 2013. The facility at Neelankarai would have four lanes, and the other two bridges would have two lanes each. The sub soil in the canal is being tested for strength.

Once that is done, the design for the bridges would be taken up. Three roads leading to the bridges would be widened in the second phase.

Residents said widening of interior roads would help reduce traffic at Sholinganallur and Thoraipakkam junctions, which get clogged during rush hour.

“We need connecting roads at least every three kilometres. Vehicles going from Pallavaram, Chromepet, and GST Road towards ECR can go via these connecting roads,” said Abhirami Kannan, a resident of Thoraipakkam.

“If the bridges are constructed, it would help improve connectivity. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has already frozen development along the road in Neelankarai, where a detailed survey of lands is to be taken up,” said a source in the highways department.

The State government has provided administrative sanction for a detailed project report for the roads.

In Palavakkam, two existing roads have been identified for improvement. They are 12 metres wide and would get white topping to prevent water logging. Duct facilities, among other things, will be provided on the roads.

madhan

October 12th, 2012, 07:52 AM

Don't forget about our way of managing subways during rainy days.
That's why I suggested flyover at first place.

True... yet with proper drain channels, they should be able to minimize the havoc. The reason for suggesting a subway is it is faster to construct, less cost and it could have 4 lanes below the surface carrying larger traffic.

Whatever we say.. the govt. should first think of providing a solution to the bottleneck.. then they would do a traffic analysis.. then they would come up with a crooked design after pleasing all the local politicians, authorities and heavyweights.. They will also take into account on what will be the most "beneficial" solution for them.. :)

Nirmal S.

October 12th, 2012, 01:37 PM

Kathir

October 12th, 2012, 08:27 PM

True... yet with proper drain channels, they should be able to minimize the havoc. The reason for suggesting a subway is it is faster to construct, less cost and it could have 4 lanes below the surface carrying larger traffic.

Whatever we say.. the govt. should first think of providing a solution to the bottleneck.. then they would do a traffic analysis.. then they would come up with a crooked design after pleasing all the local politicians, authorities and heavyweights.. They will also take into account on what will be the most "beneficial" solution for them.. :)

True.. Even for a major arterial road like Poonamallee High Road, they left the traffic at havoc with a narrow bridge on coovam near aminjikarai for these many years. All of a sudden they woke up recently and constructed an additional bridge to bring the pain to an end.
If this is the case for a major road then imagine about rest of the roads.
Lot of ROBs inside city are also in the same state, in the same size from the date of construction, as if they planned them very well for the future traffic of 50+ years. one best example is the Kodambakkam ROB..

madhan

October 12th, 2012, 11:37 PM

^^ Add Guindy Railway bridge to the list. It is one of the gateways to city, yet it is only 4 lanes...

sethumurugan

October 13th, 2012, 09:07 AM

True.. Even for a major arterial road like Poonamallee High Road, they left the traffic at havoc with a narrow bridge on coovam near aminjikarai for these many years. All of a sudden they woke up recently and constructed an additional bridge to bring the pain to an end.
If this is the case for a major road then imagine about rest of the roads.
Lot of ROBs inside city are also in the same state, in the same size from the date of construction, as if they planned them very well for the future traffic of 50+ years. one best example is the Kodambakkam ROB..

Kodambakkam ROB is one of the worst ROB in chennai especially in peek hours. any time if any bus goes before you, you are dead. the bus does n't have capacity to climb the bridge with so much of crowd and it used to crawl and all 2, 3 and 4 wheelers silently and slowly follow that bus. in evenings for sure the traffic from valluvar kottam to kodambakkam side is hectic.

arshyam

October 13th, 2012, 09:21 PM

krishnaswamy

October 14th, 2012, 08:00 AM

Second arm of Rangarajapuram flyover to be opened tomorrow (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/second-arm-of-rangarajapuram-flyover-to-be-opened-tomorrow/article3995034.ece)
Finally, it is going to be opened up tomorrow..

Murali Bala

October 14th, 2012, 08:04 AM

They should make Doraiswamy road One way and make this new Rengarajapuram bridge take the outgoing traffic or vice versa. Not sure whether the Station road streets will handle this traffic.

mr_madras

October 14th, 2012, 08:43 AM

Thirumangalam flyover work progress very poor (Source: Annanagar times)
The Tirumangalam flyover project at the junction of Jawaharlal Nehru Road and Ambattur Estate Road has progressed poorly, with only 18 pillars completed so far. Work on the storm water drains and the pedestrian subway has not been started at all. To speed up the construction,the number of workers has been increased from 30 to 50. About 11,650 vehicles pass through the junction every hour during peak hours.

Vijay M

October 14th, 2012, 12:50 PM

They should make Doraiswamy road One way and make this new Rengarajapuram bridge take the outgoing traffic or vice versa. Not sure whether the Station road streets will handle this traffic.

Yes, the station road streets are very narrow, and they are already congested with the traffic from one of the Y arms. I don't know of theres scope for road widening. There are some places which are dug up also which is choking traffic.

ceeznic pirate

October 14th, 2012, 07:14 PM

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தமிழன்

October 15th, 2012, 06:23 AM

Traffic on new flyover to be one-way

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Traffic-on-new-flyover-to-be-one-way/articleshow/16817415.cms

krishnaswamy

October 15th, 2012, 06:33 AM

is Rengarajapuram flyover poorly designed or they have done their best, based on the limitations of narrow roads and heavy traffic?

natarajan1986

October 15th, 2012, 06:54 AM

bridge is narrow but the both sides of bridge lands in different location ,only problem is joyalukkas junction which will witness more traffic

krishnaswamy

October 15th, 2012, 07:04 AM

From DKN:
http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2012/10/15/20121015a_00410101001.jpg

தமிழன்

October 15th, 2012, 07:06 AM

From DKN:
http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2012/10/15/20121015a_00410101001.jpg

can we expect all these lights to work from tomorrow??:lol:

vijayvmail

October 15th, 2012, 07:39 AM

^^ This is the T.Nagar side of the flyover which has been open for more than a year now. These overhead lamps have been working over this time, and so hopefully they'll be working tomorrow also :). Of course, in our place, you never know...

sethumurugan

October 16th, 2012, 12:03 PM

That's a good point. This flyover has been congested for as long as I can remember. I wonder why the corpn. hasn't looked into widening this similar to the Adyar river bridge in Adyar. After all, Arcot road is also an important, but underrated arterial road. I call it underrated since Mount road, PH road and IRR take all the limelight, but this road is more or less ignored by the planners.

Entire road from Parsn Complex to Porur junction has to be widened. Lots and lots of encroachments. As you said, why all the other roads are getting all limelights and this is being continiously ignore for long time. Keep the widening of road seprately. I do not know when this road was properly laid without patches. To my knowledger, road opposite to vijaya hospital is worst always.

They should make Doraiswamy road One way and make this new Rengarajapuram bridge take the outgoing traffic or vice versa. Not sure whether the Station road streets will handle this traffic.

That is really good Idea. But I doubt will buses from west mambalam will be able to reach this new bridge.

Thirumangalam flyover work progress very poor (Source: Annanagar times)
The Tirumangalam flyover project at the junction of Jawaharlal Nehru Road and Ambattur Estate Road has progressed poorly, with only 18 pillars completed so far. Work on the storm water drains and the pedestrian subway has not been started at all. To speed up the construction,the number of workers has been increased from 30 to 50. About 11,650 vehicles pass through the junction every hour during peak hours.

Does that means this area is planned for pedestrian subway also? I think that is a really good step.

Murali Bala

October 16th, 2012, 03:45 PM

In a span of 2.5 km they have 5 crossings (subways & ROB's). Aranganthan , Madley, Doraisamy, Rengarajapuram & Kodambakkam bridge. Need to do some better planning to enable smooth flow of traffic.

krishnancv

October 16th, 2012, 07:26 PM

Both madley road subway and rengarajapuram bridge lack proper connectivity on the mambalam side.

thillai_selvan

October 17th, 2012, 05:23 AM

http://imageshack.us/a/img109/4893/screenshot1qaa.png
http://imageshack.us/a/img208/2843/screenshot2mxo.png

Source (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/rangarajapuram-flyover-saves-trouble-say-motorists/article4004275.ece)

Sathisht77

October 17th, 2012, 08:56 AM

Both madley road subway and rengarajapuram bridge lack proper connectivity on the mambalam side.

Rightly put..but for Doraisamy subway all other subways in this area have poor approach roads..none of them can take heavy vehicles..

sridhar_n

October 17th, 2012, 11:00 AM

^^the connectivity between mambalam (T Nagar ) and west mambalam and between west mambalam and Ashok nagar is very bad. I dont know how they are able to ply MTC in the highly congested Arya Gowda road.

ceeznic pirate

October 18th, 2012, 05:35 AM

Arch Effect: Subway goes, flyover to change course
ONE OF THE TWO FLYOVERS WILL GO OVER SIDDHA HOSPITAL TO JOIN A LOOP (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2012/10/18&PageLabel=5&EntityId=Ar00500&ViewMode=HTML)

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOICH/2012/10/18/5/Img/Pc0051300.jpg

After chief minister J Jayalalithaa stopped the demolition of Anna Arch on September 5, the proposed twin flyover and subway project at the site is being turned on its head.
The proposed L-shaped subway that was to carry traffic from Anna Arch Road towards Chennai Central railways station on Poonamallee High Road was the first casualty. “The subway part of the project has been dropped as there is no way to realign it without touching the twin arches,” said an official of the highways department.
The subway had earlier run into trouble as residents of the neighbouring MMDA Colony complained that it would cut off their access to the main road. “We had plans to increase the width of the service lane along the subway after a few residents pointed out the problem. But now, with the arches staying put, the subway cannot be constructed,” said the official. This would also mean that a signal will have to be installed at the intersections, contrary to the original plan to have signal-free traffic flow at the intersections of Nelson Manickam Road- Poonamallee High Road and Anna Nagar Arch Road-Poonamallee High Road.
Another L-shaped flyover to carry traffic from the east towards Anna Nagar and Central railway station will now be realigned. The flyover, which was supposed to go through the arch, will now go over Siddha Hospital and join a loop from behind the arch. “Instead of taking a right on Anna Arch Road, the flyover will turn right earlier and go over Siddha Hospital,” said a highways engineer. “It will then take a left and join the loop.”
Though there were five options represented to the highways board by consultant Wilbur Smith, senior engineers of the highways department have found this plan the most feasible. “A large part of the foundation work for the pillars for the loop has been completed. So that cannot be altered. That’s why the redesigned flyover will have to join the loop,” said the official.
The plan is also preferred to the other four because of the relatively minimal land acquisition cost. Since the realigned flyover would go over the government owned Siddha Hospital, there won’t be much acquisition of private land.
As of now, about 40% of the project has been completed. A few pillars have come up on Anna Arch Road which will have to be demolished. “Around 5 crore have been spent on these pillars,” said the official. After spending around 2 crore on the rent for a crane which has been holding Anna Arch after the demolition attempts, it was removed on Monday. :bash:

Murali Bala

October 18th, 2012, 07:02 AM

I think this is a "Thuglaq" project management of a project. Any way beggars are not choosers. The general public has been shoved to an extent that they are ready to accept any damn thing as long they build and complete it.

saurabh85

October 18th, 2012, 08:24 AM

krishnaswamy

October 18th, 2012, 08:40 AM

Arch Effect: Subway goes, flyover to change course
ONE OF THE TWO FLYOVERS WILL GO OVER SIDDHA HOSPITAL TO JOIN A LOOP [/URL]
athu seri...eppo mudipangalam?

kannan infratech

October 18th, 2012, 09:54 AM

@ Anna Arch:

Why no demolition / shifting ?

Just because the Arch was named after Anna and it was inaugurated by MGR.

They could have reconstructed the same design after the Fly over is completed at a slightly different location. How Anna's name or MGR's name will be spoiled ?

The proposed design does not seem a sound one too.

Poor Advice.

Arul Murugan

October 18th, 2012, 10:09 AM

No where in the world such 90 degree (though there may be a claim that it will be smooth) sharp turn flyover's might have been built.. and the design got approval in DMK period!

And amaiyar has sucessfully staged another drama there with the arch.. and now alignment change after LA is already completed.:bash:

It is better not to build such a crap flyover!! It is going to add burden on PH road. Look at the distance for lane merging... horrible.. this will become "emalogam" for many motorist in future. :ohno:

Kathipara and Padi criss-crossing lanes may have effect on accident rates in coming yrs.

And looking at old and new design...

1. Subway is missing for the traffic from Anna nagar to Koyamedu
2. Ramp for PH road Central side to Anna nagar..

:bash:

WinMoon

October 18th, 2012, 11:46 AM

ranga

October 18th, 2012, 02:45 PM

For once we all agree, this is lot worser than initial Design and doesn't solve even half the purpose of earlier plan. Can't we do anything about it?
Has our Democracy given such a vested powers to CM? so that they can do whatever they want
:nuts:

It happens only in TN.Mudalvar aanai ittaar design matrinaar bla bla bla.Tamizhnatle civil engineergalam settutangala?

karkal

October 18th, 2012, 03:14 PM

Looks like her 2011-16 rule is going to end up as the worst ever.

proprashanth

October 18th, 2012, 03:26 PM

Looks like her 2011-16 rule is going to end up as the worst ever.

nothing can beat 91-96

Nirmal S.

October 18th, 2012, 03:29 PM

Very Very poor planning on the new alignment.:bash::bash::bash:

If you can see the picture, people from Nelson Manicham road towards Anna Nagar should climb the fly over marked as '3' and should make an unneccary big 'O' turn and land in PH road to reach their destination. Why there is no down ramp in that road(towards Anna Nagar) which was there in previous alignment.

krishnaswamy

October 18th, 2012, 06:19 PM

In the last 1.5 yrs, only announcements on the DPR for flyover projects and nothing concrete on the ground.
now this half baked flyover design.

can we give the benefit of doubt to the designers because they were told to operate with lot of limitations? Experts can clarify..

TN getting half baked projects from both the parties.

Vijay M

October 18th, 2012, 07:54 PM

This is really weird design, and despite spending so much it won't be a signal free junction.

sethumurugan

October 19th, 2012, 06:52 AM

Can any one get stay / stop this bullshit desing to continue. As someone mentioned this flyover is going to be ramp towords HELL for lot of people. What will happend if that fly over is not there. it is said that it can be built some other entrance to anna nagar [since it is Anna fly over] It can be even built on the same road before that bridge or after that bridge so that land mark problem [mentioned by public] also will get solved.

krishnaswamy

November 3rd, 2012, 07:12 PM

Pallikaranani flyover. went through other photos.. Kudos to the photographer. wonderful photos.. Chennai-ye Evvalavu Azhaga Kattirukkaru.. :bow:
Source - http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsmemaha/7955202196/
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/549082_486831111350681_564217625_n.jpg

arshyam

November 4th, 2012, 08:45 PM

Wow, good find! TFS...

ChennaiIndian

November 5th, 2012, 02:45 AM

Ridiculous!!! How can all this happen after construction has already begun!! Its not like the arches suddenly sprouted out of the ground after the construction began. Promoting inefficiency seems to be in our blood. Our designers/engineers seem more concerned about reducing land acquisition costs rather than using sound engineering principles or for that matter even common sense. JJ should be made to pay that 5 +2 crores of tax payers money that will go down the drain.:bash:
Moreover it is not the arch built by Raja Raja Cholan to preserve as a national heritage. It is just an arch built some 30-40 years ago and can be moved somewhere else. It is not a graveyard or some place which is more sensitive. I don't understand what is the big deal with this...getting tired of these politics nowadays. :ohno:

Merina

November 6th, 2012, 07:41 AM

Moreover it is not the arch built by Raja Raja Cholan to preserve as a national heritage. It is just an arch built some 30-40 years ago and can be moved somewhere else. It is not a graveyard or some place which is more sensitive. I don't understand what is the big deal with this...getting tired of these politics nowadays. :ohno:

+100

cofee

November 16th, 2012, 03:29 AM

The Rs. 117-crore flyover coming up at the junction of Poonamallee High Road and Anna Nagar 3 Avenue seems to be jinxed.

First, work to demolish Anna Arch that came in the way of the alignment was taken up, but this was delayed due to a number of reasons.

Then, the government decided to retain the arch and decided to change the alignment of the flyover. As the new design is yet to be finalised, the pillars constructed along 3 Avenue are awaiting the government’s decision.

However, a new problem has cropped up — students of the Government Siddha Medical College, Government Yoga & Naturopathy Medical College and Government Unani Medical College all in the Arignar Anna Government Hospital for Indian Medicine — are now protesting.

Under the revised design, construction of the flyover would lead to the demolition of the outpatient/inpatient blocks of the hospital, and the students are urging the government to drop this part of the plan.

On Thursday, several students staged a dharna inside their college campus. The Highways Department, which is constructing the flyover, had decided to shift one arm of the facility slightly towards the east thus taking up more space inside the hospital to retain the Anna Arch. “This is a famous hospital. Hundreds of patients, who believe in native remedies, visit this facility. If it is demolished, it would put them to unnecessary hardship,” said a student, who suggested that the flyover’s arm be shifted away from the hospital.

Students are also worried about their examinations that are to be held soon. “Our practical exams are yet to be conducted. This is a very crucial time for us and the hospital cannot be demolished now,” said a student.

Student representatives said they had resorted to the agitation as they had seen reports in the media stating that the college buildings would be demolished.

Sources in the administration said the students had been told their buildings would not be demolished without alternative arrangements. “The students seem to have been misled by reports that appeared last month in a section of the media. We have forwarded their petitions to the Health Department,” said a source.

Sources in the Highways Department said that the new design for the arm of the flyover that would allow traffic from Parry’s Corner to enter Anna Nagar was now being prepared.

karkal

November 16th, 2012, 03:38 AM

Good....That the design is not yet finalized.

cofee

November 16th, 2012, 09:39 AM

cofee

November 16th, 2012, 09:46 AM

Duplicate post.

shiv.chennai

November 16th, 2012, 09:46 AM

What happened to the proposed flyovers at:

1. Madhya Kailash

2. SRP tools

3. Sholinganallur Junction

The DRP was paid for & completed in early 2011 by TNUFSL under TNUDP III

Any progress on those flyovers?

I know that Madhya Kailash has not progressed or its dropped because CLRI refused to part with land...

iniyachennai

November 16th, 2012, 09:58 AM

What happened to the proposed flyovers at:

1. Madhya Kailash

2. SRP tools

3. Sholinganallur Junction

The DRP was paid for & completed in early 2011 by TNUFSL under TNUDP III

Any progress on those flyovers?

All on going projects are stopped so don't expect anything from this govt

kkelvin02

November 17th, 2012, 09:09 AM

Chennai: Two of the seven flyovers proposed by the Chennai Corporation have hit roadblocks. The government is struggling to rope in a consultant to study the feasibility of joining and extending the Usman Road flyovers to Anna Salai, and the flyover connecting Bharathi Salai and the Royapettah Clock Tower junction has been dropped because of traffic diversions due to metro rail work.

Officals said Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Ltd ( TNUFSIL) planned to issue another tender for a consultant for the integrated flyover that will connect South Usman Road and Anna Salai. The infrastructure finance service provider hopes to hire a consultant at a reasonable rate for the project feasibility study, which will ease congestion in the commercial hub.

But officials are sceptical that a competent consultant can be found for the study at the normal rate of 1% of the total cost. "TNUFSIL officials said they had floated tenders in late September for a consultant, but firms quoted as much as 2 crore for the report," said a Chennai Corporation official. "They found this too high for a project in its initial stages."

The new flyover was designed to join both the Usman Road flyovers and connect them directly to Anna Salai. The corporation had decided to remove the entry and exit ramps of both flyovers and retain the middle of structures. If this was not feasible, the civic body planned to extend at least the South Usman Road flyover till Anna Salai.

Residents welcomed the decision, as the flyovers failed to reduce traffic jam. "The South Usman Road flyover ends before the bus terminus, which is already congested. The North Usman Road flyover does not give vehicles any room on the service lanes," said V S Jayaraman, president of Motilal Street Residents Welfare Association. The government has also decided to drop the plan to build a flyover from Bharathi Salai to Royapettah Clock Tower junction. "The route from General Patters Road, via Whites Road and Bharathi Salai is the main diversion for vehicles due to me- tro rail work on Anna Salai. We cannot start the project till the diversion is lifted, which could take more than two years," a corporation official said.

Corporation commissioner D Karthikeyan said the project had been postponed. He said feasibility studies were in progress on flyovers at Adhithanar Salai, Pantheon Road and Dr Rukmani Lakshmipathy Road junction; College Road, Sterling Road and Valluvar Kottam High Road Junction; Arcot Salai, Saligramam and KK Nagar 80 Feet Road junction; Mandaiveli junction near Mandaiveli Bus Stand; and Gandhi Mandapam Salai and Ponniamman Koil Salai junction at Kotturpuram.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Flyover-projects-hit-roadblock/articleshow/17249890.cms

madrasi7777

November 17th, 2012, 03:08 PM

What is the present situation of the Tirumangalam flyover in Anna Nagar. When is this project to be completed?

vinodgopal

November 17th, 2012, 08:55 PM

What is the present situation of the Tirumangalam flyover in Anna Nagar. When is this project to be completed?

ETO 2025. Oh wai wai wait for two years they have disrupted the traffic because the work will start soon. So you see, your next generation will see some bricks lined up. There is hope. Worry not :)

sridhar_n

November 18th, 2012, 08:04 AM

Rangarajapuram Flyover (???!!!)
http://imageshack.us/a/img203/4425/photonov18110119.jpg

Vijay M

November 18th, 2012, 10:22 AM

Rangarajapuram Flyover (???!!!)
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It's ready and opened couple of weeks back.

natarajan1986

November 18th, 2012, 10:58 AM

But it is always one way from joyalukkas side to kodambakkam side

n70arun

November 20th, 2012, 07:11 AM

A bridge to ease way to Manali

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

THE HINDU

Connectivity between Manali and Tiruvottiyur is set to improve in two years, with the highways department recently issuing the work order for construction of a road overbridge across the Mattu Mandhai level crossing.

Though these localities are not very far, connectivity has always been an issue as a railway line with at least three level crossings cuts across the area.

V. Kasirajan of Tiruvottiyur said that on completion of the facility, residents would have easy access to the 100-feet road to reach areas including Anna Nagar, Koyambedu and the Airport. “Tiruvottiyur has hundreds of labourers who work in Manali, which is an industrial hub. Every day people get stuck at the level crossing waiting for trains to pass,” he said.

G. Sivalingam, a resident of Annai Sivagami Nagar in Tiruvottiyur, said that those wanting to avoid this route were currently being forced to travel to Koyambedu through Parry’s Corner, which was a roundabout route. “Buses, cars, trailers wait impatiently to cross this level crossing. The bridge would be a welcome facility. If the work had been taken up five years ago, it would have helped residents,” he said.

According to sources in the highways department, the Rs. 47-crore road overbridge, spanning 550 metres, would be 13.2 metres wide, have a median with a crash barrier and footpaths.

The Southern Railway would construct 38.48 metres of the facility that would have 12 piers and two abutments. The approach from Manali side would be 108.59 metres long and that from the Tiruvottiyur side would be 84.2 metres.

“Land acquisition is in the final stages. The agreement with the contractor is expected to be signed soon and he will start work within a couple of months. He has to mobilise men, material and machinery,” said a source.

Meanwhile, the estimates for replacing two other level crossings in Tiruvottiyur — those in Wimco Nagar and Sathyamurthy Nagar — are ready. They would be replaced with vehicular subways.

“We can commence work only after the Southern Railway finishes its portion. Also, we cannot take up the three works simultaneously. Only after the Mattu Mandhai project is completed, can the other works be taken up,” said the official.

mr_madras

November 20th, 2012, 12:32 PM

Very usefull ROB and this is shortest connectivity to madhavaram & IRR from Thiruvottiyur theradi. MTC can extend Koyambedu-Manali bus upto thiruvottiyur after this bridge

Nirmal S.

November 22nd, 2012, 04:24 AM

Thanks to the controversy over the Anna Arch, two flyovers will come up instead of one at the junction of Anna Nagar 3 Avenue and Poonamallee High Road.

The Highways Department has dropped its proposal to construct a vehicular subway near the flyover as according to the original design, it would have come up at the location where the arch stands. The State Government had decided to retain the landmark Anna arch and instead make a slight deviation in the design of the Rs. 117 crore-flyover.

“This will be a second-level flyover with a vehicular clearance of 12.5 metres. Traffic proceeding from Anna Nagar 3 Avenue to Koyambedu will take the new flyover, which will be to the western side of the arch. The original proposal was dropped due to various reasons including objections from residents in the area, the issue of seepage from the nearby Cooum river.

The soil condition in the area is also not conducive for a subway. Also, when compared to a subway, maintenance of a flyover is easier,” said a source in the department.

The cost for the change in design of the flyover are being worked out presently. A standing committee has approved the modified design for the flyover and it will be placed before the high-level committee that will meet sometime in December.

As regards the requirement of additional land for the construction of the flyover, the sources said that 150 sq mt of open land belonging to the Government Siddha Hospital would be utilised. “Already 135 sq. mts of open space from the institution is being taken. No new additional buildings would be pulled down,” he explained.

Meanwhile, work on the restoration of the Anna Arch is proceeding well and sthapthi work is nearing completion on one side.

The entire work of fixing the bird and floral designs made of cement is likely to get over in a week.

Painting work will be taken up after that.

Source - http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/now-two-flyovers-to-come-up-near-anna-arch/article4120777.ece

rsrikanth05

November 23rd, 2012, 09:48 AM

^^Why can't the put development over politics?

madrasi7777

November 23rd, 2012, 03:30 PM

I dont know how an entrance gate called Anna Nagar Arch became a heritage building?

tamilbala

November 23rd, 2012, 03:54 PM

I dont know how an entrance gate called Anna Nagar Arch became a heritage building?
Simple, it has heritage Leader Name and is opened by Heritage Leader.

rsrikanth05

November 23rd, 2012, 05:13 PM

Simple, it has heritage Leader Name and is opened by Heritage Leader.
Heritage indeed. :bash:

arshyam

November 24th, 2012, 09:19 PM

This might be a good time to cancel the entire flyover plan and explore other options. Does anyone think an alternative plan of widened roads and synchronized signals might work better?

I am thinking that if the Nelson Manickam Road and Anna arch signals are synchronized so that a green on one signal feeds onto a green on another, it may smooth traffic flow a bit. Widening the road and marking the turn lanes clearly with permanent dividers at both signals would be another thing to do. Too often, traffic turning toward Anna Nagar ends up blocking the vehicles going toward Koyambedu. A couple of subways/elevated ways for pedestrians would reduce the signal duration further.

I am not saying a flyover is absolutely not needed, just that our Corpn. is known to build flyovers just for the heck of it, without exploring alternatives (Panagal park, Peters Road, etc.)

If a flyover is an absolute must, they can simplify the design to have one long 4-lane flyover only for P.H. Road (Central<=> Koyambedu) and use synchronized signals to regulate the Anna Nagar and Nelson Manickam road bound traffic. This will be easier to build, involve less land acquisition and can be opened much sooner.

No point trying to reach for Mars and failing, when Moon is well within reach (no relation to ISRO's ambitions, just a random metaphor :))

rsrikanth05

November 24th, 2012, 10:55 PM

karkal

November 25th, 2012, 10:42 PM

Design for key flyover ready (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/design-for-key-flyover-ready/article4134006.ece)

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01279/25THDESIGNFLYOVER_1279466f.jpg
The structure will come up at the junction of Kaliamman Koil Street and Jawaharlal Nehru Salai. Photo: S. S. Kumar

The design for a flyover at the junction of Kaliamman Koil Street and Jawaharlal Nehru Salai has been approved.

Kaliamman Koil Street straddles the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) on the right and the Koyambedu fruit, vegetable and flower market on the right. The road also leads to Arcot Road, which is one of the city’s arterial stretches.

The flyover will be 1.09 km long and allow two-lane traffic on either side. It will stretch across the traffic signal on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai taking off near the State Election Commission, and landing on the other side of the ‘T’ junction.

In May this year when the project was approved, the State government allocated Rs. 40 crore for it. But that amount will most likely be revised now.

According to sources in the Highways Department, the design has taken into consideration buses proceeding CMBT in Koyambedu and also into Kaliamman Koil Street.

“Only 2,000 passenger car units use Kaliamman Koil Street, which is a small number for an arm climbing down into the road,” the official explained. The flyover will allow traffic flow from the Anna Nagar and Vadapalani sides, thus reducing traffic on the road below.

Two pedestrian subways will also come up as part of the project. These will be provided for those proceeding to CMBT and to Kaliamman Koil Street.

Once the flyover has been built, traffic flow at the junction will be changed. Those going from Kaliamman Koil Street to Tambaram will have to go towards Anna Nagar for about 100 mts and take a ‘U’ turn. Those proceeding from Anna Nagar to Kaliamman Koil Street will have to wait at a traffic signal.

K. Sridevi, a resident of Virugambakkam said that at present the junction was chaotic and messy. Vehicles from Kaliamman Koil Street have to wait for quite some time at the signal.

“We cannot go straight into Thiruveedhiamman Koil Street that leads to Poonamallee High Road. Taking that small lane lets us reduce at least 5 km. We hope that once this flyover comes up, vehicles will be allowed to take that road,” she said.

MyNation

November 26th, 2012, 01:19 AM

தமிழன்

November 26th, 2012, 06:17 AM

North Chennai residents hope for light at end of subway

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/north-chennai-residents-hope-for-light-at-end-of-subway/article4134016.ece

mr_madras

November 26th, 2012, 01:50 PM

Why would vehicles from anna nagar going to kaliamman koil street have to wait in the signal after the flyover is built. I guess its a typo. Ideally, that ll be a signal free junction if vehicles from kaliamman koil street proceeding towards tambaram are made to go for a 100 mts towards anna nagar and make an u-turn.

still there will be a signal on IRR which is good for those want to access shops under flyover and it is more than km length.

proprashanth

November 26th, 2012, 08:30 PM

Traffic's piling up at nungambakkam high road(and kodambakkam high road) at peak hours is a nightmare.. Any solution to road connecting nungambakkam high road and RK salai like over bridge(i.e over anna flyover) or something? or straightaway plan a super duper flyover by demolishing existing anna flyover? Forgive me if i'm wrong.

sridhar_n

November 27th, 2012, 02:13 AM

I always thought fly overs should have been built in Nungambakkam High Road/ Sterling Road and Teynampet/Mt Road junctions. Looks like it's too late now.

ramki1967

November 27th, 2012, 05:13 AM

Any further update on widening of Mount-Medavakkam high road between Vanuvampet and Keelkattalai?

venkatm

November 27th, 2012, 05:28 AM

ramki, don't spam all threads with the same question.

தமிழன்

November 28th, 2012, 05:51 AM

Adyar bridge to be ready by New Year

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Adyar-bridge-to-be-ready-by-New-Year/articleshow/17395761.cms

krishnancv

November 28th, 2012, 07:19 AM

^^ Shouldn't the alignment used be opposite?

thillai_selvan

November 30th, 2012, 01:18 PM

Adyar TVK Bridge expansion works nearing completion

http://tm.dinakaran.com/pdf/2012/11/30/20121130a_005101006.jpg

SupremeIndian

December 1st, 2012, 01:17 PM

rmkrish

December 1st, 2012, 04:56 PM

Hello SSC Chennai patrons, Anyone with information about the state of Porur Arcot road junction flyover? I had been to chennai beginning of the year (Jan 2012) and saw buildings demolished. Not sure if any construction has indeed started taking place. is it because of the monorail design finalization (if there is one such)?

Ramki830

December 2nd, 2012, 11:32 AM

No Porur Junction flyover delay has nothing to do with Monorail, everything to do with shifting of water pipelines. What I understood is the pipeline shifting is initiated but will be slow, so probably the construction will resume sometime next year. Again pls correct me if i am wrong.

Kathir

December 2nd, 2012, 07:00 PM

Five span are almost completed towards anna nagar west depot... at this speed the flyover would be completed by Dec next year...

http://imageshack.us/a/img89/1914/image1026.th.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img23/5899/image1025n.th.jpg

Sorry for the poor quality, taken from my mobile :)

TFS.

Too bad they designed this flyover with short sight.
I have posted a related discussion here - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=97905477&postcount=4109

sureshjothy

December 3rd, 2012, 01:07 PM

Is working going on for shifting pipe line.. May be preliminary survey? I dont see any work happening now. Mount poonamalle road got heavily congested by DLF IT parks and surge in commercial activity. Even widening "Butt" road remains distant dream even after notification from govt. I think govt should really prioritize this projects.
No Porur Junction flyover delay has nothing to do with Monorail, everything to do with shifting of water pipelines. What I understood is the pipeline shifting is initiated but will be slow, so probably the construction will resume sometime next year. Again pls correct me if i am wrong.

vijayvmail

December 3rd, 2012, 06:09 PM

n70arun

December 10th, 2012, 12:11 PM

Adyar bridge to be ready by New Year

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Adyar-bridge-to-be-ready-by-New-Year/articleshow/17395761.cms

Sounds like another Bottle neck in the making. the road seems to expand from after the SP road fly over to the 4 lane bridge:mad::wallbash:

rsrikanth05

December 10th, 2012, 02:12 PM

Sounds like another Bottle neck in the making. the road seems to expand from after the SP road fly over to the 4 lane bridge:mad::wallbash:

The one ntween Madhya Kailash and Guindy?

n70arun

December 12th, 2012, 08:09 AM

The one ntween Madhya Kailash and Guindy?

No the SP road fly over above LB road junction.. the fly over is used for traffic from Mandaiveli toward Madhya Kailash. But if that traffic takes the new fly over, then how will they take the flyover with out making the lanes bend right toward it??

kannan infratech

December 12th, 2012, 09:39 AM

No the SP road fly over above LB road junction.. the fly over is used for traffic from Mandaiveli toward Madhya Kailash. But if that traffic takes the new fly over, then how will they take the flyover with out making the lanes bend right toward it??

They should have gone for a broader 4 lane flyover at the LB Road - Besant Avenue - SP Road Aavin Junction. Then it cold have been a 2 way flyover.

There was also a proposal to divert the traffic from the Santhome to Adyar Thir Vi Ka Bridge via Music College & Adyar Bank (behind Sathya Studio.

Now they are also demolishing the flower stalls near the bridge and so the road becomes really wider pto the Gate of Theosophical Society. They should also think of widening the service road that leads to Besant Avenue.

People from Sathya Studio end should take the left most lanes to go to Besant Avenue and people taking the fy over should take the right most lanes.

ceeznic pirate

December 15th, 2012, 08:15 AM

New flyover to link Tidel Park and Thiruvanmiyur (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2012/12/15&PageLabel=6&EntityId=Ar00304&DataChunk=Ar00601&ViewMode=HTML)

The design for a grade separator at the Thiruvanmiyur junction, one of the longest in the city, was finalized on Friday by a committee.

Putting aside the earlier plan of aligning it along Lattice Bridge Road, the steering committee, headed by highways secretary Niranjan Mardi, decided that the flyover would run perpendicular to LB road, along Tiruvalluvar Salai and West Avenue Road. The grade separator will now start just after the bridge over Buckingham Canal near the Tidel Park junction on Tiruvalluvar Salai, cross the Thiruvanmiyur junction and land on East Coast Road (ECR) after taking a right turn.

“The cost of land acquisition would be higher on LB Road. Also, the road only carries local traffic. Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) and ECR are used by people travelling out of the city. LB Road will get ground improvements,” said a highways official.

The earlier plan, to be executed by the Corporation of Chennai, was dropped for several reasons. The flyover on LB Road was to be 607m long, with a subway for 280m.

Since the corporation had neither the expertise nor the financial resources, the highways department took over the project to connect two of its premier roads. OMR flyover work to begin after state fixes alignment

Two other projects were also discussed during the meeting. These were the twin-flyover and subway project on the Poonamallee High Road in Anna Nagar and the skywalk to connect nine points, including the government general hospital, the Central station and the Park Town railway station.

Though the new alignment for the Anna Arch project is ready, highways officials are playing it safe. “Given its sensitive nature, the alignment will be finalized at a high-level committee meeting.Thiswilltakeit to the knowledge of the chief minister. Only then can we go ahead with our work,” said a highwaysofficial.

The alignment of the skywalk was left hanging. “We couldn’t get a concurrence from PWD and Southern Railway as no one came for the meeting,” said the highways official. Highways department officials also rued that police rarely attended these meetings. “All our projects makelifeeasier notonly for commuters and pedestrians but also for the police and for traffic management. They are the biggest stakeholders in these projects. Though we do traffic surveys before taking up proposals, their absence sticks out like a sore thumb,” said a highways official. “This is not the first time this is happening,” hesaid.

Some government bodies that constitute the steering committee are Southern Railway, Chennai Metro Rail Limited, Chennai Corporation, Metropolitan Transport Corporation, PWD and select non-governmental organizations like Chennai City Connect and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.For some projects,thedetailed project reports that look at actual costs and area of land to be acquired are prepared. If the detailed project report is already ready, government orders are issued within three months after the steering committee meeting.

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOICH/2012/12/15/3/Img/Pc0031400.jpg

mr_madras

December 15th, 2012, 08:31 AM

Tidel park to ECR long flyover may not help for local traffic and again many has to spend 10-15min to cross the junvtion below flyover in peak hour. This will help only weekend travelers to ECR and long distance vehicle

saurabh85

December 15th, 2012, 08:35 AM

Arul Murugan

December 15th, 2012, 09:01 AM

Any flyover at Tidel Jn or Thiruvanmiyur signal will not solve the traffic jam problem! Simple One way system with broad carriage ways will solve the traffic jam issues.

Multiple ramp flyover will be the solution for Tidel, Thiruvanmiyur signals... But building such multiple ramp flyover will never happen in India. One way system with broad roads would be the best, simple, practical, cost effective and quicker solution.

Taluk office road/Halda Jn triangle, Ashok Pillar/Udhyam theater square are sucessful one.. and also cheap solution. Instead of spending crores of money for building waster flyovers, funds can be used for procuring lands for establishing one way system roads.

tamilbala

December 15th, 2012, 02:34 PM

Any flyover at Tidel Jn or Thiruvanmiyur signal will not solve the traffic jam problem! Simple One way system with broad carriage ways will solve the traffic jam issues.

In Practicality point of view, the plan seems good. As you said the SP-Rd, Tiruvanmiyur Rd-OMR will be made a One way Traffic Island, with a OMR to ECR an exception.

vijayvmail

December 15th, 2012, 05:21 PM

^^ from the looks of it, its a horrendous plan!!!! This will make the construction of a flyover along OMR at Tidel Park Junction impossible!!! I just hope that this flyover is actually some kind of a trumpet interchange at the Tidel Park junction. Is the flyover going to go over the MRTS??Hard to figure out the design from the article. Even a kid would draw a better figure than the one acccompanying the article.

Exactly. It is a horrendous stupid plan. How could anyone think of starting a flyover almost right from a point of major traffic bottleneck and just not see it at all ?

When they plan, do they just plot a map with a single intersection and just keep the rest of the city blank ?

Not one single project conceived in the city can be called 'comprehensive'. Why? What did we do to deserve this?

kannan infratech

December 15th, 2012, 05:27 PM

Arul,

Can you dig out the one way option which you suggested long back with flyovers for 1-2 direction and and not grade separators for 4 way ?

proprashanth

December 15th, 2012, 06:11 PM

any updates on porur junction flyover? i hardly see any work going on other than demolishing nearby buildings..

rsrikanth05

December 16th, 2012, 09:40 AM

any updates on porur junction flyover? i hardly see any work going on other than demolishing nearby buildings..
I think the shifting of utilities is still holding it up.

karkal

December 16th, 2012, 11:06 PM

Mogappair residents await lifeline over Cooum (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/mogappair-residents-await-lifeline-over-cooum/article4207077.ece)

110 m-long bridge will drastically reduce commuting time for residents in western parts of Chennai

The daily ordeal of travelling on congested main roads to reach Nerkundram and Maduravoyal is likely to end soon for residents of Mogappair.

For two years now, they have been taking a detour of over seven km via Thirumangalam Main Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Salai to reach areas along Poonamallee High Road as the bridge across the Cooum river is yet to be completed.

Once the project is finished however, the bridge will be a crucial link between the western parts of the city.

N. Selvam, a resident of Mogappair, said that the work to replace the causeway is progressing at a snail’s pace. “I sometimes take a narrow bridge across the river nearby. But, I have to vie for space with pedestrians,” he said.

The new bridge, being constructed by the State Highways at a cost of Rs.11.3 crore, will connect Golden George Nagar, Mogappair, with Nerkundram. The project was started in August 2010. It will be about 110 metres long and nearly 24 metre wide allowing traffic up to six lanes. It would also have dedicated space for bicycles and pedestrians, said officials of the Highways department.

S.Prabakaran, a resident of Golden George Nagar, said now, motorists have to travel to Thirumangalam Main Road and then negotiate Anna Nagar and Koyambedu to reach areas along Poonamallee High Road.

“Some people also travel to Wavin junction at the Ambattur industrial estate and take the Chennai Bypass Road to reach Maduravoyal. This will also mean a detour of more than five k.m.,” he said.

Ward 91 councillor P.V.Tamilselvan said that residents of Ambattur could also benefit from the bridge.

Residents were worried that if the burial ground adjacent to the bridge were to be taken for the widening, it would contribute to the lack of enough crematoriums in the area. They also wanted the causeway near Rail Nagar, Padi linking with Koyambedu to be upgraded as bridge.

Highways department officials said the bridge would be thrown open for traffic by March. Of the ten spans of the bridge, eight have been completed so far.

The burial ground will not be disturbed except for one or two square metres.

mr_madras

December 17th, 2012, 12:10 PM

More than 2 yrs for constructing this bridge!!! and still it is not ready for traffic:bash: actually there are 4more causeway across cooum between 100ft rd & bypass road but none can accomade heavy vehicles except rail nagar. This bridge will be very usefull for people travelling Koyambedu market,OMNI bus stand & beyond chinmayanagar from Mugapair & estate. God only know when MTC introduce new route?

karthikarthik

December 19th, 2012, 03:10 PM

I think some Soil testing work is started near Kilkattalai (Eachangadu junction). I will confirm it in a day or two..

tamilbala

December 20th, 2012, 02:47 PM

For Tiruvanmiyur Bridge plan, starting the bridge from Tidel park side should be the most apt, its simple.

The only main point to keep in mind is, the Bridge should start in middle of the road and not in right or left, on doing so

Vehicle from MK side climbs in bridge's LEFT HALF and vehicles from Velachery/South OMR climbs bridge's RIGHT HALF, so that lots of CRISS-CROSSING at the start of the road is avoided.

Arul Murugan

December 20th, 2012, 03:48 PM

Arul,

Can you dig out the one way option which you suggested long back with flyovers for 1-2 direction and and not grade separators for 4 way ?

I added flyover for LB road to shorten the one way travel from ECR to Adyar side LB road.

http://i50.************/6icmkg.jpg

Murali Bala

December 21st, 2012, 06:32 AM

Arul Excellent, plan, will serve the purpose until a permanent solution is made, Did this sketch reach any of our Transport planners, Traffic department or the CM cell.

ramvaradan

December 26th, 2012, 01:19 AM

Arul's plan looks good. But it does'nt really ease the traffic congestion on OMR.. it rather shifts it from across the TIDEL park to the junction of LB and OMR. In my opinion, a flyover at merge point of LB traffic and OMR traffic is required.

chevycorvette

December 26th, 2012, 05:50 AM

ceeznic pirate

December 26th, 2012, 07:19 AM

SP Koil ROB

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/4014/img0012bqw.jpg (http://img820.imageshack.us/i/img0012bqw.jpg/)

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6985/img0013tr.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/img0013tr.jpg/)

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5085/img0015qg.jpg (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/img0015qg.jpg/)

Murali Bala

December 26th, 2012, 09:48 AM

No wonder at this rate the Industrial corridor SP - Sriperambathur will take years to complete. One more thing to learn from Gujarat. Hope amma gets some lessons from Modi while she meets him today.

karkal

December 28th, 2012, 06:42 AM

PH road to get skywalk soon (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/ph-road-to-get-skywalk-soon/article4246140.ece)

The 600-metre long structure will connect eight locations on either side of the road

The Highways Department is waiting for concurrence from the Southern Railway to construct a skywalk over Poonamallee High Road.

The skywalk, which will cover a distance of around 600 metres, will connect eight locations on either side of the arterial road.

The present design proposes to connect Chennai Central station, the Moore Market complex, Pallavan Salai, Wall Tax Road, Government General Hospital, Evening Bazaar and Fort station. If pedestrians were to climb up at, for instance, Chennai Central Station, they can get off at any of these points.

Highways Department sources said they had already written to the Railways but they were yet to receive any communication with regard to the matter. “We need their concurrence as we would be constructing inside their premises and we will be using their space for landing the facilities. We will be writing to them again now. The project has been waiting for nearly a year now,” the source said.

Once the concurrence is obtained from the Railways, the department plans to write to the PWD as the Government General Hospital is being maintained by it.

The facility would have escalators and staircases for pedestrians to use. At two spots, in the hospital, elevators would be provided. The construction of the Rs. 30-crore facility would take a year, sources said.

The proposal has been slightly modified as earlier 11 spots were to be connected and the skywalk was to run a distance of nearly a kilometre. However, it has been modified due to Chennai Metrorail’s alignment. The previous proposal was to have connected Rippon Buildings and Park Station, too.

T. Ravikumar, president, All India Rail and Bus Passengers’ Welfare Association, said that on completion, the skywalk would be very useful to passengers.

venkatm

December 28th, 2012, 09:00 AM

^^Mr. Kaiyendi, Pres. All TN beggars association and Mr. Thuppandi, Pres. All TN Spitters association have welcomed a new walkway SEZ being built for them while Mr. Onnu, Pres. All TN public urination forum is positively ecstatic at this announcement.

Arul Murugan

December 28th, 2012, 09:09 AM

^^

:lol:

PH road to get skywalk soon (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/ph-road-to-get-skywalk-soon/article4246140.ece)

They could have handed over this project to CMRL.

The subway or skywalk in this part of Chennai would carry lakhs of commuters a day!

1. Central to Park
2. Central to Park Town
3. Central to GH MTC bus stop
4. Central to MTC bus stop opp. to Rippon building
5. Central to Chennai Metro central station line 1
6. Central to Chennai Metro central station line 2
7. MMC suburban to Park
8. MMC suburban to Park town
9. MMC suburban to GH MTC bus stop
10. MMC suburban to MTC bus stop opp. to Rippon building
11. MMC suburban to Chennai Metro central station line 1
12. MMC suburban to Chennai Metro central station line 2
13. Park Town to Central MTC bus stop
14. Park to Central MTC bus stop
15. GH MTC bus stop to Central MTC bus stop

ippadi list goes endless! SH building a skywalk will be a disaster and will become over head bukingham canal in 1yr.

Merina

December 28th, 2012, 06:43 PM

krishnaswamy

December 28th, 2012, 07:26 PM

krishnaswamy

January 1st, 2013, 01:45 AM

Anna Nagar Flyover

New alignment approved for flyover near Anna Arch (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-alignment-approved-for-flyover-near-anna-arch/article4259882.ece)

Traffic will be allowed through the Anna Arch from 6 a.m. on January 4. There will be no formal function to mark the resumption of vehicular movement through the structure which was recently restored by the Highways department. Rs. 64 lakh was spent on the work.

Officials said a presentation regarding the restoration of Arch was made on Monday to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa who expressed satisfaction over the work.

Meanwhile, the State government has approved the alternative alignment of the flyover coming up at the junction of Poonamallee High Road and Anna Nagar 3 Avenue.

According to sources in the Highways Department, there will be no need for additional land acquisition for this purpose.

“Only the compound wall of the Government Siddha and Ayurveda College is being disturbed. The least clearance is 4 metres. Originally, a subway had been proposed for traffic from Anna Nagar 3 Avenue to Koyambedu and that had required a lot of land acquisition. But that proposal has been dropped and a second-level flyover has been approved in its place,” the source explained.

Work on the new flyover is likely to commence only after six months as a fresh tender has to be called, new contract drawn and traffic diversion required for traffic from Poonamallee High Road to service lanes.

FOUR SECTIONS

The flyover has four sections and work is in progress in all of them including the loop that takes traffic from Nelson Manickam Road to Chennai Central Station side. On completion of the two L-shaped flyovers, the existing right turn into Periyar EVR Salai for vehicles coming on Nelson Manickam Road would be closed and the loop would be the only option for them.

As per the traffic plan, motorists coming on Nelson Manickam Road would be required to take the flyover, the loop leading to Anna Nagar Third Avenue to go towards Aminjikarai on Poonamallee High Road.

They would use the semi-circular loop that would pass near the farm and join the traffic on Poonamallee High Road.

dr_thapalathy

January 1st, 2013, 03:24 PM

^^
1. Central to Park
2. Central to Park Town
3. Central to GH MTC bus stop
4. Central to MTC bus stop opp. to Rippon building
5. Central to Chennai Metro central station line 1
6. Central to Chennai Metro central station line 2
7. MMC suburban to Park
8. MMC suburban to Park town
9. MMC suburban to GH MTC bus stop
10. MMC suburban to MTC bus stop opp. to Rippon building
11. MMC suburban to Chennai Metro central station line 1
12. MMC suburban to Chennai Metro central station line 2
13. Park Town to Central MTC bus stop
14. Park to Central MTC bus stop
15. GH MTC bus stop to Central MTC bus stop

ippadi list goes endless! SH building a skywalk will be a disaster and will become over head bukingham canal in 1yr.

You forgot two most important ones:
1. Thiruvanmyiur Station to Tidel Park.
2. Thiruvanmyiur Station to TIDEL Bus stop towards Sholinganallur.
3. One near DLF IT Park.

murlee

January 2nd, 2013, 04:10 PM

Perambur Loco Works Bridge byBy LBSM (L. BALA SENTHIL MURUGAN)
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/lbsm/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8499/8277551610_8f70c79dbf_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8277558140_216057bbae_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8337/8276502063_f300731ec0_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8069/8276503525_958f6da7e4_b.jpg

Arul Murugan

January 2nd, 2013, 04:26 PM

You forgot two most important ones:
1. Thiruvanmyiur Station to Tidel Park.
2. Thiruvanmyiur Station to TIDEL Bus stop towards Sholinganallur.
3. One near DLF IT Park.

what??

My list is commuter transit happening in and around central station and not about other part of the city.

mr_madras

January 7th, 2013, 02:58 PM

New bridge near Golden George Nagar to be opened in March
Source: Annanagar times

A new 110m-long-bridge across the Cooum connecting Golden George Nagar (Mogappair)
and Nerkundram, with 6 lanes and dedicated space for bicycles and pedestrians, is under
construction since 2010. According to State Highways Dept., it will be completed and open to traffic this March. Out of 10 spans of this bridge, 8 have been completed. When this bridge is completed, residents of Golden George Nagar will be saved the ordeal of taking detours of over 7 km via Ambattur Estate Road and Jawaharlal Nehru Road to reach areas along Poonamallee High Road. Those currently taking detours of 5 km
via Wavin junction and Chennai Bypass Road to reach Maduravoyal will also benefit from
this bridge.

ceeznic pirate

January 7th, 2013, 03:31 PM

why dont we get any updates on this flyover. :(

CM sir. unga area thane?

satishanu

January 9th, 2013, 05:41 PM

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/711/thiruvikabridge.jpg

source (http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1413235.ece)

karkal

January 13th, 2013, 06:43 AM

173-year-old Elphinstone Bridge gets a makeover (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/173yearold-elphinstone-bridge-gets-a-makeover/article4302496.ece)

Plans to restore the bridge have not made much headway, said highways officials

The old Elphinstone Bridge across the Adyar river is sporting a new look.

The highways department has whitewashed one side of the old bridge that is situated alongside the Thiru Vi Ka bridge. “We were giving finishing touches to the new three-lane bridge that has been constructed next to the one that is under use presently. We thought the old bridge too should be spruced up a bit. Otherwise, it looks ugly standing next to freshly painted structure. We cannot paint the other side as for that we would need scaffolding and it would take time,” said a source in the highways department.

The 11-metre wide Elphinstone Bridge has concrete slabs covering the sewer pipelines running over it. “The full width of the bridge is covered with the slabs. A flight of stairs is located on either side of the bridge that is used by a few pedestrians.

However, there is some gap between the steps and the slab through which people can enter and anti-social elements use this space. This has to be prevented. A park or bus bay should come up in the approaches to the old bridge. That would help prevent encroachments and misuse of the space,” said a flower vendor.

Plans to restore the old bridge by setting up a bird-watching spot along with a garden were part of the phase-II of restoration of the Adyar river estuary. However, with only 58 acres that come under phase-I having been completed, the plan seems to have been put in cold storage, said a source.

According to historian K.R.A Narasiah, the bridge was built during the time of Lord Elphinstone, who was Governor of Madras from 1837 to 42 and was the first to connect south Madras to Santhome and Mylapore. Before its construction, there were no bridges across the Adyar except the causeway that was called Marmalong Bridge. There used to be many makeshift landing places on the banks of the river which was used to carry goods.

The British identified the area between Santhome and the river as a good place for building their farmhouses. The development during the first half of the 19th century must have sparked the need to have a bridge built. Parisals or round floats pushed by long poles were the main mode of transportation across, he explained. The bridge was severely damaged during a cyclone between 1876 and 1878.

The Thiru Vi Ka Bridge, constructed at a cost of Rs. 58 lakh, was inaugurated in October 1973. It is 1025 ft long.

murlee

January 14th, 2013, 07:35 PM

Tambaram Flyover by Devansh Saluja (http://www.flickr.com/photos/devanshsaluja/8374845545/in/photostream)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8474/8374845545_2cb594949f_b.jpg

krishnaswamy

January 14th, 2013, 08:00 PM

^^ is it tambaram or Chrompet MIT flyover?

murlee

January 14th, 2013, 08:02 PM

ya.. think u are right.. Looks more like MIT flyover..

I just went along with the photographer..

krishnaswamy

January 14th, 2013, 08:04 PM

ya.. think u are right.. Looks more like MIT flyover..

I just went along with the photographer..
nan ange thanappa 8 varusham irunthen. it should have been taken from Reliance Fresh/marriage hall building side or other side of the flyover.. some distance from Chrompet bus stand towards New colony.

Keeran

January 14th, 2013, 11:22 PM

At the median are broken pieces of concrete. This is the badge of our tribe. No work is ever complete in TN without this signature proclamation of incompleteness.

karkal

January 18th, 2013, 05:45 AM

New bridge to ease traffic across Palar river (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-bridge-to-ease-traffic-across-palar-river/article4316986.ece)

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01333/vbk-17-palar_1333549f.jpg

Four-lane, high-level facility, part of road-widening project, to come up alongside existing causeway

A new four-lane high-level bridge is to come up across the Palar river on the East Coast Road beyond Kalpakkam.

The bridge will ease traffic on the existing two-lane facility, which not being wide enough does not permit free flow of vehicular movement.

Tenders are to be floated for construction of this facility soon. The Rs. 134-crore bridge is being built as part of the proposed widening of the road. According to sources, the new bridge, which will be constructed in two years, will come up on the right side of the existing causeway, which was strengthened in 2009. After the completion of the four-lane facility, the causeway will allow slow-moving vehicles, two-wheelers and pedestrians.

Meanwhile, the detailed project report for the widening of the road from Akkarai to Mamallapuram is under process. The road is being widened on land available with the Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC). After widening, the road up to Mamallapuram will be provided with a median.

“We have done a safety audit and analysed accidents on the road and have found that more number of accidents happen only on straight stretches as people drive very fast. Multiple collisions happen here and many of them are fatal,” a source said.

The stretch from Mamallapuram to Puducherry is not being widened in the first phase but curve corrections at 13 locations and junction improvements at seven spots are being taken up. Both the widening and the improvement works would be taken up simultaneously.

Work on constructing the two additional lanes would take two years to complete.

The 113.2-km long ECR, a toll road is being managed by the TNRDC. The road has been in existence since 1998 and it became a toll road in 2002.Around 10,000 vehicles use the road on weekdays and 13,000 vehicles, during weekends.

Keywords: Palar river, ECR, road-widening, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu Road Development Company, TNRDC

ChennaiIndian

January 21st, 2013, 05:51 AM

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/a-wait-for-a-bridge-to-spell-safety/article4326532.ece

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For residents of villages near Madurantakam, the road overbridge on the Mambakkam Road will be a blessing once opened to traffic.

Access to hospitals, schools, shopping destinations and even entertainment spots for these residents is only through the railway gate LC 69 that has now been replaced.

According to A.R. Seshadri, chief archakar, Ramar Temple at Madurantakam, residents from villages including Mambakkam, Bhavanjur, Paiyyambadi, Vilvarayanallur, Arungunam, Devadhur, Kavadur and Veeranamkunnam use this level crossing.

“It is situated on the Mambakkam Road. If this road were not there, people have to take a circuitous route extending over 20 km to come here. Right now, though the bridge work has been completed, the gate is still open. The government must take steps to open the bridge as soon as possible,” he said.

...

shankar0904

January 21st, 2013, 07:53 AM

Can any one update the status on Porur Flyover ??

senthisenti

January 21st, 2013, 08:10 AM

what happened with these below 6 flyovers in chennai.... have they started d project...

1. junction near Mandaveli bus terminus
2. junction of Bharathi Salai and Royapettah clock tower
3. junction of College Road, Sterling Road and Valluvar Kottam High Road
4. junction of Arcot Road and K.K.Nagar 80 Feet Road at Saligramam
5. junction of Adithanar Salai, Pantheon Road and Dr. Rukmini Lakshmipathy Road;
6. the intersection of Gandhi Mandapam Road and Ponniamman Koil Road in Kotturpuram.

prabhu007

January 21st, 2013, 11:06 AM

Can any one update the status on Porur Flyover ??

Nothing really happened to update!! :bash:

sureshjothy

January 21st, 2013, 04:18 PM

Nothing really happened to update!! :bash:

Very sad state of affairs.. Govt should really give priority to this flyover construction. I think over all infrastructure development in chennai is very lagging for past 2 years.

robertashok

January 22nd, 2013, 06:27 AM

karkal

January 24th, 2013, 01:05 AM

Work on bridge projects gathers pace (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/work-on-bridge-projects-gathers-pace/article4337121.ece)

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At least 11 road overbridges that will replace railway crossings in and around the city are under construction — File Photo

Several road overbridge projects that are under construction to replace railway crossings in and around the city are expected to be completed this year.

There are at least 11 works in progress being jointly constructed by the Southern Railway and highways department and these are over suburban railway lines.

In the north, the Rs. 88.65 crore 1,720 metre-long Vyasarpadi ROB is expected to be completed by September end. The railways has just commenced its portion of the work. According to sources in the highways, the delay was initially due to land acquisition. But now the shifting of a one-km long sewer line has proved a stumbling block.

“About 320 mts of the pipeline has been shifted. The remaining would be shifted by us,” said a source in the highways department.

In Tiruvottiyur, since an ROB is to come up at level crossing 3 (Maattu mandhai), the railways has sought permission to close the gate and divert traffic to level crossing 4 at Wimco Nagar. The railways will soon call for tenders for LC3. Meanwhile, contractors do not seem to be interested in bidding for the highways portion of the work at Maattu Mandhai. The fifth call for the tender was made recently.

On Tuesday, officials from the two agencies met to discuss 36 projects across the State. “Both sides agreed to speed up works and complete them at the earliest so that the public is not put to undue trouble. It is just not our two agencies that are involved in these works but other government departments including Chennai Metrowater and TANGEDCO and telecom companies” said a source in the highways.

In the west, the ROB work at Patravakkam on the Tiruvallur line is expected to be completed by September end.

In the south, work on LC37 at Oorapakkam/ Kilambakkam is expected to be completed by March end and for the other one at LC36, the deadline has been set for end August. Similarly, for the Rs. 29 crore Guduvanchery (LC40) ROB, where the railways has just commenced pile foundation work near the tracks and the highways has about 12 more deck slabs to construct, the deadline set is August end.

For the two railway gates situated on either side of the Perungalathur station, the alignment and estimates are ready. But the works are awaiting clearance from the National Highways Authority of India.

karkal

January 28th, 2013, 01:46 AM

Thiruvanmiyur to get four-lane flyover (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/thiruvanmiyur-to-get-fourlane-flyover/article4351233.ece)

The flyover will cross Jayanthi-Theyagaraja theatres junction, the one after Marun- deeswarar temple and the RTO office

Work to construct a 1.3 km-long flyover crossing three junctions in Thiruvanmiyur is likely to commence by September.

According to the proposal, the flyover will cross the Jayanthi-Theyagaraja theatres junction, the one after the Marundeeswarar temple and the RTO office.

Sources in the highways department said the final detailed project report is under preparation for the four-lane flyover that will take off on West Avenue Road just after the bridge across the Buckingham Canal and land near the RTO office signal on the East Coast Road. Rough estimates put the cost of the flyover at Rs. 250 crore.

The highways department took up this proposal to decongest the Thiruvanmiyur junction after the Chennai Corporation dropped a plan to construct a flyover-cum-subway at the junction.

Local traffic from residential areas near the RTO office and vehicles from the ECR and those heading from Adyar and Rajiv Gandhi Salai and proceeding towards the ECR will benefit from this flyover that will come up on single pillars, similar to those being used in the construction of flyovers at Thirumangalam, Porur and Moolakadai and the Metro Rail project.

“This will take up very less road space and reduce land acquisition. Additional space would be required only at the two sides where the flyover takes off and lands — the ramps. On the ECR, two ramps have been planned — one for those going up and one for those coming down,” said a source.

N. Shiva, a resident of Kottivakkam, said that the flyover would be very useful for those travelling to the RTO office and beyond from Rajiv Gandhi Salai. “At least one section of traffic would be able to travel non-stop, thus reducing the number of vehicles taking the road. Another flyover crossing Lattice Bridge Road and landing near SRP Tools junction will also help,” he said.

Pedestrian subway in the works

A multi-directional pedestrian subway at the Thiruvanmiyur junction has been incorporated into the proposal. This would mean that pedestrians going from one side can get out at any of the other three sides.

V.V. Ramani, a resident of Thiruvanmiyur, said such a facility would be very useful but the highways department must ensure it is clean and safe to use.

“In Delhi, for instance, there are subways that have hawkers, but they are clean. But in Chennai, most subways are so filthy. The department must ensure that the subway is clean so that people are encouraged to use it,” he said.

As part of the proposal, Lattice Bridge road would also be widened and strengthened to allow hindrance-free traffic flow.

Keywords: Jayanthi-Theyagaraja theatres junction, Thiruvanmiyur, Pedestrian subway, four-lane flyover

skysun

January 28th, 2013, 05:51 PM

News Article
Source: Times of India,
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defau...&ViewMode=HTML (http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOICH/2013/01/28&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00400&ViewMode=HTML)

DELAYS SHOOT UP BUDGETS

POOR PLANNING holds up three road projects

Deadlines Pushed As Land Acquisition Comes In Way Of Construction

Karthikeyan Hemalatha | TNN

Three important projects have been delayed due to lack of planning and cooperation between government agencies. While the Moolakadai flyover will be completed only in nine months, the twin-flyover project in Anna Nagar has been delayed by six months due to realignment of the flyover after the failed attempt to demolish Anna Arch.
The construction of Porur flyover for commuters crossing the Mount Poonamallee Road-Arcot Salai junction continues. The construction began in 2010 and is likely to take more than a year. After a two-year legal battle to acquire land, all work was stopped in May 2011 as Metrowater refused to shift pipelines that obstructed pillars. “We have given up on the project. There is no sign of any work happening,” said Ashish Tatolu, a resident of Porur. With such a delay, the cost of the project has shot up from 35 crore to 60 crore. “The price of land has increased as well as the cost of the construction material,” said a highways official.
Highways officials say they have now decided not to wait for Metrowater to do its part. “We will shift the pipelines ourselves. A tender will be floated in 10 days for this,” said an official. Once the contractor is chosen, the shifting of lines will take three months and the construction of the flyover will take a year from then. It is likely to be completed in March 2014.
At Moolakadai flyover, work has progressed but the deadline has been pushed by a year. The original deadline was January 2013, but officials say the work could go on for nine more months. At the end of 2011, the department had not completed land acquisition and had done only 5% of the work. So far, about 30% of the project has been completed. “Though we asked for permission two months back, we got it only now. Traffic will be diverted next week,” said an official. Of the budget of 50 crore, works of 15 crore has been completed.
Following the Anna Arch controversy, the much awaited twin-flyover project at Anna Nagar has been delayed by six months. “The new design has been finalised. The land acquisition is minimal. The work has resumed in full swing,” said a highways official. The original deadline was May 2013, and has been shifted to December. “We have completed 40% of the project. This has been the status for the last three months,” said the official.
LIFE IN A METRO
Work on three important flyovers, which will ease traffic congestion in the city, has been progressing at a snail’s pace with little coordination between government agencies

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MOOLAKADAI FLYOVER

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PORUR FLYOVER

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ANNA NAGAR TWIN-FLYOVER

karkal

January 29th, 2013, 01:01 AM

Flyover linking city to NH5 now on fast track (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/flyover-linking-city-to-nh5-now-on-fast-track/article4354630.ece)

Four-lane structure will ease traffic on subway in Vyasarpadi

Traffic chaos in the city’s northern neighbourhood is set to ease soon as the flyover in Vyasarpadi that will connect Chennai with the Kolkata highway (NH5) is nearing completion.

The four-lane flyover under construction is a ‘Y’-shaped facility similar to the flyover at Rangarajapuram in T. Nagar.

As per the project plan, the flyover takes off on Basin Bridge Road and divides into two-lanes on each side — one reaching Erukkancheri High Road and the other, Sathyamurthy Nagar Main Road near Kalyanapuram. The ramp on the Erukkancheri High Road connects the northern part of the city with the NH5.

Government officials said that almost 70 per cent of the work on the project including construction of a ramp on the Satyamurthy Nagar side has been completed by the State highways department, one of the executing agencies of the project.

At present, the department has started the work on the Kolkata highway side while the Southern Railway has commenced its work on the portion of the flyover that passes over railway tracks near the Vyasarpadi Jiva station.

Currently, traffic is allowed on the bitumen-topped service lanes, which is around 3,000 metres long, on both sides of the flyover.

To be completed by September

“The entire project will be completed by September this year by the State highways and the railways, too, is expected to finish their portion of work by that time,” said an official.

Originally, the Rs. 88.68-crore flyover was sanctioned under the Chennai Metropolitan Development Programme (CMDP) along with other projects for flyovers at Moolakadai, Porur, Thirumangalam and Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar in 2006. However, as the project involved work on connecting the ramps over the railway tracks, the Southern Railway was roped in. Subsequently, the project was taken up under the Railways Works scheme by the highways on a 50-50 cost-sharing basis by the two government agencies.

Delay due to land acquisition

“Though the project actually began in March 2010, we were able to complete the acquisition of around 1.4 lakh square feet of land with Rs. 1.65 crore given as compensation only in June, 2012. So, there is a delay in the completion of the project on schedule,” said the official.

The flyover is set to accommodate most of the vehicular traffic that is currently directed through the subway at Vyasarpadi. The subway often gets clogged, especially during rush hours, with more than 10,000 vehicles on an average passing through every day.

“A long row of trucks fight for space with other motorists in the subway. Further, during the monsoon, the subway gets flooded, forcing us to take a much longer route to reach the city. The flyover will be a boon for motorists as it will reduce travel time,” said K. Shankar, a resident of Vyasarpadi.

The flyover is 1,720 metres long and 17.2 metres wide (capable of accommodating two buses at a time). Besides, it will have around 150 street lights including four high-mast lights, a stormwater drain and staircases for pedestrians to access the subway.

Y-shaped facility will take off on Basin Bridge Road

Project being jointly executed by Highways and Southern Railway

Keywords: Vyasarpadi flyover, four-lane flyover, Kolkata highway

skysun

January 29th, 2013, 12:25 PM

Source:
http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/tn-to-construct-6254-apartments-atcostrs-1740-cr/116063/

TN to construct 6254 apartments at a cost of Rs 1740 cr

SupremeIndian

January 30th, 2013, 10:09 PM

Has the Anna arch flyover vonstruction started again??... any news article/GO reg it... Just now saw workers working on the pillars again..

saysenthil

January 31st, 2013, 11:23 AM

CM inaugurates 3-lane bridge at Adyar (http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=29409%20&%20section=7)

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday inaugurated the new three-lane bridge, constructed adjacent to the Thiru Vi Ka bridge across the Adyar river here.

Also, she inaugurated 14 new bridges constructed across Tamilnadu at a cost of Rs 89.14 core, Tharapuram by-pass constructed at a cost of Rs two crore and six buildings constructed at a cost of Rs 1.97 crore.

kannan infratech

January 31st, 2013, 04:25 PM

Last night (rather early morning today 2 am), I was surprised to see the new Adyar Road bridge open and traffic plying.

When I crossed the bridge, I heard Dhud, Dhud sound from my wheels at every RCC joint.
I stopped my vehicle & checked.

They have to lay a bitumen top I think to make it perfectly level.

karkal

February 1st, 2013, 03:06 AM

^^
New bridge eases traffic in Adyar (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-bridge-eases-traffic-in-adyar/article4366104.ece)

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The Hindu The three-lane structure has been built adjacent to the four-lane Thiru-Vi-Ka Bridge — Photo: M. Vedhan

For many motorists using the Thiru-Vi-Ka bridge to and from Adyar, the drive was quicker from Wednesday.

A new three-lane structure was inaugurated by the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa through a video-conference. Constructed at a cost of Rs. 13.06 crore, the facility that has come up adjacent to the existing four-lane bridge allows traffic from the R.A. Puram side. The older bridge would continue to allow four-lane traffic on either side. Thus, traffic from the Andhra Mahila Sabha side would have five lanes and that proceeding from the Adyar side, two.

Rex Vaaz, a resident who works in Mandaveli, said the new bridge had helped smooth traffic flow. In spite of the Adyar side being quite wide, traffic bottlenecks frequently occurred as the bridge had only four lanes, he said. Now, both the bridges seem to be accommodating a vast quantity of traffic. “Traffic did not stop as it used to and vehicles were moving,” he said.

S. Ismail, a resident of Kottivakkam, said that traffic police must ensure that vehicles taking the Adyar flyover do not take the new bridge. “The beach road is also very wide. But Santhome High Road narrows into a two-lane facility. Something must be done to widen that road,” he said.

Planners recalled that the Corporation had earlier announced that a road connecting Music College and the Adyar Bridge would be laid. “When that comes up a portion of the traffic to the Andhra Mahila Sabha side would take that road,” said a senior planner.

Fifty-two light poles and focus lights have been installed. Sources said that soon LED lights would replace them.

Keywords: Thiru-Vi-Ka bridge, Adyar bridge, traffic congestion

udhaya

February 1st, 2013, 06:08 AM

this @#%& jj wiil never come back on performance,those of us who praise namo for his performance why dont get angry with this lady full of politics and rhetoric,never look for the welfare of people:-

கிடப்பில் துறைமுகம்-மதுரவாயல் பாலம் : கருணாநிதி குற்றச்சாட்டு
பதிவு செய்த நாள் - ஜனவரி 31, 2013 at 11:03:15 PM சென்னை துறைமுகம் - மதுரவாயல் உயர்மட்ட சாலை திட்டத்திற்கு முட்டுக்கட்டை போட்டு, மக்கள் வரிப்பணத்தை அதிமுக அரசு பாழடித்துவிட்டதாக திமுக தலைவர் கருணாநிதி குற்றம் சாட்டியுள்ளார்.

இத்திட்டத்தை செயல்படுத்தியதற்கான பின்னணி குறித்து நீண்ட அறிக்கை வெளியிட்டுள்ள அவர், அதிமுக அரசு வந்ததும், அந்த திட்டத்தை தடுத்து நிறுத்தி விட்டதாக தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.

இந்தத் திட்டத்தின் தேவை பற்றி மத்திய அமைச்சரவை செயலாளர் டி.ஏ.கே. நாயர், முதலமைச்சர் ஜெயலலிதாவிடம் விளக்கிக் கூறிய பின்னரும் அதிமுக அரசு அதனை முடக்கிவிட்டதாக கருணாநிதி கூறியுள்ளார்.

வளர்ச்சிப் பாதையில் தமிழகத்தை முதன்மை மாநிலமாக்கப்போவதாக அடிக்கடி முழக்கமிடும் ஜெயலலிதா, அடிப்படை கட்டமைப்பு வசதிகளை மேம்படுத்தும் இந்த திட்டத்தை செயல்படுத்தியிருந்தால், அத்திட்டம் முழுமை அடைந்திருக்கும் என்றும், ஆனால், இந்தத் திட்டத்தை செயல்படுத்தினால் திமுகவுக்கு பெயர் வந்து விடும் என்ற காரணத்திற்காக முட்டுக்கட்டை போட்டுள்ளதாகவும் கருணாநிதி தெரிவித்துள்ளார்

this is vision 2023

ppn123

February 1st, 2013, 07:47 PM

she should learn how to build fly overs.. for e.g. G K Moopanar - Cenotaph Road Fly Over (antha vetti kattiya thamizhar meethu yenna kobamo?), North Usman Road & Mahalingapuram Fly overs. Above all the Peters Road (Speed breakers) fly overs

gemsuresh

February 1st, 2013, 08:45 PM

^^
New bridge eases traffic in Adyar (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/new-bridge-eases-traffic-in-adyar/article4366104.ece)

The Hindu The three-lane structure has been built adjacent to the four-lane Thiru-Vi-Ka Bridge — Photo: M. Vedhan

5 lanes one way and just 2 lanes on the other direction?! Does this work?

krishnancv

February 1st, 2013, 10:33 PM

5 lanes one way and just 2 lanes on the other direction?! Does this work?

Nope its 4 lanes towards Adyar and 3 lanes towards Mandaveli.

gemsuresh

February 2nd, 2013, 01:29 PM

Nope its 4 lanes towards Adyar and 3 lanes towards Mandaveli.

It is written otherwise in the article, thats why confused!

the pedestrian rails should be at the end of the road - like a split between walk area and road, rather than pushed to a corner?

Arul Murugan

February 4th, 2013, 03:01 PM

Thirumangalam flyover updates!

http://epaper.maalaimalar.com/422013/epaperimages/422013/422013-md-hr-1/164931968.jpg

maalaimalar

prabhu007

February 5th, 2013, 09:36 AM

Flyover works from Padi till Koyambedu??? Is the reporter day-dreaming or what?? While coming from Koyambedu, the Thirumangalam flyover takes off after Kendriya vidyala - Shanthi colony signal, crosses the 2 signals and lands after Asiad colony bus stop, even before the SBOA school signal. This work is being done by P&C Constructions under Highways Dept's orders.

Btw, I saw some portion of the side road barricaded near Annanagar west SBOA School junction, the barricades had the name VNC Constructions. And the center medians have been demolished between SBOA school junction till 18th main road signal.. Any idea what this is for?

murlee

February 5th, 2013, 09:47 AM

^^

Maybe this... Just guessing

After much delay, Otteri Nullah diversion channel takes off

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01351/04TH_DIVERSION_1351573f.jpg

The Otteri Nullah diversion channel project, which was dropped nearly two years ago, has been given a new lease of life.

Work on the long-pending project to construct a channel from Otteri Nullah canal to divert excess water and link with Cooum river began this week. The stretch of Third Avenue, Anna Nagar, has been barricaded for the purposes of this project and traffic, diverted.

The Rs.10 crore-project, which was proposed under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, had to be dropped two years ago as the Water Resources Department (WRD) had trouble obtaining permissions from various departments to execute the work.

However, the department managed to get permission from the government departments for road cuts with a slight change in alignment and methodology. “We plan to save time on the busy Third Avenue by using precast structures. We want to complete the project in four months,” an official said.

The box-type channel, which will be built from the stretch near Anna Nagar K4 police station, will run up to a distance of 1.6 km and link with Cooum river near Brewery Road, Anna Nagar.

Residents of Anna Nagar welcomed the move but said work must be expedited as prolonged traffic diversions would worsen traffic chaos already in place owing to other development works.

Babu Jeyaram, a resident of Third Avenue, recalled that the apartments in the complex located along Otteri Nullah had been heavily flooded during rains in 2005. The canal had water flowing above its brim. The diversion channel would help take away the burden from the canal.

Officials said that Otteri Nullah has a capacity only to carry 1,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs). But, it carried 1,600 cusecs of flood water during floods in 2005. The proposed diversion channel will be four metre wide and two metre high.

Of the total distance of 11.68 km of Otteri Nullah, work to construct a flood protection wall has been completed in 6.5 km stretch. The canal has been widened up to 40 metre wherever possible. Notices have been issued in various areas, including Anna Nagar East, to over 30 structures that have encroached upon the canal’s bank. The entire project is expected to be completed by this year end.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/after-much-delay-otteri-nullah-diversion-channel-takes-off/article4375850.ece

cofee

February 5th, 2013, 01:38 PM

^^

Maybe this... Just guessing

[B]After much delay, Otteri Nullah diversion channel takes off]

Dude Otteri Nullah storm water drain link work is on 3rd Ave near Rountana, It has nothing to do with JN 100ft road, SBOA school Annanagar West.

murlee

February 5th, 2013, 02:19 PM

oh ok..

ORAGADAM

February 5th, 2013, 07:14 PM

Oragadam Junction four lane flyover getting ready for opening with first two lane in the month of Feb 2013.

The next two lane on construction may get ready at the end of this year 2013.

ceeznic pirate

February 5th, 2013, 10:01 PM

Innum intha flyover mudikalaya?

X-posting 1 year old post during SCR Trip

Oragadam Junction Flyover
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Southern Section
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Northern Section
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tamilbala

February 6th, 2013, 04:00 PM

^^
Not even 30% completed.

ferrari_fan

February 6th, 2013, 07:15 PM

^^ See his caption - this is from a year ago..

vijayvmail

February 7th, 2013, 06:13 AM

Oragadam Junction four lane flyover getting ready for opening with first two lane in the month of Feb 2013.

The next two lane on construction may get ready at the end of this year 2013.

It is almost exacly in same condition for 2 years. It is a simple straight flyover. The sides of the road are not so heavily built up. Not sure what the problem is.

It is one of the worst project executions. The side roads of the flyover currently used by the traffic are so horrible - full of clayey mud, huge holes and absolutely no Tar covering at all.

No barricades, no signs ... absolutely nothing

kannan infratech

February 7th, 2013, 06:20 AM

proprashanth

February 7th, 2013, 08:51 AM

What we went thro during our SCR trip last year, I am going through even now.

Beyond Benz, road is so bad (on way to hira Palace garden)

The service lanes @ Oragadam flyover still same - bumpy & muddy.

On the way.. the road just has 2 lanes and difficult for motorists when truck approaches from opposite.. seems on either side forest dept. is not ready to give land for road widening. wonder what they are going to lose by giving some land...

kvijayasundaram

February 9th, 2013, 12:27 AM

http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=644047

சென்னை:""போரூர் சந்திப்பில், மேம்பாலம் கட்ட, நில ஆர்ஜிதம் முடிந்துவிட்டது. விரைவில் மேம்பாலம் கட்டப்படும், '' என, சட்டசபையில் அமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிச்சாமி தெரிவித்தார்.சட்டசபையில் கேள்வி நேரத்தில், எம்.எல்.ஏ.,க்களின் கேள்விகளுக்கு அமைச்சர்கள் அளித்த பதில்:
பீமராவ்-மார்க்சிஸ்ட் கம்யூனிஸ்ட்: சென்னை போரூர் சந்திப்பில் மேம்பாலம் கட்டும் பணிகள் தொடங்கப்பட்டுள்ளன. அப்பணிகள் எப்போது நிறைவு பெறும்?அமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிச்சாமி: போரூர்சந்திப்பில் மேம்பாலம் கட்ட நிலம் ஆர்ஜிதம் செய்யப்பட்டதில், காலதாமதம் ஏற்பட்டது. தற்போது நிலம் கையகப்படுத்தப்பட்டு விட்டது.
பாலம் அமைக்கும் பகுதியில், தரைக்கு கீழ், குடிநீர் குழாய் செல்கிறது. அதை வேறு இடத்துக்கு மாற்றி அமைக்கும் பணிக்காக, டெண்டர் விடப்பட்டு உள்ளது. அந்த பணி நிறைவடைந்ததும், மேம்பாலம் கட்டப்படும்................

mr_madras

February 10th, 2013, 12:13 PM

Thirumangalam flyover updates.
Very much diassopintment for this slow progress of work here. at this rate it will take more than year and may be around underground METRO.
1) View from mogapair road
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2755/dsc04182q.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/dsc04182q.jpg/)

2) View towards koyambedu
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2999/dsc04183k.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/dsc04183k.jpg/)

3) View towards Padi
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thillai_selvan

February 12th, 2013, 06:30 AM

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source (http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/flyover-linking-chennai-to-nh5-now-on-fast-track/article4406410.ece)

mr_madras

February 12th, 2013, 09:17 AM

Oragadam Jn flyover updates as on 1st Feb 2013
1) View from Sriperumbudur rd
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/1820/dsc04229q.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/26/dsc04229q.jpg/)

2) Towards Tambaram left side
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1392/dsc04230c.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/502/dsc04230c.jpg/)

3) Towards Tambaram Right side
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7699/dsc04232ni.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/dsc04232ni.jpg/)

mr_madras

February 12th, 2013, 09:26 AM

Anna arch & Flyover
http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/535/dsc04276b.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/833/dsc04276b.jpg/)

2) Towards Annanagar
http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1583/dsc04278l.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/dsc04278l.jpg/)

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9027/dsc04281jd.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/689/dsc04281jd.jpg/)

Pillars are ready in NM road and am not seeing any construction activity on that day.
So far no activity started in PH road which will affect traffic flow and also long lead time. so any case it will take another 2 years once activity starts again.

skysun

February 14th, 2013, 06:19 PM

Anna Nagar chokes as work on flyover lags

K. Lakshmi

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/anna-nagar-chokes-as-work-on-flyover-lags/article4412183.ece
Deepa H. Ramakrishnan

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01363/flyover_1363020g.jpg
The Hindu The slow pace of construction has especially affected schoolchildren and patients. Photo: K. Pichumani
http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01363/flyover1_1363019g.jpg

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In the first of a series focussing on traffic bottlenecks across the city, we take a look at Thirumangalam junction, where residents have had to battle clogged roads for months on end, mainly due to the delay in the construction of a flyover, but also because of other projects in the area including Metro Rail

Anna Nagar may be one of Chennai’s best-planned areas, but travelling on its roads now, is nothing short of harrowing.
The snail-like pace of construction of a flyover at the Thirumangalam junction has worsened traffic in an area that was already choking.
Work on the Rs. 60.23 crore flyover began in 2011 under the Highways Department, and was aimed at facilitating the smooth flow of vehicles across two intersections — one at Anna Nagar Second Avenue and Thirumangalam Main Road junction, on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai.
But frequent delays, have made things worse than they were, forcing motorists to take detours or spend long hours inching through clogged roads. With several important roads including Shanthi Colony Road, Second Avenue, 13th Main Road, Third Avenue and 18th Main Road made one-ways to facilitate Metro Rail work in the areas, traffic that was already messy, has turned into a nightmare, residents said.
Added to this, earlier this month, the Water Resources Department cordoned off a stretch of Third Avenue in Anna Nagar East for a long-pending project to construct a channel to divert excess water from the Otteri Nullah to Cooum river.
The Thirumangalam junction is a vital link for residents of Mogappair, who use it to reach areas such as Koyambedu, Vadapalani and Aminjikarai. For several months now, residents have had to take a detour of 2-3 km from the Thirumangalam road to reach the Second Avenue junction, which is actually only a few metres away, as the road has been made a one-way.
The area is dotted with several schools and hospitals, and the delay in the project has especially affected children and patients, who now have to spend at least half an hour on the Anna Nagar roads, for what used to be a five-minute commute, residents said.
S. Venkatesan, a resident of the area, complained that several important roads have already been made one-ways due to Metro Rail work. If the flyover work was expedited, residents would be relieved from traffic congestion in at least portion of the area, he said.
V. Rajan, a resident of Mogappair, said that the flyover was a welcome initiative, as traffic here on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai desperately needed regulation. But with the work progressing extremely slowly, residents have had to endure detours as well as travel on stretches battered with potholes.
Mr. Rajan added that autorickshaw drivers also fleeced residents by demanding Rs. 100 to ply a short distance of 4-5 km to Second Avenue from Mogappair, citing the number of one-ways in the area.
Parents and schoolchildren in the area are invariably delayed due to the vehicle pile-up on the road every morning. C. Raja Punitha, a resident of Korattur said “I have to travel via 18th Main Road, 13th Main Road and use several interior roads to reach School Road, Anna Nagar, instead of taking a simple right turn from Jawaharlal Nehru Salai as the road has been made one-way.”
With the road median removed near the Anna Nagar West bus depot, several motorists use it as a short-cut route, risking their lives and inconveniencing other motorists, residents said. Residents also demanded that a damaged portion of the road along the flyover portion area, be re-laid with concrete, to withstand the heavy flow of traffic.
According to officials of the highways department, around 60 per cent of the work on the 805-metre-long flyover has been completed. All the 22 piers have been completed, and 7 of the 21 deck slabs have been placed.
The flyover is expected to be thrown open to the public by August, an official said. Work to provide 7.5 metre-wide service roads on both sides of the flyover is likely to commence in two weeks. Land acquisition for construction of stormwater drains is also on, he added.

The following is a comment by someone on the Hindu website.
It's not my comment. Please note, don't start arguing with me, it's not my comment.

Comments(1)
My deepest sympathy is with the residents of Chennai on this unfortunate
situation. We know that the present Govt are not showing interest to
expedite completion of these projects for the well known simple reason
that the works related to the previous regime. Unless until a Public
interest litigation case is filed on these issues nothing will happen to
solve the problem the people are facing
from: S Viswanathan
Posted on: Feb 14, 2013 at 12:36 IST

skysun

February 16th, 2013, 06:48 AM

Tangles tie up projects worth Rs. 1,000 crore

Special Correspondent

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Projects under the Highways Department amounting to nearly Rs. 1,000 crore, are being delayed due to land acquisition issues, shifting of service lines, obtaining permission from the police for traffic diversions and legal entanglements. At present, there are 27 cases against acquisition of land for projects including the six-laning of the East Coast Road, construction of flyovers in Vadapalani, Moolakadai and Korattur, formation of the Eastern Byepass near Tambaram and widening of Taramani Link Road.

Of these, 19 are less than a year old. For instance, one of the key projects that the department is executing jointly with Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL), the Rs. 69-crore flyover at the Vadapalani junction, is being delayed as it has not been able to acquire land. The project requires a total of 702 sq. m. at the junction, to create service lanes.
“We have already settled the tender for the construction of ramps, the laying of service lanes and construction of stormwater drains. We have also deposited Rs. 30 crore with CMRL for the construction of the central portion of the flyover. However, a few shops and a temple have gone to court and obtained a stay,” said a source in the department.

It took the department six months to obtain permission from the city traffic police to divert traffic near the Moolakkadai flyover in north Chennai. “We have only recently obtained the permission but the police have asked us to strengthen the alternative road and work on that is progressing. Once that is over, the diversion will come into effect,” a source said.

A case pending from way back in 2000, relating to the eviction of encroachments is also another cause of delay. Widening of the Taramani Link Road has been delayed due to several reasons including the slow pace of construction of a drain by the Public Works Department.
While Southern Railway completed construction of its portion of a subway at Radha Nagar in Chromepet replacing level crossing 27, the highways department is waging a battle against 26 persons whose homes and businesses are being affected due to the project. “We need land for widening the approach road to the subway, otherwise the subway would be pointless,” an official said.

Keywords: Highways Department (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tangles-tie-up-projects-worth-rs-1000-crore/article4412168.ece#), land acquisition issues (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tangles-tie-up-projects-worth-rs-1000-crore/article4412168.ece#), CMRL (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tangles-tie-up-projects-worth-rs-1000-crore/article4412168.ece#)

The following is someone's comment posted on the Hindu website. It's not my comment.
Comments(1)

The state government does not want to co-operate with Central Government departments. This is the maim reason for the enormous delays in most projects in Tamilnadu. This shows the immaturity, ego and short sightedness of the powers that be. What a shame! After all these projects will ultimately benefit the state and Chennai city. This is the bane of our country and state.
from: devadas d
Posted on: Feb 14, 2013 at 19:02 IST

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tangles-tie-up-projects-worth-rs-1000-crore/article4412168.ece

ceeznic pirate

February 16th, 2013, 12:20 PM

Oragadam Flyover

One lane is opened for traffic.

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/1006/sam0863l.jpg (http://img855.imageshack.us/i/sam0863l.jpg/)

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ceeznic pirate

February 16th, 2013, 12:22 PM

SingaPerumal Koil ROB

Pic taken from Oragadam - SP Koil Road

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1556/sam0892j.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/sam0892j.jpg/)

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ceeznic pirate

February 16th, 2013, 12:28 PM

GST ROBs

1. No work is happening on Guduvanchery ROB
2. Railways portion is still pending for Urapakkam ROB.
3. Another ROB near writer office between Urapakkam and Vandalur. Looks like they have cleared the buildings on the GST side.
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7033/sam0906kl.jpg (http://img208.imageshack.us/i/sam0906kl.jpg/)

chennaidesi

February 16th, 2013, 02:45 PM