Friends,

As we have discussed earlier, here is the initiative (Apologies for the delay). Lets concentrate on one topic initially.

As the title suggests, this thread is for suggestions, view and alternates for the "existing/planned/under development" transportation and road projects.

Scope include (but not limited to)

* Chennai Metro - Official Site (http://www.chennaimetrorail.gov.in/) - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Metro)

* Chennai MTC - Official Site (http://www.mtcbus.org/) - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Transport_Corporation_%28Chennai%29)

* Traffic Management ( High-occupancy Vehicle lanes, Automatic Number Plate Recognition, Traffic flow models, etc)

* Geographical Techniques (GPS, GIS, etc)

* Chennai MTRS - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Rapid_Transit_System_%28Chennai%29)

* Chennai Suburban Railways - Official Site (http://www.southernrailway.gov.in/sutt/index.php)- Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_suburban_railway)

* Chennai HSCTC - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_HSCTC)

* Chennai Elevated Expressways - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Elevated_Expressways)

* Chennai BRTS/RBTW - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_BRTS) - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_RBTW)

* ORR - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Ring_Road,_Chennai) - CMDA (http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/outerringroad.html)

* IT Corridor (Rajiv Gandhi Salai) - Official webpage (http://www.tnrdc.com/itel/) - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Salai)

* Chennai Bypass - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Bypass)

* Chennai Monorail - Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Monorail)

* Para transits - Autos/Share autos/taxis, etc

* Flyovers & Grade Separators

* IRR/ECR and other Roads

* Waterways/Hover crafts, etc

* Skywalks

* MRT/LRT along ORR

Chennai Master Plan 2 - Transportation component (http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/Volume1_English_PDF/Vol1_Chapter04_Transport.pdf)


Note: Be polite while addressing fellow forumers. Gossips/Unwated discussions would be deleted without notice.


Dos
1. Be specific to the project/issue/situation you're addressing.

2. Give in more details, maps, simple drawings, etc

3. Address only topics that are related to Transportation and Road Projects -

4. Please take a look at the list of projects and decide whether your post is apt for this thread.

Don'ts
1. Post generalized ideas/suggestions.

2. Post one-liners.

Guess I provided all the necessary info about the projects. You can PM me if need be!
:cheers1:

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

It is really high time to start this thread. Thanks Kewl
If all the above are addressed properly in time then my Chennai will be a Jack of all Trades

Hi all, I have been reading articles on this forum for almost a year and a half now. I thought this is the time when I can add my two paisa worth here.

1. All the existing arterial roads inside the city and its suburbs should be widened to atleast 6 lanes. The practical difficulties in this being the clearing of encroachments. Almost all the arterial roads of Chennai are being clogged with encroachments of all kinds, shops, unregulated parking, garbage dump, pavement dwellers. The Anna Main Road, from Ashok Nagar upto Nesapakkam bus stop is one classic example of a road that is being clogged by all possible kinds of encroachments.

2. Lanes should be clearly marked, with dedicated lanes for cycles.

3. All the arterial roads should have foot paths, with subways or foot over bridges at necessary junctions. I feel having ramps instead of steps or having ramp and steps side by-side would definitely encourage their usage.

4. There should be a public convenience neatly maintained at regular intervals.

5. Its high time that the operation of MRTS is being controlled by the TN Government (like the metro). This will definitely help in modernization of the stations, rolling stocks etc..

6. The Autos should be highly regulated. I feel that Chennai does not have a decent taxi service and the cabs being operated are rickety omni's, indica's and ambassadors.

7. Its high time that the MTC or some other agency thinks of running mini buses on Chennai roads. For eg, MTC runs buses in the narrow chinmaya nagar road in virugambakkam towards CMBT. It would be great if such narrow roads had dedicated luxury mini bus operations that have a capacity to seat 20 and carry another 20 as standees. Also minibuses can act as a feeder service to bus depots, railway stations etc. and also as "Destination Carriers" to say T.Nagar, beaches etc.

But above all it needs a mindset and attitude change of the people. This is one of my experience with my cousin brother; The roads in and towards his area "Kilkattalai" were so bad that we got so terrified for going there. He coolly said "Nama enna singapore liya irukom, road nalla illa nu solradhuku. Chennai la dhane irukom, apdi dhan irukum". This attitude is what is standing between Chennai (rather all Indian cities) becoming truly global!!

2. Lanes should be clearly marked, with dedicated lanes for cycles.

You mean on-road cycle lanes? Chennai doesnt have large number of cycle users. They will be a waste of road space and increase congestion thus resulting in pollution.

3. All the arterial roads should have foot paths, with subways or foot over bridges at necessary junctions. I feel having ramps instead of steps or having ramp and steps side by-side would definitely encourage their usage.



Foot over bride doesnt seem to be popular among Chennaites, then why build it. Its only for weak and old citizens, fit and brave citizens prefer to cross the live traffic.

Hi guys, I would like to know if there are any immediate plans to decongest Mount Road beginning from Saidapet bridge.During rush hour the traffic really crawls because of the ridiculous number of traffic lights. In fact at a few locations there are 2 traffic lights within 25-30 m of each other :bash:. Also are there any plans for the madhya kailash junction(trumpet interchange)??

You mean on-road cycle lanes? Chennai doesnt have large number of cycle users. They will be a waste of road space and increase congestion thus resulting in pollution.

I agree, but their use can be promoted in the lines of London and Paris. Chennai's road surface being flat, unlike in hyderabad or mysore, can definitely be conducive for cyclists

Foot over bride doesnt seem to be popular among Chennaites, then why build it. Its only for weak and old citizens, fit and brave citizens prefer to cross the live traffic.:lol:, but on a serious note it is we in the name of youth do all these things. Look at the IT corridor for eg. The employees prefer to jump over such a high median to a foot over bridge. One night near the bessie beach, though the space for crossing the road was nearby, the guys jumped over the median, having steel railings atleast 2.5 feet high... We are to blame..

We should be more specific with the proposals... These genaralized ideas have been repeatedly given in many of the studies/reports/articles time and time again... So lets be more specific in our ideas

2. Lanes should be clearly marked, with dedicated lanes for cycles.


You mean on-road cycle lanes? Chennai doesnt have large number of cycle users. They will be a waste of road space and increase congestion thus resulting in pollution.

I guess the best way would be to integrate Bicycle lanes with Skywalks. Cycles can be taken up using lifts. It'd avoid wastage of road space as well as be safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

We should be more specific with the proposals... These genaralized ideas have been repeatedly given in many of the studies/reports/articles time and time again... So lets be more specific in our ideas

sorry though i have been observing a lot in this forum, I am new to posting. So can u help me with what is specific? like "6 lane arcot road, clear encroachments from anna main road"?

uniform pavements - a lot of money was spent on granite footpaths but there is no sweeping and zero maintenance. Once some digging happens, there is no maintenance team to fix it.

Almost all shopkeepers use the pavement to store/display goods and as dedicated parking. This is the number one reason for the chaotic look of the city

Medians being built with granite with grills and plants only look good for 2 weeks after inauguration. After that it is paan stained, smoke stained dirty slab. No point spending money on such projects. A simple well painted concrete median is needed


10-15 tow trucks per each zone of the corporation to deal with parking offenders from 6 AM - 10 PM

A joint patrol of corporation/CMDA/traffic police that can deal immediately with encroachers without the niceties of notice/court stays

10 feet high compounds around all open spaces including waterways

Mandatory car park for any shop or multi unit dwelling. Property tax directly related to provision for parking and greenery

All areas surrounding chennai to be mandated to only approve layout roads with 40, 60, 80 and 100 feet wide. most suburbs now have 10-12 ft wide roads only

All suburbs to have modern waste disposal incl sewerage/water supply

no mom and pop shops aka potti kadai/annachi kadais on main roads. only proper complexes with boundary walls, parking and landscaping should be allowed

Every street to have minimum amount of open space (greenery and for playing)

clear demarcation of residential and commercial areas. No conversion to be allowed forever

clear demarcation for individual houses and flats. People should not be allowed to convert 1 and 2 ground plots to flats

deal with slums with an iron hand. biometric/optical/genetic records to be maintained when alloting slum board flats so that it is not rented out and again the same people get one more flat.

move out all slums along waterways to 4-5 locations far away from any kind of waterbody.

get rid of water from the various canals and make them pure flood water carriers. This is the only way to reduce mosquitoes.

I could go on and on.....

^^ venkatm, thats a nice list!

But what we're looking for in this thread is for specific ideas and not generalized statements and one-liners!

Let me be specific! For example, take the case of traffic jam at (say) guindy. What is the real problem there? How can it be avoided? Proposed traffic management systems and improvements, etc....

I agree, but their use can be promoted in the lines of London and Paris. Chennai's road surface being flat, unlike in hyderabad or mysore, can definitely be conducive for cyclists

First let our two-wheelers wear helmet and follow lane discipline, then we can dream about providing seperate cycle lane and encourage people to use cycle with helmet, in the lines of London and Paris.


btw, in the UK cycle lane on the carriageway are not popular as they are dangerous. There are numerous cases of accidents and some transport chiefs have admitted that cyclelanes are less safe for cyclist.

All what you said are sound. I wish you go on and on.

I think a good start would be to have a standard height for all footpaths (something like 5-6 inches), along with a minimum width of 2 metres on major roads such as Anna Salai, IRR, SP Road, LB Road, etc. This will allow pedestrians the actual space they need to walk on the pavement instead of on the road. For roads that aren't as wide, we can correspondingly reduce the minimum width of the pavement.

Hawkers who encroach upon the pavement should be injudiciously removed ASAP. I think police officers should be given a bonus based on how many of these chaps they evict.

My major grievance with Chennai roads is the amount of dust in the air. While this is partly unavoidable, I think a good amount of it comes from the 2-3 inches of road that remains unpaved - between the pavement and the road. I have no clue why this exists and it really annoys me, because it's easy to fix! Elimination of this dusty strip would make walking in the city so much more pleasant.

Finally, I think have a pavement lined with trees would be make walking even more pleasant under the harsh sun. But this is being to general.

My main demand - removal of the damn dust strip along all major roads (the ones I mentioned earlier) and provision of a good quality footpath subject to certain constraints on height and width.

Finally, I think have a pavement lined with trees would be make walking even more pleasant under the harsh sun. But this is being to general.


Trees is a good idea. They also reduce the pollution caused by the emissions.
And in places where it is not possible to plant trees, roofs can be installed all along the pavement.

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/7048/route.th.png (http://img365.imageshack.us/i/route.png/)
few sky walkers and it need some good solution with flyover as this area is great chaos for pedestrians as well as two wheelers

Raised Pavements all along newly laid roads should be a prime focus
(a) minimum dust in air
(b) source of sand particles from road "sides" can be limited
(c) rain water on roads can be drained below the pavement
(d) Pure walkway
(e) "Vehicle parking" at sides of roads wont be possible & will hit the parking lot
(f) Easy to board bus

Nice initiative.. :)

To put in my 2 cents..

1) Training:

Most Chennai drivers don't know how to drive. Period. And that will never change as long as it is possible to buy a license from the RTO for Rs. 100. I think it is of vital importance that the RTO Officers are made to take their work more seriously.

They should realise that tomorrow, one of the people who they allowed to paid his way through his driving test could well be the one who ends up hitting them on the road..

2) Enforcement of traffic rules:

Chennai has good road infra.. Ok - calling it good infra is going too far, but roads are at least close to acceptable in most parts. What it does not have is disciplined drivers.

And nothing is going to make drivers follow rules other than the fear of fines.

There aren't enough cops in the world to man every junction and every stretch of of road in the city, but I do think it is possible to enforce rules segment by segment, at least along major arterial roads for a start.

The 3 km stretch of Mount Road in front of Spencers is, for me, the perfect model - you'll notice crazy weaving of vehicles on every other road in the city, but almost magically when vehicles enter this stretch they behave. Why? Because they realise that if they don't, they will be pulled over.

It should be easy enough to replicate this on other stetches of Mount Road itself? Create a kind of "Model Corridor for Lane Discipline" to give it a fancy name..


I guess these are still rather "general" suggestions, but for me these are the 2 most important issues when it comes to commuting in Chennai..

A few suggestions to improve mass transit experience:
- Ply more low floor buses so that (i) passengers can get in and get out relatively easier, (ii) it gives a more 'modern' feeling to the bus fleet and Chennai
- A portion (say 25%) of buses should be made as feeder buses to MRTS/Metro.Suburban lines. These buses should not run more than 15 km roundtrip and older buses can be used for this purpose. This makes sure there are frequent services to stations and trains also benefit as the number of passengers increase
- Place trash bins in buses and trains at the entrance/exit. A few might still throw trash outside the windows, but over time, people will start using these trash bins. The resultant effect is lesser time and manpower required to clean up bus, trains and the city
- Place trash bins in train and bus stations. The above logic applies here. However, we run the risk of trash bins being stolen from bus stations. :lol:
- In trains, have a PA and a LED display which announces the next station. This is helpful for tourists and people who may not know Chennai completely. I think the PA system is already implemented in A/C compartments.
- Just like A/C buses, trains (or a few compartments) need to be air-conditioned and priced aggressively. This will help in getting cars off the roads. These trains will be required around peak timings.

sorry though i have been observing a lot in this forum, I am new to posting. So can u help me with what is specific? like "6 lane arcot road, clear encroachments from anna main road"?

Something important that have not struck in the heads of the officials yet;

Something that if done in a small way(with less land aquisition/less money spent) can create a greater +ve impact;

We need to explore google earh/wikimapia like anything and come out with something new and effective.

Example would be like "THE PROPOSED NEW ROAD CONNECTING NEW AVADI ROAD AND MEDAVAKKAM TANK ROAD " through metro water land. Though we folllow a lot about chennai, None of us wud have thought about this idea. It may turn out to be a brilliant project without much money spend and land aquisition(as it is unused govt. land).

To be feasible to convince the authorities, in the beginning it should be small but effective. The most important is to be more specific with proper sattelite imageries/Drawings and a brief description about that solution

Thanks for the initiative in creating the launching pad. I wish to make some comments and suggestions.

The critical task of the forum is to engage in collective cerebral activity. Direction and purpose need to be given to the development initiatives of the government in TN. The objective is to see through accelerated growth, a level of development in 2020, which may otherwise be visible only by 2030. Expeditious delivery may become the watchword. Towards this end, the forum can evolve its own surveillance mechanism. To engage meaningfully with the institutions of government, the forum has to get its act together. What agenda does it set?

For easy illustration, a project may be selected to serve as a case in point. The IT Corridor. A clear stream ending in mud. An implementational disaster providing the experience for calamity avoidance in future. Phase II of ITC covering a length of 25 km and traversing an area of high investment potential, has to be treated as an altogether new project.

It is presumed that project details are yet in a fluid stage. If so, the parameters may be defined by the forum and cross-fertilised with the thinking of the officials. If not, the forum can go along with what has been done so far and then proceed therefrom.

Phase II need not be symmetrical with Phase I, just because it is an extension of the latter in a linear sense. The number of lanes, width of lanes,median or pavement, FOB, viaducts, drainage and the whole gamut may require reformulation. The shortcomings of phase I have to be overcome.

Once the contract is signed, it is necessary to ensure rectitude in adherence. Deviations are now the rule.They should be eliminated except for compelling technical exigencies. "Think well and decide, it's a disgrace to re-think thereafter"- Kural 467.

In the implementation phase, monitoring will be a crucial obligation of the forum. Under the RTI Act it may be possible to obtain authentic information on salient features, particularly timelines.

A committee of 5 members drawn from the forum can interact with ministers and officials, express both appreciation and concern and apprise the forum on progress. A two-way process with an ebb and flow of information will be most desirable. This will be democracy in action. People's participation proactively practiced.

We all know that the lane discipline / system was lauched in Mount Road with so much of fanfare - but is it being followed?

We should request the Tpt authorities to enforce this strictly.

Now that many of the roads are being widened, can we also suggest that this can be extended to other roads also?

Guys!

Please identify a few particular issues and collect opinions and ideas to improve etc on the same.

General issues which are common to all the roads / transporatation will be a too big a project to concentrate.

Unless we take small steps initially and achieving the goals therein, we will lose the momentum.

All the best

Guys!

Please identify a few particular issues and collect opinions and ideas to improve etc on the same.

General issues which are common to all the roads / transporatation will be a too big a project to concentrate.

Unless we take small steps initially and achieving the goals therein, we will lose the momentum.

All the best

Hi Kannan Sir,

Could you provide some examples of specific improvements we could suggest and work on? I tried thinking of some, but I really don't know how specific to be. Any direction you provide would be appreciated.

^^ I think, we can propose some solutions that might solve traffic problems, with existing infrastructure, to start with. It might include traffic pattern changes etc which can be implemented with no or minimal cost.
If we can set our foot right with such initial steps, we can slowly get into big ones. Its just my opinion!

I support your arguments, first let us identify the wrong foot which we have placed, rather than creating more problems for our selves,creating more things.

Let us be specific,first we need pedestrian over bridge or subway in the following areas
1)sterling road (already 2 but it is not enough)
2)SIt college
3)mount road(near tarapore towers,metro rail will be underground here)
4)lux corner
members can add to this list

Thiruvanmiyur Bus Terminus

Buses coming from Adyar, SRP Tools side turning right into the Thiruvanmiyur Bus Terminus cause a lot of snarl on the Thiruvalluvar Road (West Avenue). It ends up blocking the traffic on both the directions.

Also the MTC buses stop on the side of the road to drop the passengers, and most of the drivers do not take the bus to the edge, and end up stopping in the middle of the road.

I had been thinking about an alternative way for the buses from Adyar to enter the Thiruvanmiyur Terminus like the one below:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7913/tvmr.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/tvmr.jpg/)

But such pattern will bring some new troubles as it must go through couple of residential streets, and overload the Lattice Bridge Road. And the 4th main road blocks heavy vehicle entry at present which will have to be changed. The road also has to be widened. It has room, but is a residential street now.

But, there should be some form of solution to avoid the snarl at the entrance of the bus terminus.

Since the right turn is blocked at the Thiruvanmiyur Junction for the vehicles from Tidel Park, they would still create problems, but majority of the buses are from Adyar side, so such plan could reduce the problem by a great deal.

Thiruvanmiyur Bus Terminus

Buses coming from Adyar, SRP Tools side turning right into the Thiruvanmiyur Bus Terminus cause a lot of snarl on the Thiruvalluvar Road (West Avenue). It ends up blocking the traffic on both the directions.

Also the MTC buses stop on the side of the road to drop the passengers, and most of the drivers do not take the bus to the edge, and end up stopping in the middle of the road.

I had been thinking about an alternative way for the buses from Adyar to enter the Thiruvanmiyur Terminus like the one below:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7913/tvmr.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/tvmr.jpg/)

But such pattern will bring some new troubles as it must go through couple of residential streets, and overload the Lattice Bridge Road. And the 4th main road blocks heavy vehicle entry at present which will have to be changed. The road also has to be widened. It has room, but is a residential street now.

But, there should be some form of solution to avoid the snarl at the entrance of the bus terminus.

Since the right turn is blocked at the Thiruvanmiyur Junction for the vehicles from Tidel Park, they would still create problems, but majority of the buses are from Adyar side, so such plan could reduce the problem by a great deal.

My Suggestion:

Make the stretch between the ECR West Avenue corner to the next T Junction on West Avenue as One Way. Buses from LB Road side should take the right side of the median, whereas other vehicles proceeding to EXR or Thiruvanmiyur / Besant Nagar will take the left side of the median.

Vehicles coming from ECR to LB Road can take the road opp Marundeeswarar temple and at the end of the road, turn right to reach the west Avenue T Junction and then take left on the West Avenue to reach the LB Road Thiruvanmiyur Jn. or take the small residential road through (Thiruvalluvar Nagar???) to the LB Road.

I think that the Police is already trying this on a few days.

My suggestion: Please remove the temple in the ECR road at Tiruvanmiyur. The temple is in the middle of carriageway like a central island lol

My suggestion: Please remove the temple in the ECR road at Tiruvanmiyur. The temple is in the middle of carriageway like a central island lol

The temple is more than 1000 years old (VALMIKI Munivar) it seems and is under ASI Care !!!!????.

Valmiki established the Marundeeswarar temple also, it seems.

They can also establish a Bus Terminus near Thiruvanmiyur MRTS Station and use the current terminus as Depot for repair and night time parking.

The temple is more than 1000 years old (VALMIKI Munivar) it seems and is under ASI Care !!!!????.

Valmiki established the Marundeeswarar temple also, it seems.


I see, I never knew the history behind this. But I am sure it wont be under ASI.

What about the trees in the carriageway in SP road, from AU to Raj Bhavan? Have they removed them?

My suggestion: Please remove the temple in the ECR road at Tiruvanmiyur. The temple is in the middle of carriageway like a central island lol

please dont hijack this thread with this kinda comment as it will drag to pages.dont think temple encroached road but road has encroached temple land for laying roads(similar to madhya kailash as everyone thinks in future that temple is in middle of the road but the truth is land was donated by temple to lay road)

please dont hijack this thread with this kinda comment as it will drag to pages.

Is this not relevant to this topic?

The temple is in the middle of the road causing serious danger.

I am 100% sure it is not under ASI. If it was under ASI, they wouldnt have allowed the road to pass through the temple at all.

^^
The temple is never a problem for the traffic pile up there in Thiruvanmiyur.

Actually road should be demolished, not the temple. Temple was standing there for long years, but road only encroached the temple. :lol:

As a resident of Thiruvanmiyur I can list the main problem in that area regarding transportation.

1. MTC bus terminus location.

All the MTC buses coming from Signal towards terminus blocks the free flow of traffic to ECR. The buses from ECR side to signal blocks the MTC buses coming out of MTC terminus.

2. Share Autos and Autos

The share autos takes their one lane to block the MTC buses in both sides exactly near the terminus.

3. Pedestrians.

Large volume of pedestrians cross the signals, but so far no news about subway or FOB.

If MTC bus terminus entry and exist is planned properly without affecting the traffic flow, 50% of problems will be solved for Thiruvanmiyur traffic.

The 5 curse of Thiruvanmiyur during peak hours is

1. MTC terminus
2. MRTS station
3. Thiruvanmiyur signal
4. Tidel Signal
5. LB road

^^
temple was established before many centuries as said by kannan sir so road has encroached the temple land(whether it is controlled by asi or not is not the issue) so its unfair to misuse the tolerant mindset as no one will give land to lay road EX: madhya kailash temple and just can you expect this in thousand lights junction?:lol:) or in kuthchery road junction meeting sea where it is narrow causing hardship to commuters?

Dear Members,

Here is one of my suggestion for solving traffic congestion or pile up near the Thiruvanmiyur depot/ MTC terminus. We can make the bus terminus stretch as one way. We can achieve free flow of traffic for sure.

1. The MTC buses coming from ECR can very well take this path with new bus stop can be established near end of S.Avenue road.

2. MTC buses leaving the Thiruvanmiyur terminus bound for signal can either use the exiting route itself.
http://i31.tinypic.com/1zcnxy1.jpg

Vijayan, I am not sure whether you have given these suggestions in your post, i cannot see your pics.

Is this not relevant to this topic?

The temple is in the middle of the road causing serious danger.

I am 100% sure it is not under ASI. If it was under ASI, they wouldnt have allowed the road to pass through the temple at all.

http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/23/images/2003012300110301.jpg

ECR in 2003!! Other side is not even used as road. This picture clearly shows the road was just 2 lane then, when they made 4 lane, the road was constructed other side.

http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/23/images/2003012300110301.jpg

ECR in 2003!! Other side is not even used as road. This picture clearly shows the road was just 2 lane then, when they made 4 lane, the road was constructed other side.

what is your point? it is right now bang in the middle of an important road with little alternatives. it definitely disturbs traffic and i agree with anniyan, can cause accidents. marundeeswarar temple is to the left of this ecr road if you are travelling south and i am not sure if this structure is part of it. when residences of people who are currently living can be taken over and demolished why not this insignificant structure?

^^

If you read whats the problem in Thriuvanmiyur bus terminus, now you will not jump to demolish the temple. That structure was not built yesterday FYKI to demolish as you like to build the infrastructure.

And without knowing the real problem where is the traffic congestion don't go to demolish the temple. I have already pointed out where is the problem in this part of Thiruvamiyur. Even if you demolish the temple nothing is going to solve the problem what Thiruvamiyur is facing now.

And it is 90 degree bend there in the road which is the real dangerous those who booze and drive the car in the night at high speed and not for those who have traffic sense and drive the car.

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And if you have time read this.....

THIRUVANMIYUR: A temple for Valmiki

The Valmiki temple in Thiruvanmiyur, which is steeped in legend, is believed to be at least 1,300 years old.


BE IT a huge edifice in the centre of the road or just a small elevation beneath a tree, temples have always had special significance in Chennai.

And the Valmiki temple, sitting bang in the middle of East Coast Road in Valmiki Nagar is no exception.

Legend has it that poet Valmiki, after writing the Ramayana, was heading south along the sea shore and rested here.

Hence, the area is called Thiruvanmiyur. Although the temple looks like a mandapam, it is believed to be at least 1,300 years old.

During the Chola reign, the Maruntheeshwarar temple was constructed. Now the Valmiki temple is officially under the supervision of Maruntheeshwarar temple. But the Valmiki temple has been under threat from the development of ECR. The government planned to demolish the temple as it is in the centre of the road.

"The temple authorities have managed to get a stay order on the demolition.

Now attempts are being made to widen the road around the temple, so that it will serve as a median and not be an inconvenience," says Kuppuswamy, an officer at the Maruntheeshwarar temple.

Every year the Brahmatosav festival takes place in March and special pooja is done every month on the full moon day.

http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/23/stories/2003012300110300.htm

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/26487623.cms

HC has stayed long back not to demolish the temple considering its heritage importance. Please go for another try!

great reply:banana:

Guys!

Please identify a few particular issues and collect opinions and ideas to improve etc on the same.

General issues which are common to all the roads / transporatation will be a too big a project to concentrate.

Unless we take small steps initially and achieving the goals therein, we will lose the momentum.

All the best

To Improve the traffic condition i feel we have to do the following things.

1|) Lanes should be made with respect to speed ( fast lane, Slow lane) not by type of vehicle ( Bus lane, Car lane, Two wheeler lane)

2) RTO should be very strict while issuing driving license. Abiding by the lane rules should be major criteria in issuing the license.

3) Parking bays should be made in all the roads wherein only vehicles like auto rickshaw should pick the people.

I know very well making this very difficult. But i feel with out making above mentioned things we can never improve our traffic conditions and can give good perception about our city once any outsider lands in our city.

^^

If you read whats the problem in Thriuvanmiyur bus terminus, now you will not jump to demolish the temple. That structure was not built yesterday FYKI to demolish as you like to build the infrastructure.

And without knowing the real problem where is the traffic congestion don't go to demolish the temple. I have already pointed out where is the problem in this part of Thiruvamiyur. Even if you demolish the temple nothing is going to solve the problem what Thiruvamiyur is facing now.

And it is 90 degree bend there in the road which is the real dangerous those who booze and drive the car in the night at high speed and not for those who have traffic sense and drive the car.

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And if you have time read this.....



http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/23/stories/2003012300110300.htm

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/26487623.cms

HC has stayed long back not to demolish the temple considering its heritage importance. Please go for another try!

i am aware of these details. my chennai home is in valmiki nagar. i agree thiruvanmiyur bus stand is a mess. it needs to be solved. i think a simple solution is to post a policeman there to direct the traffic. when this is solved, it would worsen the part where you have this structure in place which even now is bad inspite of bottleneck at bus stand. widening that stretch would not be easy because it is heavily built and simplest solution is to demolish this structure.

HC has stayed long back not to demolish the temple considering its heritage importance. Please go for another try!

yes, we should try again with hc to get this demolished.

it looks unlikely that coastal elevated road would be built. but if it does, it would either mean demolition of my apartment or a ugly concrete structure right over the beach that obstructs my sea view. this is fine so long i am rightly compensated. but i would be pissed if this were allowed by hc but not demolition of this structure because i am sure my apartment is more valuable in terms of tax money to government than what this structure would generate now or ever.

^^ The temple indeed is a real trouble maker on the road. In fact, that was my next point if the traffic pattern I gave is going to be implemented(which I am not very sure if will happen anytime). Two land on each suddenly becomes single lane at this place.

Government should either try demolishing some of the shops on their side, or the temple.

Arul, here is the picture uploaded on tinypic:
http://i32.tinypic.com/2nlwyrl.jpg

^^

Nothing to worry much. Even if the government is not pulling the apartments for elevated corridors, it will be pulled down automatically after 60 years because of its life.

And our gvt engines are very slow, even after 50 years I doubt the elevated corridor will touch Valmiki nagar. Just imagine elevated MRTS was planned for in late 1970, but even now it is not completed. So lot of time is there to relocate your apartments. :lol:

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Say if the temple is demolished, we can see just one or two MTC going to occupy that place and nothing serious change will happen. Since you want to demolish the temple, your suggestions on engaging a traffic police man to control MTC, and traffic in that mess area is so funny. I am sure even the temple demolish and traffic police man is not the solution there. It cannot even provide 2% solution for the existing problem.

Arul,

In the above pattern, we are talking about diverting only the MTC buses which take right turn into the terminus, which causes the whole problem.

But the suggestion you gave (which in fact was the traffic pattern some few years ago) is to divert all the traffic from ECR into the 22nd st, and South Avenue. Diverting such a heavy traffic will definitely not be a good idea and it will receive stiff opposition from the public as it has a busy school and several residential colonies in it.


We can very well remember lot of temples (which are of course not as old as the one we are talking about) demolished as part of the IT Corridor, and several other highways project. What was done as part of the other projects is the temples were relocated again in the same locality. We can do the same thing here, and I am sure the god will definitely take it in the right spirit, as he knows that it is important for the betterment of te public, for whom he in fact exists.

Arul, here is the picture uploaded on tinypic:


Vijayan,

thanks... But this suggestion will increase the volume of traffic in ECR b.w the Marudheeshwarar Kovil and Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus to multifold because of MTC and it looks to be little long and I doubt whether MTC will consider this as already the punctuality of MTC is stinking.

My suggestion is to make the bus terminus stretch alone one way, so that traffic from signal to ECR side can take existing route and the traffic from ECR to Signal can take South Avenue road.

Arul, you are not getting the point. We definitely can not think about letting all the heavy traffic from ECR towards the signal enter the 22nd street and then South Avenue. It will create a total mess.
Few years back, MTC buses from ECR going towards signal were using this pattern, and also several other commercial vehicles were using this way. You can still see the bus stop at South Avenue (which is not more used) with all the ECR bus routes mentioned.

Yes, the suggestion I proposed will increase the traffic on ECR, but not as much as it would do on the narrow 22nd street per your suggestion. I am talking only about MTC, but you are talking the whole traffic.

And my next point in my suggesstion, is to install a signal at the 22nd street, ECR junction. Operate it to turn left (green), when the upcoming traffic from ECR is stopped on a RED at the South Mada street, ECR Junction. This will make sure that the buses proceed without adding much to the traffic. And an entrance to the bus terminus has to be provided on the ECR side, so that these buses need not take the 90 degree curve to merge on to the Thiruvalluvar Road (West Avenue).

Arul,

In the above pattern, we are talking about diverting only the MTC buses which take right turn into the terminus, which causes the whole problem.

But the suggestion you gave (which in fact was the traffic pattern some few years ago) is to divert all the traffic from ECR into the 22nd st, and South Avenue. Diverting such a heavy traffic will definitely not be a good idea and it will receive stiff opposition from the public as it has a busy school and several residential colonies in it.


We can very well remember lot of temples (which are of course not as old as the one we are talking about) demolished as part of the IT Corridor, and several other highways project. What was done as part of the other projects is the temples were relocated again in the same locality. We can do the same thing here, and I am sure the god will definitely take it in the right spirit, as he knows that it is important for the betterment of te public, for whom he in fact exists.

Vijayan,

Almost every corporate buses from Siruseri/IT corridor via ECR route is taking this South Avenue road to reach the signal. And many two and four wheelers regular users uses the 3rd main road to reach LB road.

My point is the temple demolish will not serve for any purpose in solving the problem there.

I agree with you that we have to consider the concern of residential areas, but when the corporation goes for creating proper walkways, imposing speed restrictions, subways etc., we can achieve 100% safety roads as well as for pedestrians in such a broad south Avenue road (it is almost 4 lane road). Such diversion will bring down the much pressure on the Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus and lot of man hours can be saved in traffic.

Vijayan,

thanks... But this suggestion will increase the volume of traffic in ECR b.w the Marudheeshwarar Kovil and Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus to multifold because of MTC and it looks to be little long and I doubt whether MTC will consider this as already the punctuality of MTC is stinking.

My suggestion is to make the bus terminus stretch alone one way, so that traffic from signal to ECR side can take existing route and the traffic from ECR to Signal can take South Avenue road.

The MTC buses anyway wait for a considerable amount of time at the West Avenue Road, for offloading the passengers, and for their chance to turn right - which in fact they do whenever they want without waiting for the other side of traffic to stop - and no policeman to control the traffic.

So riding few additional meters will not be a big problem, it is just going to take less than 5 extra minutes, which is not a big problem.

Vijayan,

Almost every corporate buses from Siruseri/IT corridor via ECR route is taking this South Avenue road to reach the signal. And many two and four wheelers regular users uses the 3rd main road to reach LB road.

My point is the temple demolish will not serve for any purpose in solving the problem there.

I agree with you that we have to consider the concern of residential areas, but when the corporation goes for creating proper walkways, imposing speed restrictions, subways etc., we can achieve 100% safety roads as well as for pedestrians in such a broad south Avenue road (it is almost 4 lane road). Such diversion will bring down the much pressure on the Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus and lot of man hours can be saved in traffic.

Arul, the major stop for the Corporate buses is the Thiruvanmiyur Bus Terminus. Only a very few buses take the South Avenue, and such buses will have a overnight halt on the South Avenue. I have travelled on my company buses N-number of times, and I always used to get down right in front of the bus terminus.

And the two wheelers and four wheelers, do not take the complete South Avenue Road to get them on to the signal. They do a '22nd street + South Avenue + 3rd main road + LB Road. Noone takes the South Avenue to merge onto West Avenue. They do this to skip the long queue on the West Avenue to cross the signal, where the wait time is several minutes, with such a heavy traffic.

When you get on the LB Road (by taking the above mentioned roads), you can save such a wait time. And as you are aware the, LB road stretch in question is not used by many towards the Adyar side.

And the number of two and four wheelers using the South Ave / 3rd main road, again is very less. Only the people who know the geography take this road.
And the number has again come down after the buses from Adyar side going to IT COrridor were diverted to use this road, which has made it difficult for them to turn onto LB Road from 3rd Main Road.
More than 97% of the vehicles from ECR, still use the West Avenue Road.

Vijayan,

thanks... But this suggestion will increase the volume of traffic in ECR b.w the Marudheeshwarar Kovil and Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus to multifold because of MTC and it looks to be little long and I doubt whether MTC will consider this as already the punctuality of MTC is stinking.

My suggestion is to make the bus terminus stretch alone one way, so that traffic from signal to ECR side can take existing route and the traffic from ECR to Signal can take South Avenue road.

traffic at this junction itself is not so much that it cannot be managed. it is far simpler than the thrivanmiyur signal junction at lb road. infact if traffic volumes are so high at bus stand, we need to add a signal.

issue at bus stand is criss crossing. buses stop just short of bus stand and most mtc buses immediately need to turn right into bus stand. so, both the left & right lanes are blocked for free flow of traffic. while this scheme creates congestion for vehicles, it helps bus passengers because they can get right down at the bus stop and board the next that goes down ecr south.

if you want to make this stretch one way by making mtc buses that need to go into bus stand by using right side, then bus passengers need to cross the road to left side which would again disturb free flow of traffic. this can be circumvented by allowing all vehicles that need to stop here to use right side. but what's worse is, people coming north along ecr will not be allowed to reach bus stand since it would be bypassed. instead of this solution, we could continue to keep it 2 way, allow the thiruvanmiyur bus stand bound mtc buses stop only inside the bus stand, move the bus stop after the turn into ecr near this structure and demolish the structure. many buses anyway stop near there. so demolishing this structure would allow us to build a bus bay, with 2 more lanes for other vehicles. passengers getting down into bus stand would still have to cross over but atleast the ones from south can get down at bus stand.

this is not the only place where a bus stand exists by a main road. anna nagar west bus stand on irr which witness the highest volumes of traffic anywhere on chennai roads is one and it virtually has no issues. traffic at vadapalani bus stand on arcot road is also i think higher than thiruvanmiyur bus stand but the mess is lesser, thanks to a police who regulates traffic. koyambedu cmbt mtc entrance/exit is also busy and it is easily controlled because of a signal there and also wide roads.

It will be great if you come up with a solution for problem near your area instead of general tips and suggestion .so that whole chennai will be covered
it will be a mess if some one comes to read here

Why cant they construct a flyover in front of de BUS terminus(much like that of Airport flyover) and let the temple come under the flyover between two pillars of the flyover.

It will disperse the high-speed traffic to & fro ECR through the flyover and MTC buses/Share autos ply down the flyover, It will facilitate easy pedestrian crossing also.

Is it not possible? I have not been to that place very often.

To My Best knowledge I think the location of the Bus station (having two sides road is) good strategy.

I would advice this change (in pic) Yello road/ Red Bus station.

http://i26.tinypic.com/aw5d2s.jpg

1. Slightly shifting the current bus station to north east ( one portion of the road.)
2. Have road pass around the bus station.
3. have a subway/foot-over bridge to enter and exit the bus station.

By this we would get the following advantage.
1. Temple need not to be moved. and will not be in the middle of Road.
2. Free flow for the traffic.
3. Bus coming from west/south can enter the bus station with out blocking the traffic or can continue in their way.
4. even pedestrians won't cause disturbance.
5. bus will not block the lattice bridge road if they had to go straight.


Disadvantages (as for as I could think)
More depts involved so delay.
Reconstruct the bus station
people had to claim up to catch bus.

Any comments?

^^ The new alignment of road in your proposal cuts through the Bus Station and the Maintenance Depot. I am not sure to what extent it will work out given the heavy traffic flow. And this will remove a considerable portion of the bus station.

But still its something that is doable, but will affect the movement of buses from the depot into the station and in the reverse direction. This will require a total rework of both the depot and the bus station.

^^



http://i26.tinypic.com/aw5d2s.jpg



Any comments?

This will require a total rework of both the depot and the bus station.

Like this!!

Yellow for other vehicles and purple for MTC

http://i29.tinypic.com/312ztkh.jpg

But we need smooth curves and not sharp turns! But there was a proposal to build shopping mall cum bus terminus at Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus.

Just imagine how the mall would be with present road and traffic alignment. On the top of the mall we can have traffic jam park view right from ECR to Tidel park :lol:

What about my suggestion which i gave? Is it not feasible?

Post No.59 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=43162048&postcount=59)

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much possible. But that would be 25 years project for us and a long term solution.

We need some solution to implement quickly.

^^ The new alignment of road in your proposal cuts through the Bus Station and the Maintenance Depot. I am not sure to what extent it will work out given the heavy traffic flow. And this will remove a considerable portion of the bus station.


I don't think so. I hope I'm not wrong about movement between maintenance Depot & busstop, it don't happen much in peak hour. even if it will be very less in terms of frequency.

Bus Station will get the current road portion closer to bus station. so it will not loose any of the area of the bus station. In fact this will support entry and exit both from south and west smoothly.

by the current look, there will not be much rework needed. as i don't find any building blocks it.
like this (thro traffic brown, Bus orange)
http://i27.tinypic.com/15mzm0z.jpg

^^

But we need smooth curves and not sharp turns! But there was a proposal to build shopping mall cum bus terminus at Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus.


Agreed, we need a smooth curve, but I'm saying that this will increase the one sharp curve to three sharp curves. if any one slowing down for one sharp curve, this would delay only by 30 more sec (to travel 200mts by 25 kmph) . I would say this is still better than bus blocking the road on peak hour and slowing anyway.

if there is a shopping mall then this imposes more need for it. one can enter and exit the malls easily independent of coming from west or coming from south.

A simple solution would be to make ECR bound lane on W Avenue wider by shifting the median and having something like a separate turn lane for buses turning into the the MTC terminus. Of course traffic flow for other vehicles should be the yellow line in Arul's post.

I don't think so. I hope I'm not wrong about movement between maintenance Depot & busstop, it don't happen much in peak hour. even if it will be very less in terms of frequency.

Bus Station will get the current road portion closer to bus station. so it will not loose any of the area of the bus station. In fact this will support entry and exit both from south and west smoothly.

by the current look, there will not be much rework needed. as i don't find any building blocks it.
like this (thro traffic brown, Bus orange)
http://i27.tinypic.com/15mzm0z.jpg



Agreed, we need a smooth curve, but I'm saying that this will increase the one sharp curve to three sharp curves. if any one slowing down for one sharp curve, this would delay only by 30 more sec (to travel 200mts by 25 kmph) . I would say this is still better than bus blocking the road on peak hour and slowing anyway.

if there is a shopping mall then this imposes more need for it. one can enter and exit the malls easily independent of coming from west or coming from south.

This definitely is something that can be done. But the MTC authorities shouold come forward to provide the land for this cause, and a complete redesigning of the Depot and Terminus is needed. The area (road) between the bus terminus and the bus station will serve as the main throughfare for one way of traffic from ECR getting into the city, which will witness very heavy traffic in peak hours (especially in the evening), and hence the road should be very wide to facilitate the smooth flow of the traffic, which means, considerable portions of the bus station and the depot should be carved out for this cause.

Another solution could be to shift the depot to a different place which will leave plenty of land to bring a new pattern of traffic in the area.

Dear Members,

Here is one of my suggestion for solving traffic congestion or pile up near the Thiruvanmiyur depot/ MTC terminus. We can make the bus terminus stretch as one way. We can achieve free flow of traffic for sure.

1. The MTC buses coming from ECR can very well take this path with new bus stop can be established near end of S.Avenue road.

2. MTC buses leaving the Thiruvanmiyur terminus bound for signal can either use the exiting route itself.
http://i31.tinypic.com/1zcnxy1.jpg

Vijayan, I am not sure whether you have given these suggestions in your post, i cannot see your pics.

Whow.... I am happy to see this implementation now!

Traffic changes to ease congestion in Thiruvanmiyur

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/04/images/2009100460260401.jpg

Staff Reporter

The changes will come in to force from tomorrow


CHENNAI: Traffic police have announced certain changes in the vehicular movement near the Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus to ease congestion in the area. The changes will come in to force on Monday.

According to a press release, from Monday vehicles coming from East Coast Road and bound for Thiruvalluvar Salai, on which the bus terminus is located, would be diverted through 22nd Cross Street.

They have to turn right in to South Avenue Road and join Thiruvalluvar Salai to proceed to Thiruvanmiyur signal.

Vehicles bound for Thiruvanmiyur market, which is adjacent to the terminus, would have to take the same route and take a right turn at South Avenue Road-Thiruvalluvar Salai junction and proceed to the market.
MTC buses from terminus

All Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses originating from the Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus would have exit the facility and take a right turn in to East Coast Road and take 22nd Cross Street, South Avenue Road and take a left turn at Thiruvalluvar Salai to proceed to their destinations, the press release added.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/04/stories/2009100460260400.htm

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Next we need those sharp 90 degree curves as smooth one at 22nd Cross Street-ECR, 22nd Cross Street-S.Avenue road, S-Avenue road-Thiruvalluvar salai.

*And 22nd Cross road should be expanded to 3 lane road
*If possible the MTC bound for IT corridor, Velacherry, Tambaram, Kelambakkam should be allowed to take 3rd main road to reach LB road. So the traffic pile up at the signal could be much much reduced.

Traffic changes to ease congestion in Thiruvanmiyur
CHENNAI: Traffic police have announced certain changes in the vehicular movement near the Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus to ease congestion in the area. The changes will come in to force on Monday.
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1614/2009100460260401.jpg

According to a press release, from Monday vehicles coming from East Coast Road and bound for Thiruvalluvar Salai, on which the bus terminus is located, would be diverted through 22nd Cross Street.

They have to turn right in to South Avenue Road and join Thiruvalluvar Salai to proceed to Thiruvanmiyur signal.

Vehicles bound for Thiruvanmiyur market, which is adjacent to the terminus, would have to take the same route and take a right turn at South Avenue Road-Thiruvalluvar Salai junction and proceed to the market.
MTC buses from terminus

All Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses originating from the Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus would have exit the facility and take a right turn in to East Coast Road and take 22nd Cross Street, South Avenue Road and take a left turn at Thiruvalluvar Salai to proceed to their destinations, the press release added.

^^

You can check whether the news is posted before or not. Just the post before yours carries that news.

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1st day mess up at ECR! This is the 2nd signal on ECR (1st one is Thiruvanmiyur signal)

http://tm.dinakaran.com/5102009/TM_05-10-09_E2_04-05%20CNI.jpg

Tamilmurasu.

News item says traffic stopped till Kottivakkam from here :nuts:

^^There seems to be a diversion on the left side of the road, after the diversion, the road is virtually empty upto the next intersection. This may be the reason for the pile up. Dono if this is the general trafic arrangement there!!!

http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5927/tm051009e20405cni.jpg

What the traffic police is doing on the lower right hand corner?
God has the light....
You can check whether the news is posted before or not. Just the post before yours carries that news.
will take care next time..

Arul,Congrats. for making a feasible, cost effective,down to earth and above all a very Fruitful suggestion. I would request all young members to think deep and offer such solutions to the Govt on thousands of problems that abound around us.Be a part of solution. Pl leave cynicism and critical comments to the Front benchers!!!

I just reviewed this suggestion of Arul. I think a better solution would be a flyover that goes over the temple (I hope it is okay for the temple goers and does not offend their sensibilities). In fact the flyover can be extended all the way past the T junction. The ramps to the flyover could be an issue, however a little imagination can solve the most vexing issues.

Arul,Congrats. for making a feasible, cost effective,down to earth and above all a very Fruitful suggestion. I would request all young members to think deep and offer such solutions to the Govt on thousands of problems that abound around us.Be a part of solution. Pl leave cynicism and critical comments to the Front benchers!!!


Thanks, but it is traffic police plan, which they implemented for ECR MTC & Mofusil buses before, now they have implemented for all the vehicles.

We have to wait for feedback. Disagree, Vijayan and few others are frequent users of that stretch.

I just reviewed this suggestion of Arul. I think a better solution would be a flyover that goes over the temple (I hope it is okay for the temple goers and does not offend their sensibilities). In fact the flyover can be extended all the way past the T junction. The ramps to the flyover could be an issue, however a little imagination can solve the most vexing issues.

Yes it could be elevated road from Thiruvanmiyur 2nd signal till Tidel park with ramps. But Tidel signal needs flyover on IT corridor as the ramp from Thiruvamiyur signal cannot pass over the MRTS corridor.

அரசு விரைவு பேருந்துகளில் விரைவில் இடிக்கெட் வசதி : அதிகாரி தகவல்

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சென்னை: அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்து கழகம், திருச்சி, மதுரை, நெல்லை, கோவை, புதுச்சேரி உள்ளிட்ட பல இடங்களுக்கும், ஆந்திரா, கேரளா, கர்நாடகா ஆகிய வெளிமாநிலங்களுக்கும் பஸ்களை இயக்குகிறது. சென்னையில் இருந்து 956 பஸ்கள் இயக்கப்படுகின்றன. இதில் 48 ஏசி பஸ்கள் உப்பட சொகுசு பஸ்கள் உள்ளன. அரசு விரைவு போக்குவரத்து கழகத்துக்கு 53 மையங்களில் முன்பதிவு வசதிகள் உள்ளன.நீண்ட தூரம் செல்லும் அரசு பஸ்களுக்கு முன்பதிவு செய்ய, போக்குவரத்து கழக மையங்களுக்குதான் செல்ல வேண்டும்.
சாதாரண நாட்களில் முன்பதிவு மையங்களில் கூட்டம் குறைவாக இருந்தாலும், தீபாவளி, கிறிஸ்துமஸ், புத்தாண்டு, பொங்கல் போன்ற விழா காலங்களில் பயணிகள் கூட்டம் அதிகமாக உள்ளது. இதனால், வரிசையில் காத்திருந்து டிக்கெட் கிடைக்காமல் பலர் ஏமாற்ற த்துடன் செல்கின்றனர்.
இந்நிலையில், ரயில் டிக்கெட்டுகளை இன்டர்நெட்டில் முன்பதிவு செய்வது போல், அரசு விரைவு பஸ்களுக்கும் விரைவில் இன்டர்நெட்டில் முன்பதிவு செய்யும் வசதி அறிமுகம் செய்யப்பட உள்ளது. இதுகுறித்து அதிகாரி ஒருவர் கூறியதாவது:
பயணிகள் இணையதளம் மூலம் முன்பதிவு செய்யும் வசதி விரைவில் கொண்டு வரப்பட உள்ளது. இதற்காக முன்னோட்ட பணிகள் நடக்கின்றன.
இவ்வாறு அவர் கூறினார்.

http://www.dinakaran.com/chennaidetail.aspx?id=2545

IT folks who travel regularly do not go in SETC even if fares are cheaper basically due to poor hygiene and timings. They prefer to use Karnataka or AP govt buses or private buses. Not sure how many people will book in internet for these 'dabba' buses.

^^ There was a time when TN government buses looked nice and all other state buses looked like old dubbas. Didin't realise condition has worsened in TN so fast.

IT folks who travel regularly do not go in SETC even if fares are cheaper basically due to poor hygiene and timings. They prefer to use Karnataka or AP govt buses or private buses. Not sure how many people will book in internet for these 'dabba' buses.

Broadband/Computers is penetrating even in small villages of population 5000! And IRCTC e-booking could be a measure for this, not only IT or office related folks use it, it has become like mobile facility and so common now. At least 50% of travelers in a SL compartment hold e-ticket! I don't think 50% of travelers in a compartment are from IT. So surely SETC will have its own customers for e-tickets.

I strongly disagree with the words used by venkatam. i accept that currently people from tamilnadu opt for ksrtc bec of online booking facility. once the government introduces this faclity and introduce new buses in busy routes like chennai-bangalore, it will be a big hit. and we should not forget that the fares are very very less in SETC compared to ksrtc. they are able to maintain there bus and introduce new volvos bec of their high ticket cost.

Venkatam,
I felt your statement is too shallow in analysis.

AFAIK, KSRTC, APSRTC (Sooner additional TSRTC??) Don't run between cities of Tamilnadu. Where us SETC is meant for Connecting tamilnadu along with connecting Bengaluru/Mysuru, Hyderabad/Thiruapati, Palakadu/Cochin etc...

And As Arul said, TN's internet connectivity is far reached.
Ex http://www.watblog.com/2009/02/04/google-internet-bus-to-familiarize-tamil-nadu-locals-with-the-internet/
(though internet bus completed 4 southern state, it started from TN).

Its a good move from TN Gov. Let we hope they have a good webserver.

http://www.radiantinfo.com/press_release.html.

http://www.radiantinfo.com/clients.html

guys check the above links. This is the company which has designed and maintaining e-booking system of ksrtc. it was launched in april 2006. after 4 yrs Tamilnadu Gov is launching this service. i think the same company is designing for Tamilnadu Gov also.

^^

even the current SETC site is made by radiantinfo. You can see their link at the bottom of the pages at http://www.tnstc.in/

Traffic changes to ease congestion in Thiruvanmiyur

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/04/images/2009100460260401.jpg

Staff Reporter

The changes will come in to force from tomorrow


CHENNAI: Traffic police have announced certain changes in the vehicular movement near the Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus to ease congestion in the area. The changes will come in to force on Monday.

According to a press release, from Monday vehicles coming from East Coast Road and bound for Thiruvalluvar Salai, on which the bus terminus is located, would be diverted through 22nd Cross Street.

They have to turn right in to South Avenue Road and join Thiruvalluvar Salai to proceed to Thiruvanmiyur signal.

Vehicles bound for Thiruvanmiyur market, which is adjacent to the terminus, would have to take the same route and take a right turn at South Avenue Road-Thiruvalluvar Salai junction and proceed to the market.
MTC buses from terminus

All Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses originating from the Thiruvanmiyur bus terminus would have exit the facility and take a right turn in to East Coast Road and take 22nd Cross Street, South Avenue Road and take a left turn at Thiruvalluvar Salai to proceed to their destinations, the press release added.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/04/stories/2009100460260400.htm

Residents are going to protest/road roko for above change!

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2009/12/29/20091229c_015101002.jpg

Dinakaran

^^ This is what I was telling earlier when we were discussing this change. There will be stiff agitations from the residents.

Residents are going to protest/road roko for above change!

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2009/12/29/20091229c_015101002.jpg

Dinakaran

I have been using this route very often and I also feel that the residents have a valid point.

The inner connecting roads are very narrow and are lined with residences on both sides.

The junction on ECR near Marundeeswarar Koil and the Junction on LB Road where the traffic flow comes into LB Road are real nightmares.

Small school kids are terrorised by the maddening traffic.

The traffic police and planners have to think of better alternatives.

Monthly toll collection on ECR touches all-time high (http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/03/stories/2010010358350200.htm)

Rs.1.08 cr. collected in December 2009 against Rs.54.67 lakh in April 2002

For the fiscal 2002-2003 the collection was Rs. 6.35 crore, for 2003-2004 it was Rs.7.38 crore, for 2004-2005 it was Rs.7.63 crore, for 2005-2006 it was Rs.7.93 crore, for 2006-2007 it was Rs.9.47 crore, for 2007-2008 it was Rs.10.78 crore, and for 2008-2009 it was Rs.11.06 crore. For the current fiscal, till 31 December, 2009, it was Rs.8.8 crore.

Not very happy but O.K.

Govt plans dedicated bus lanes in Chennai

Trial On Koyambedu-Padi, To Boost Public Transport

TIMES NEWS NETWORK


Chennai: In a bid to boost public transport and decongest roads, the Tamil Nadu highways department has proposed to introduce an exclusive lane for buses on a short stretch for the first time in the city.
Modelled on the bus rapid transport system (BRTS), the lane will be introduced on a trial basis on a three-to-four km stretch, from Koyambedu Junction to Padi on Inner Ring Road, in a couple of months.
“We hope the exclusive lane for buses on Inner Ring Road will be in place in two months,” highways chief engineer Y R Balaji said on Monday. The system would be extended further along the same road based on the public response, he added. He was speaking at a seminar on road user safety organised by Alumni Association, College of Engineering, Guindy.
The Koyambedu-Padi route leads to Madhavaram and Manali, which are bustling industrial hubs. Vehicle movement on the stretch is estimated at over 1.2 lakh units per day. Since the width of the road is over 100 feet, it lends itself to the experiment.
The state government has been considering introducing BRTS to decongest the city’s roads, which see about 700 new private vehicles being added every day. The BRTS model with exclusive bus lanes on arterial roads is meant to increase speed and frequency of services and enable mass movement of commuters. Earlier, the government had announced plans to introduce the system on the proposed 15.5-km high-speed corridor from Adyar estuary to Porur, a sixlane corridor that will have two dedicated lanes for buses. Monday’s announcement comes as a prelude to the government’s future plans.
Smooth Drive Ahead?
Tamil Nadu government has been considering introducing BRTS to decongest the Chennai’s roads, which see about 700 new private vehicles being added every day
The BRTS model with exclusive bus lanes on arterial roads is meant to increase speed and frequency of services
and enable mass movement of commuters
The government had earlier announced plans to introduce the system on the proposed
15.5-km highspeed corridor from Adyar estuary to Porur BRTS will reduce travel time on buses
Chennai: The state highways department has proposed to introduce an exclusive threekm stretch along the inner ring road from the Koyambedu junction to Padi.
Metropolitan Transport Corporation officials have welcomed the proposal. “It will be useful to both the transport corporation as well as passengers. An exclusive lane means buses will move faster and people will reach their destinations faster,” the official told TOI. “And with travel time reducing, more two-wheeler and car users will switch to buses. It will also enable us to operate more trips,” he said.
Experts are endorsing the system because it gives priority to buses over cars and other forms of private transport. Professor V Thamizharasan, head, transportation engineering division of IIT, said an exclusive lane would increase the average speed of buses and also reduce the number of accidents involving them.
The BRTS was not a success in Delhi and Pune, the first cities to have the system in the country. New Delhi’s BRTS, running for a distance of about 14 km, has been in operation since April 2008, though commuters complain that traffic congestion has not improved since its introduction. In Ahmedabad the system was received well. It was launched in October 2009 and runs for a distance of 155 km. Road safety activists in Chennai are optimistic and are looking forward to the proposal saying an exclusive bus lane could help reduce the number of private vehicles, and minimise traffic congestion and accidents.


http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=TOICH/2010/01/05&PageLabel=1&EntityId=Ar00100&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T
^^
thats a good move... It should encourage people to use more and more public transport.

Govt plans dedicated bus lanes in Chennai

Trial On Koyambedu-Padi, To Boost Public Transport

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Its high time the UMTA starts functioning with a single ticket system for buses and trains.. I don't think its such a complex process.. Hyderabad has this system available already..

On this move, it would work well only if autos are prevented(somehow) from encroaching this lane as well.. Otherwise this would look like our bus stops which are being used as auto stands:)

Govt plans dedicated bus lanes in Chennai

Trial On Koyambedu-Padi, To Boost Public Transport

^^
thats a good move... It should encourage people to use more and more public transport.

I just wonder what will happen when the MTC drivers try to overtake each other. They just dont like waiting behind another bus. Hope they dont crisscross lanes for the sake of overtaking

^^
that should not be a worry bcos as far as I know the BRTS will have a dedicated SINGLE LANE and there wont be room for our drivers to overtake:lol:

Does any one know the current status of airport expansion Project there is no news about it anywhere outside or in this forum. Last time when I was there I saw some kind of construction activity

:nuts:
^^

^^

Are you following this 70 page separate thread for MAA airport?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=536070&page=70

Thanks Arul, I was searching within Chennai thread, There is one sub thread under chennai named airport Expansion but closed .

Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs. 1,000 crore for laying roads of international standard across eleven cities in the State.

The roads which would have good lighting facility, footpaths and sign boards, an official release said here today.

After chairing a meeting held here yesterday to discuss the project, Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Advisor M.S. Srinivasan said Madurai, being the largest of the included cities, would get 750 km of roads.

Laying of water pipes and underground cables would be taken up in advance to ensure that there was no digging of the roads for at least five years after the completion of the project.

The roads, whose construction would begin in a year, would be maintained by the private agencies for five years.

Source (http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article398744.ece)

The need of the hour is to make UMTA a reality

A good public transport system is one that is perceived by the user as a single system. It will allow seamless travel between different modes using a common ticket. To facilitate the functioning of such a system, the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) has long been mooted.

A draft bill that will give the Authority statutory powers is finally ready. To review its integration with the national policy framework and to offer suggestions, a senior official from the Ministry of Urban Development was in the city last week.

“Some inputs have been offered, but it is up to the cities to take a call based on their specific land-use patterns and demographics,” said S.K. Lohia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development. “UMTA will be a strategic planning and coordinating body with enough teeth to take decision on a wide spectrum of issues.”

Pointing out that several means, apart from legislation, have to be looked into in order to avoid turf wars among different agencies, he said, “a certain degree of control can be exercised through capital financing. The Authority can also impose usage charges on certain facilities and monitor overall air quality levels.”

Once the UMTA is set up, it will also be a single-window agency to route central funding for transportation and related projects. Mr. Lohia said that the dedicated urban transport fund, under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), can be routed through the Authority to various agencies to ensure an overall monitoring.

A common mobility agency that will serve as a control centre for feeds from all signals, junctions and all public transport systems will be set up. “Parking enforcement will also be an intrinsic component,” Mr. Lohia added.

Insisting that concerted efforts have to be made by various agencies to make UMTA a practical reality than just a piece of legislation, Raj Cherubal of City Connect, an NGO working on issues concerning the city's transportation, said, “People have to move from one point to another at minimum expense. It should not matter who earns.”

He added that parking policies and development rules are deeply integrated with transportation issues. “Significant allocation must be made for parking facilities near high-density transit corridors and should be controlled in other parts. Providing free parking defeats the purpose of public transportation.”

S. P. Sekar, Head of the Department of Planning, Anna University, said that transport planning is intrinsically linked to land-use planning and both need to be developed together in a manner that minimises travel needs.

“More attention has to be paid to channel the future growth of the city around a pre-planned transport network rather than develop a transport system after uncontrolled sprawl has taken place,” he added.

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article405604.ece

I guess it is usual these days for buses to pile up from Vadapalani to CMBT and go at a snail pace just for 10 pax. Is there a possibility of moving fleet to different MTC bus stands? Bangalore did this sometime back to decongest majestic, moving and thanks to that, people have been saving many man hours without waiting on roads.

Adyar BS for ECR / OMR buses :-
It is a well known fact that less than 10 long distance pax actually travel beyond kathipara and it is the people of Thiruvanmiyur use these ECR buses as a "fast" city service to reach Vadapalani / CMBT. I guess Adyar Bus stand by itself can handle the load. 5 - 7 buses idling per hour and there wont be a loss in revenue to TNSTC as most people already board from Thiruvanmiyur and people will adjust to it and Adyar bus stand is well connected with MTC / MRTS. MTC can operate "fast" services to cater city travel needs of people in Thiruvanmiyur. If required some could start from Besant Nagar BS.

Saidapet / Chrompet / Pallavaram / Ekkaattuthangal BS :-
Presently a lot of specials are operated every weekend to various places in south (mainly trichy, madurai,thiruvannamalai) and these buses are ordinary moffusil buses (not ultra deluxe which are reserved) which do not have any reservation and gets filled up anyway at tambaram. Why make people travel till CMBT and add up more to congestion? Can these shifted to the above mentioned bus stands. I guess all of them can take 5 - 10 buses each.

Ponnamalle BS
Ponnamalle BS for Thirupathi, Thirutani bound buses ?

Can all SETC buses be asked to use Chennai bye pass? When people are okay with boarding omni buses at perungalathur, why not SETC tambaram boarding point shift to perungalathur? Even in mornings,(5 - 7 am) can there be pooling at tambaram where few buses wait and take the passengers while others take a U and use Chennai bye pass to reach CMBT for idling. [I just witnessed a worst traffic jam at Koyambedu signal on a monday morning at 6am]

If this is the situation now, i cant imagine when they start erupting pillars.

Asking for a seperate bus stand may not solve the problem as again it will put the entire load in one place when its actually not required.

This road really poses a threat to commuters

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9710/19076532.jpg (http://img249.imageshack.us/i/19076532.jpg/)

Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs. 1,000 crore for laying roads of international standard across eleven cities in the State.

The roads which would have good lighting facility, footpaths and sign boards, an official release said here today.



Source (http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article398744.ece)


So, good lighting, footpaths and sign boards are international standard. Romba nalla irukku.

The pot holed roads, garbage on pavements and road margins, Non Existence of Footpaths / Misuse of Footpaths, urination behind Telephone & Electrical Junction boxes, Felling Avenue Trees, Non working street lights, Spitting in public & common places, overflow of drainage, mixing of sewage & drinking water, drainage let into public water bodies and channels............

All will vanish in a jiffy if Lighting and sign boards are provided. Ha! HA! HA!

The pot holed roads, garbage on pavements and road margins, Non Existence of Footpaths / Misuse of Footpaths, urination behind Telephone & Electrical Junction boxes, Felling Avenue Trees, Non working street lights, Spitting in public & common places, overflow of drainage, mixing of sewage & drinking water, drainage let into public water bodies and channels............

All will vanish in a jiffy if Lighting and sign boards are provided. Ha! HA! HA!

Nalla light potta idha yarum panna matange nu nambaren :lol::lol:

Luxuria travels has started its daily services between Chennai and Bangalore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvllHUhKZD4

http://www.luxuria-travel.com/gallery.php

Travel fare - 1800 Rs

Boarding at shollinganallur

Luxuria travels has started its daily services between Chennai and Bangalore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvllHUhKZD4

http://www.luxuria-travel.com/gallery.php

Travel fare - 1800 Rs

Boarding at shollinganallur

woow. 1800. Too costly. I can buy 50 lts of dielsel for my car, go to Bangalore, drive around, and comeback for that money. If I have a friend, then I can do it 2 times instead of an one way trip. The rate has to come down.

woow. 1800. Too costly. I can buy 50 lts of dielsel for my car, go to Bangalore, drive around, and comeback for that money. If I have a friend, then I can do it 2 times instead of an one way trip. The rate has to come down.

TShyam - Driver is free here for that charge.. :nuts:

Only proves that for this kind of volume, we must think of a Bullet Train and cut the travel time to an hour or two.

Looks Good. However i would like the rate to be some where in 1K to be more affordable and sucessful.

Guys. Anybody have any updates on Chennai Cudalore rail project Via Pondy. Sometime back i heard the survey will be completed soon.

A plan to decongest the Koyambedu area by shifting a section of mofussil buses there to terminus on the outskirts of the city is in the offing. However, the existing facilities in Koyambedu would be put to optimum use.

According to sources in the Housing and Urban Development Department, the plan is being considered following suggestions from commuters. The inter city terminals for mofussil buses that pass through Grand Southern Trunk Road towards the southern part of the State are likely to be located near Tambaram.

Two options - Sriperumbudur and Poonamallee - are being considered for locating the terminus for buses that pass through National Highway 4 towards the western parts of the State.

According to CMDA officials, the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus is currently unable to handle the large number of mofussil buses from various parts of the State. The efforts towards creating adequate idle parking lots for mofussil buses are yet to be successful. As various government departments with land in the area not likely to part with their land for expansion of the terminus, the option of shifting a section of the buses to the outskirts has been under consideration.

A discussion on this is likely to be initiated at a meeting of CMDA shortly. With the Metrorail work likely to increase traffic congestion in and around Koyambedu, efforts are already under way to tackle congestion. More traffic changes are also likely when the construction of the Metrorail stations begin.

Originally, the initiative was part of the strategy proposed by the Second Master Plan for the Chennai Metropolitan Area for optimising the existing road transport infrastructure, according to which the policy of the government was towards shifting the inter-regional terminals from the city core towards the city fringe.

Source (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article908024.ece)

Luxuria travels has started its daily services between Chennai and Bangalore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvllHUhKZD4

http://www.luxuria-travel.com/gallery.php

Travel fare - 1800 Rs

Boarding at shollinganallur

pretty cool. i am sure would be a huge hit esp. among corporates - i guess the only ones who still use flights between chennai & bangalore. btw, it is hard to find first class train tickets & tatkal 2 tier that cost in excess of rs. 1000. i would have used this 5 years ago when i used to fly this sector almost every fortnight.

Bus Rapid Transit System plan stays ...

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article916584.ece

Bus Rapid Transit System plan stays ...

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article916584.ece

This is real turnon for IT corridor especially ...It would surely work .. please dont delay it ...:) how much they are concerned about toll fee :lol: as though they have finished everything :bash:

Dinamalar story about congestion at CMBT/Koyamedu market....

http://epaper.dinamalar.com/DM/DINAMALAR/2010/11/30/Article//104/30_11_2010_104_003.jpg

http://epaper.dinamalar.com/DM/DINAMALAR/2010/11/30/photographs/104/30_11_2010_104_003_006.jpg

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/12/02/20101202c_013101003.jpg

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/12/03/20101203d_01310100601.jpg

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/Work-on-four-laning-a-stretch-of-Velachery-Main-Road-begins-/articleshow/7038530.cms

After months of uncertainty, work on converting the 2.5-km Pallikaranai-Medavakkam stretch of Velachery Main Road a four-lane road began on Friday.

In the first part, a 650-metre stretch from Medavakkam Junction will be covered. "Initially, we wanted the monsoon to settle down before beginning work. But the monsoon has begun to fade and we were running behind schedule so we began work," officials of the state highways department, which is executing the Rs 10-crore project, told The Times Of India.

Every week, according to police sources, at least four accidents occur between Pallikarnai and Medavakkam, making it one of the deadliest stretches on the city outskirts.

For over five years, the work had been delayed due to opposition from the owners of shops and buildings between Pallikarnai and Medavakkam. Some moved the Madras high court against eviction for the project. However, most of these shops are on the Pallikaranai side and a lot of government land is available in Medavakkam. "So we decided to begin work from here," the officials said.

On July 2, when a team of officials came to clear the encroachments, over 50 traders led by Tamil Nadu Traders Association president Vellaiyan objected and the work had to be stopped. Since then, the project remained in cold storage. "Traffic congestion is acute on this stretch," said a policeman at the check-post at Medavakkam Junction.

The Pallikaranai-Medavakkam stretch, now less than 60 feet wide, will be restored to its original width and another 75 feet of land will be acquired on both sides to convert it into a four-lane with a common drainage system and a median. The 21-km-long Velachery Main Road connects the city with East Tambaram via Saidapet.

Everyday, hundreds of residents in areas like Mudichur, Tambaram, Selaiyur, Perungalathur, Perumbakkam and Ottiyambakkam use this stretch to go to the city. "Many in Velachery, Pallikaranai, Madipakkam, Kovilambakkam, Narayanapuram and Nanmangalam also use this stretch to reach St Thomas Mount railway station," said K Shanmugam of Nanmangalam.

Google has added Pune city bus service (PMPML) public transport information to Google Maps, allowing commuters to access transit information on the maps. This is the fifth Indian city they’ve added transit information for, following the Chennai MRTS, Delhi Metro Rail, Kolkata Metro, and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (bus) information. “Commuters in Pune can now find out bus schedules and routes for 320 of PMPML buses via Google Maps on desktop and mobile”, Kiran Bapna, New Business Development & Manik Gupta, Product Manager, Google Maps & Local Search, Google India, write in a blog post.

Google is, however, yet to add bus information for Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, and what is really missing, is traffic information. Perhaps, with Google in the process of partnering with local bus transportation companies, they can also look to embed GPS devices which will help track exact bus locations, estimate transit time better (currently Google Maps travel time estimates are not very accurate). In the meantime, SatNav and MapMyIndia are trying to get traffic information in completely different ways:

Source: http://www.medianama.com/2011/01/223-google-pune/

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00336/05THAVADI_336529f.jpg
NEW LOOK LIKELY: Re-laying work on New Avadi Road may be taken up by the Chennai Corporation shortly. Photo: S. Thanthoni

The Corporation will expedite re-laying work of 1,320 roads, which will cost Rs.117 crore, and will complete it in 60 days, according to Mayor M. Subramanian.

Inspecting the work on re-laying of the roads under the special roads programme here on Tuesday, Mayor M. Subramanian said that various efforts have been made by the civic body for accelerating the pace of the work.

The Chennai Police have agreed to issue special passes for heavy vehicles carrying the bitumen mix from the plant on the outskirts to enter the city limits without delay. This would help speed up the work and also help maintain optimum temperature for the bitumen mix for better roads, he said. The work entrusted to contractors under the special roads programme within the Corporation limits has also commenced this week and re-laying of roads covered under the programme is under way at a cost of Rs.60 crore. The work under the special roads programme has been bundled in three packages of Rs.20 crore each.

Black-topping

New Avadi Road, one of the many arterial roads dug up for improvement works of water supply network, will soon be black-topped as Metrowater may complete pipeline laying in a fortnight, said Mr. Subramanian.

According to sources, a 2-km stretch of the road has already been handed over to the Corporation for re-laying. Work is on progress in the remaining stretch.

The road has become heavily congested as a portion of it is being used for two-way traffic for a year now.

Pipeline laying work on the road was part of the improvement work taken up in the Kilpauk water distribution zone. The incessant rains last year were cited as the reason for the delay in the work.

The Mayor said the Chennai Metrowater had sought permission for road cuts for a stretch of nearly 140 km for strengthening water supply network.

Metrowater is carrying out improvement work in four water distribution stations, southern headworks (Valluvar Kottam), Anna Poonga (Mint), Kilpauk and K.K.Nagar, to facilitate equal distribution of water supply.

The water agency has not sought permission from the Corporation for new road cuts now. Only a few stretches such as Anna Nagar Fifth avenue, R.K Mutt road and Anna Main Road have been dug up for maintenance and improvement of sewer network.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article1033313.ece

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CHOKED: The congested road under the Ekkadthangal bridge will soon be widened by the Highways Department. Photo: R.Shivaji Rao

Work to repair the battered stretches of Jawaharlal Nehru Salai will begin in two or three days.

Inspecting the stretch near Ekkaduthangal bridge on Monday, Highways Minister Vellakoil M.P. Saminathan instructed the officials to accelerate the pace of the project worth Rs.80 lakh, as the busy road has become heavily congested following the launch of metro rail project.

The stretch from Koyambedu to Guindy, which was battered, will be improved by the Highways Department. The Minister, accompanied by Mayor M. Subramanian, also reviewed the road under the bridge, which gets choked with traffic during rush hour.

It was decided to widen the road under the bridge and also construct hand rails. Moreover, the encroachments along the stretch were also decided to be removed for road widening.

Following the launch of metro rail project in the stretch between Ambal Nagar and Ashok Nagar recently, the number of motorists using the road under the bridge has increased. Pedestrians have a hard time, as every inch of road space is occupied by vehicles.

Motorists say it now takes nearly half an hour to cross the nearly three-km stretch between Guindy industrial estate and Ashok Pillar.

R.Bhuvana, a resident of Balaji Nagar, said intersections near Kalaimagal Nagar and Ekkaduthangal have been closed owing to the metro rail project work.

Motorists bound to Guindy take the road under the bridge and this has led to the congestion.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article1030544.ece

If chennai corporation to provide traffic Roundabout (RoundTana) at the each Junction in Chennai city, its better or more Traffic or drivers confuse?

this is the example

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRlg-ruZ_jkBoZ0VDR4ZgIlMpIOGJwd011QSjo11JgqXCsXL18B:ptdrivereducationelmira.com/images/roundabout.jpg

first of all pain points and bottle necks in traffic areas are to be shortlisted - for example choolaimedu bridge to loyola college, nelson manikkam road, poondha malli high road, haddows road/nungambakkam high road, chetpat bridge, tnagar and 100 feet road. One must construct a separate two wheeler lane and if possible teach alternative directions for some of the commuters to go through other roads as an alternate choice and classes conducted at some places free of cost to the public. Maybe then we could see some relief.

Chennai: 2 satellite bus terminals soon

CHENNAI: The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CDMA) has decided to set up two satellite inter-city bus terminals, one at Madhavaram and the other near the MRTS station at Velacherry, at a total cost of Rs 80 crore. Madhavaram terminal, which is estimated to cost Rs 32 crore, will come up in an area of eight acres within the Madhavaram bus and truck terminal by shifting some of the bus services through the GNT Road.

The other terminal will come up at the vacant site measuring about 12 acres within the 15 acres site located near the Velacherry Mass Rapid Transit System railway Station (as part of the bus inter-change to the Mass Rapid Transit System) by shifting some of the bus services through the East Coast Road and Old Mahabalipuram Road. This terminal will come up at an estimated cost of `48 crore.

The CMDA will prepare necessary feasibility reports on these terminals by itself or will get these reports prepared by the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited.

IBN (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/two-satellite-bus-terminals-to-be-set-up-in-city/199049-62-130.html)

^^

feasibility report a? ivangellam thirunthavey matangala!:ohno:

they should directly start preparing DPR and complete it in 6months and start construction in May 2012 and complete it by May 2013.

Ippo feasibility report start panna, 2013 end la feasbility report completion, 2014 la DPR, 2015 la construction start pannu 2017 la katti mudipanga.

by then CMBT will become like broadway and we can see buses being parked in 100feet road.

^^

hi jolly.. adutha election vandudumnu sollunga.. appurom oru CTRL+ALT+DEL panni oru reset..

This is really backward thinking, just for two. First of, they should be aiming for more than two nodes to cover the bursting metropolis. Hope the new Mayor can get creative in solving Chennai's traffic woes or atleast help press the accelerator on current ones.

^^

hi jolly.. adutha election vandudumnu sollunga.. appurom oru CTRL+ALT+DEL panni oru reset..

.

Aha. Innoru brilliant idea ! Hmm..Hmm...

^^
feasibility report a? ivangellam thirunthavey matangala!:ohno:


It is because, the drivers and conductors are opposing a bus stand at velachery for ECR bound buses. They can't travel so much distance in the traffic to reach Thiruvanmyur to pick up crowds.

Instead if, Thiruvanmyur bus stand is upgraded to a two-level bus stand, then ECR bound buses can be shifted to that place.

Still the proposal for a bus stand at Tambaram is yet to be cleared.

It is because, the drivers and conductors are opposing a bus stand at velachery for ECR bound buses. They can't travel so much distance in the traffic to reach Thiruvanmyur to pick up crowds.

Instead if, Thiruvanmyur bus stand is upgraded to a two-level bus stand, then ECR bound buses can be shifted to that place.

Still the proposal for a bus stand at Tambaram is yet to be cleared.

ennapa solluringa? so much distance???

Reaching Velacherry from Thiruvanmiyur is very easy compared to reaching CMBT through SP, Anna Salai and IRR traffic... and Distance is also very less!

Once the bus construction finish, by then Vijanagar flyover will also be ready.

In what way this thread is different from the other roads and transportation project threads of Chennai-SSC. I guess this one is only for suggestions/views etc.

Chennai suburbs cry for rail connectivity

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_horizontal/article-images/07metro-connictivity.jpg.crop_display.jpg

The rapid expansion and burgeoning development has heightened the expectations of suburban residents over better rail connectivity in their area.

Doubling the frequency of operation of EMUs beyond Tambaram and Avadi has become imperative owing to massive development there in the last few years.

Likewise, there is an urgent need for hasty completion of MRTS (Mass rapid transit system) in the Velachery-St Thomas Mount stretch, which witnessed a sea change in respect of development in the past few years that literally remains a non-starter over a decade after planning.

“Railways continues to neglect the transport needs of people beyond Tambaram despite the areas witnessing rapid development. Not even half the number of trains are operated till Chengalpattu as against the trains operated between Beach and Tambaram,” bank officer from Potheri A. Sattanathan said.

“We wait for nearly 30 mintues at times in Fort Station to board a train to Singaperumal Koil. Most often, we have to alight at Tambaram and fetch a bus there to reach home early owing to want of adequate direct trains,” pointed out secretariat employee Renuka Sekar.

Likewise, there is demand to connect the busy industrial corridors like OMR and ECR with Velcahery and Tambaram where thousands of IT professionals work.

Worse, the shelving of second phase of metro rail project has cast a shadow on the extension of service to Tiruvottiyur. ( officially shelved???)

“We are hopeful that the government will connect Tiruvottiyur at least in the monorail project,” E. Balasubramanian, co convener of North Chennai People's Right Federation, said.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/chennai-suburbs-cry-rail-connectivity-750

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Who told that the second phase of metro is shelved???? Dumb papers. Just providing whatever info they want....

Enna Gandhi sethutara?

Enna Gandhi sethutara?


ada inga parunga, gandhi nesamalumae uyiroda thirumbi vandhutaru pola :)

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Chennai: The Chennai monorail project, which was held up due to the model code of conduct being in force for the local body elections, is back on track with contracts set to be awarded in November.

"The names of consulting and building firms for the project would be announced by the first week of November," said MTC managing director and monorail project director S Boopathy. There would be no delay in the implementation of the project, he added.

Submission of tenders for developers closed on October 12, but no decision was taken due to the local body elections in the state. MTC, the nodal agency for the project, had invited tenders from developers under a design-build-finance-operatetransfer basis. Tenders from consulting firms for
providing transaction advisory services for selecting a developer were accepted till September 16.

The monorail is expected to pick up steam with the change of guard at Ripon Buildings and the project being chief minister Jayalalithaa's brainchild. Last week, during a debate with former mayor M Subramaniam in the TOI office, mayor-elect Saidai Duraisamy had said, "The monorail can be brought to the city immediately, while the metro will take time. We have to see which system is more beneficial to the people. We have not stopped the Metro Rail project."

^^ He probably means they have not stalled construction of Phase I and converted the viaduct to a hospital. How nice of them not to have done that.

^^ He probably means they have not stalled construction of Phase I and converted the viaduct to a hospital. How nice of them not to have done that.

Idea for amma. Unless something threatening, for normal consultations people go only to clinics and not hospitals. How about using them for free clinics across the route?

^^ Since you mention it, I once made a presentation in college about how Metro coaches could have an emergency medical section which could double up as Ambulances in heavy traffic. Of course, loads of feasibility issues.

^^ Since you mention it, I once made a presentation in college about how Metro coaches could have an emergency medical section which could double up as Ambulances in heavy traffic. Of course, loads of feasibility issues.

Hey

Looks like a nice idea. As you said logistics will be an issue.

Why cant we have ambulance coach on rail which can be connected to existing trains easily (and also disconnected easily).

Think over

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Chennai: The Chennai monorail project, which was held up due to the model code of conduct being in force for the local body elections, is back on track with contracts set to be awarded in November.

"The names of consulting and building firms for the project would be announced by the first week of November," said MTC managing director and monorail project director S Boopathy. There would be no delay in the implementation of the project, he added.

Submission of tenders for developers closed on October 12, but no decision was taken due to the local body elections in the state. MTC, the nodal agency for the project, had invited tenders from developers under a design-build-finance-operatetransfer basis. Tenders from consulting firms for
providing transaction advisory services for selecting a developer were accepted till September 16.

The monorail is expected to pick up steam with the change of guard at Ripon Buildings and the project being chief minister Jayalalithaa's brainchild. Last week, during a debate with former mayor M Subramaniam in the TOI office, mayor-elect Saidai Duraisamy had said, "The monorail can be brought to the city immediately, while the metro will take time. We have to see which system is more beneficial to the people. We have not stopped the Metro Rail project."
They cannot stall phase one metro legally for that is the agreement between the previous state govt and CMRL which cannot be revoked.That is the reason otherwise metro phase one also would have had the same fate like the Secretariat building.

Why cant we have ambulance coach on rail which can be connected to existing trains easily (and also disconnected easily).

Think over

That's possible, only there will be the time overhead of attaching the coach.

Has it been done anywhere in the world ?

U/C Tambaram Bus Stand - near MEPZ signal

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^^ Looks like an abandoned building :ohno:

No construction now?

Kaliyamman koil road from Koyambedu to Arcot roat in Virugambakkam needs to be 4 laned and extended into KK Nagar, Nesapakkam and reach Mount poonamallee road at Ramapuram ,which can be extended to Kundrathur

This will be new good route which can decongest IRR and also carry a monorail in the centre

High security registration plates for new vehicles by April: official

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00899/number_plates_899814f.jpg

By April, new vehicles hitting the city roads will come with high security registration plates (HSRP). The existing vehicles would also have to comply within two years.

A senior Transport Department official said that a schedule is being drawn and each vehicle owner would be given a specific date to visit their respective Regional Transport Office (RTO) for replacing the existing number plates with the HSRP.

The move to introduce the high security registration plates has been under review since 1989. After the Supreme Court criticised the State governments in September last year for the repeated delays in implementation, most of the States floated tenders for the project. The Supreme Court on Friday set a deadline of March 31.

In Tamil Nadu, five entities have prequalified, based on a set of technical criteria, and the financial bids were opened last week. The Transport Department official said that an evaluation is being carried out and the company that will implement the project will be announced shortly.

Based on the experience of other cities, the new embossed high-security plates are expected to be available for around Rs.300, which would have to be paid at the time of registration.

While the scheme would be implemented throughout the State, a pilot implementation would happen in a few RTOs in Chennai first. Eventually embossing/fixing stations would come up within the premises of all the RTOs and unit offices in the State.

The official said that the number plates would have features such as a laser hologram and a non-removable/non-reusable snap lock to prevent counterfeiting and duplication.

Any attempt to remove or replace the number plate will damage the snap lock making it impossible to install any other number plate in the vehicle.

All plates would also have a unique identification number and can be tracked all across India, the official added. It would also eliminate the problem of fancy number plates.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article2821024.ece

:)Chennai, Jan 23 : In a bid to free this metropolis from traffic congestion, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today issued orders for laying a 32 km-long second outer ring road (ORR), connecting the south with northern suburbs, at a cost of Rs 1,075 crore.:banana:

To free the city from traffic congestion and prevent heavy vehicles and containers from entering the city to reach Chennai Port, Ennore Port and Industries located on the city outskirts, the Chief Minister ordered the second ring road from Nemilicherry in the southern part of the city to Tiruvotriyur- Ponneri-Panchatti in the north, an official release here said.

The outer ring road, covering a distance of 32 km, would be built on the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode and under the basis of Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) following the annuity system, the release said. The government has already sanctioned the first outer ring road from Vandalur to Nemilicherry via Nazarathpet, covering a distance of 29.65 kms to be built at a cost of Rs 1081.40 crore.

This road is being built with PPP and under the Design, Build, Finance mobilisation and Transfer (DBFOT) system, the release said. All the works in connection with the laying of first outer ring road would be completed by November this year, the release said.The building of the outer ring roads would ensure heavy vehicles and containers entering the city from various directions would be diverted through these roads to reach the ports and other industries located on the northern sides of the city, the release said.

This would not only ease the traffic congestion in the city but reduce the running time and avert accidents to great extent, the release said. Ms Jayalalithaa also sanctioned Rs 285 crore for maintaining roads and bridges in the state, the release said stating that maintenance of existing roads and bridges were equally important while laying of new roads.

The Highways Department would utilise the fund to periodically maintain roads, bridges and flyovers throughout the state by removing the accumulated sand on the roadsides, planting trees and facilitating storm water drains, it said.

^^ Second ORR ? Sounds more like ORR Phase II ? Nemilichery to Minjur.

^^ Second ORR ? Sounds more like ORR Phase II ? Nemilichery to Minjur.


I think it is ORR-Phase 2 . There will be a bunch of extensions/supplementary roads to the 62km ORR as stated in the CMDA Transport Budget. They are

Outer Ring Road from ECR to NH45
Outer Ring Road from Seemapuram to Ennore Port
Missing link of Outer Ring Road from MBI Road to Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR) through Jaladampettai (4km)
Ambattur Estate to ORR (via Paruthipattu) (15 km)
:)

Source : TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/TN-government-takes-first-steps-to-unify-transport-systems/articleshow/15011814.cms)

CHENNAI: Two years after the bill was passed in the assembly, the state government has taken its first steps in implementing the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority Act (CUMTA Act). On Monday, officials, led by the chief secretary, met to get a consensus on the demands of various transport departments.

Officials said the first step would be to create a single portal which will provide running time of various transport systems in the city. "This is one of the cheapest scheme and it will be implemented within a year," said a source.

On Monday, representatives from Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Southern Railway, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, Chennai Metro Rail Limited, transport department and the traffic police met. "Representatives from each department submitted their agenda . By August, each of them will submit a plan which will be integrated, following which steps will be taken to implement them for the year 2013-14," said a source at the secretariat.

One of the prominent measures of the CUMTA Act is to have a common ticketing across different modes of transport, including parking. As a first step towards the common ticketing program, a smart card named 'More' was selected.

I had gone through the post. The details regarding the Road Projects are really interesting and the should like me wants such information to get aware of. The improvements regarding the sector are going well. But the major problem here I want to tell is that some of the streets in Perambur are not at fine and very hazardous during rainy seasons, mostly near the market area.

Hi Guys,
Good news, I have received response from ZONAL OFFICER-X CORPORATION OF CHENNAI in http://cmcell.tn.gov.in/.


Grievance: Please construct new Fountains in the center of the road junctions or joint points in main city roads, so that it adds beauty to chennai city.Thanks in Advance
Grievance Category MISCELLANEOUS - PERM. REQUESTED VARIOUS PURPS. Petition Status Accepted
Forwarded to District CHENNAI
Concerned Officer MUNCIPAL ADMN. & WATER SUPPLY - CORPORATION COMMR
Dy. Collector (Admn)Corporation of Chennai, Rippan Buildings, Chennai
Reply VIDE LR.NO.Z.O.10.A6/10404/2012 26.10.2012 Your valuable suggestion is invited after getting proper approval from the higher authorities technically your suggestion will be implimented in future. ZONAL OFFICER-X CORPORATION OF CHENNAI

:cheers:

Hi Guys,
Good news, I have received response from ZONAL OFFICER-X CORPORATION OF CHENNAI in http://cmcell.tn.gov.in/.


:cheers::cheers::cheers:

good going!! well done. you are the boss!

Just add some landscaping, lots and lots of croutons and grasses, some flower plants, some children playing zones, parks some benches and joggers/scateboarders lane and some shuttle badminton courts. Thanks in advance!

good going!! well done. you are the boss!

Just add some landscaping, lots and lots of croutons and grasses, some flower plants, some children playing zones, parks some benches and joggers/scateboarders lane and some shuttle badminton courts. Thanks in advance!

Here, I posted this is to show that Govt showing response to our words , not for me.

Hi Guys,
Good news, I have received response from ZONAL OFFICER-X CORPORATION OF CHENNAI in http://cmcell.tn.gov.in/.


:cheers:

Very Good :) Please give them specific request ( Where it is required and what is required) instead of general request. Hope it will be useful for them

good going!! well done. you are the boss!

Just add some landscaping, lots and lots of croutons and grasses, some flower plants, some children playing zones, parks some benches and joggers/scateboarders lane and some shuttle badminton courts. Thanks in advance!

Croutons go in soup - crotons go in gardens...

Sorry if you already knew that and it was just a typo! :)

Croutons go in soup - crotons go in gardens...

Sorry if you already knew that and it was just a typo! :)

spellings lam adjeest pannikanum baa. Naa enna dictionary oda va porendhen?

Ungalluku ellam purinja seri

works going at shollinganallur-ECR link road

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works going at shollinganallur-ECR link road

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^^
Any idea whats being constructed here??

looks like they are destroying one more waterbody!!

not sure. but one side(red marked) of ECR-Shollinganallur link road over buckingham canal is destroyed and some works are going on. They blocked the canal for some distance(marked in green). dont know what is the u/c bridge(blue marked) at the distance

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Mega city mission reloaded: Phase 2 gets 366 crore (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Mega-city-mission-reloaded-Phase-2-gets-366-crore/articleshow/17186594.cms)

CHENNAI: Chennai Corporation may not have finished work on the first phase of the Mega City Development Mission, but it has wasted no time in starting work on phase 2 of its elaborate project to develop roads in the city.

The government sanctioned 366.23 crore for the second part of the project and the corporation issued tenders for work in 13 zones. Contracts for the Perungudi and Sholinganallur zones are likely to be issued this week.

Phase 2 of the project will focus on smaller roads and lanes, mostly in residential areas, which the corporation plans to strengthen. Corporation officials said 280km of roads will be developed in an integrated way, as in phase 1, to include stormwater drains, pavements, utility ducts, streetlights, electric junction boxes and even name boards.

Residents of Thillai Nagar said they are looking forward to the corporation developing roads in the area where most streets have been broken and dug-up for more than eight years. People in the locality have for some time demanded new roads like neighbouring Shanthi Nagar. "The engineers and supervisors had told us then that we would also get new roads. Now we've heard that the funds have been sanctioned and work will begin soon," said Navnit Chadha, a resident of Thillai Nagar.

Funds for the second part of the project, meant to develop infrastructure in the extended parts of the city, will also fund minor projects in the heart of the city, in Thiru-vi-ka Nagar, Teynampet and Adyar. "Thiru-vi-ka Nagar has been allotted 12 crore for 24 roads. Teynampet and Adyar have also been allotted 9.15 crore and 13.30 crore each," a council resolution stated.

Valsaravakkam, with 50.7 crore, and Perungudi, with 49.08 crore, have cornered the largest share of the funds for phase 2 of the Mega City Development Mission. Thiruvottiyur has been allotted 40.10 crore. The civic body will relay 37 roads in Valsaravakkam and 56 roads Perungudi.

Perungudi,valasaravakkam, thiruvottiyur guys hit a jackpot....:)

del

Wider and safer: Medavakkam Main Road to show the way (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/wider-and-safer-medavakkam-main-road-to-show-the-way/article4088340.ece)

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01266/11THMEDAVAKKAM_1266166f.jpg
The road is set to be improved with the State announcing acquisition of land to convert it into a four-lane highway. Photo: K. Manikandan


Frequent traffic snarls on Medavakkam Main Road may soon be a thing of the past.

Widening of this arterial road, also known as Mount Madipakkam Road, is set to begin with the State government having recently announced the acquisition of 1,873 square metres (20,160 square feet) to convert the entire 9 km road into a four-lane highway.

The road, running through a large residential corridor, connects St. Thomas Mount Railway station with Medavakkam on Velachery Main Road and, over the years, has become an important arterial link under the care and maintenance of the State Highways Department.

As it criss-crosses the southern sector of Inner Ring Road at Vanuvampettai and also Pallavaram – Thoraipakkam Radial Road at Eachangadu, traffic flow on this road is generally heavy.

With a number of localities on this stretch – Alandur, Ullagaram, Puzhuthivakkam municipalities and village panchayats like Madipakkam having been recently merged with Chennai Corporation and with a jump in the number of services and new routes catered to by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), residents here had been appealing to the State government to improve the road to be able to deal with its huge burden of traffic.

Between 2006 and 2010, Rs. 16 crore was spent to widen the road and create permanent raised medians. However, improvement work remained incomplete in many spots, especially on the stretch between Keelkattalai and Vanuvampettai.

Officials of the State Highways Department said they could not expedite widening and improvement work as a lot of land that needed to be acquired was classified as ‘patta’ (under the ownership of people). At present, the road’s width varies between less than 7 metres to the planned 16 metres.

Residents of Adambakkam said that in the absence of road-widening work, traffic chaos had become the order of the day in Ullagaram, Madipakkam, Keelkattalai and Vanuvampettai.

During the morning rush hour, it takes people travelling on MTC services from remote pockets such as Nanmangalam or Sunnambu Kulathur nearly an hour to reach St. Thomas Mount or Guindy railway stations.

Officials said that in October, the department had passed an order that had identified the land — under the Alandur Taluk of Tambaram Revenue Division in Kancheepuram district — for acquisition. Once all the procedures were completed, work on road widening would be taken up.

Once the road was widened and improved, it would ease traffic considerably and also enhance the safety of motorists, the officials added.

Song to the ears - hope the project starts and gets over in a year or two!!..

Peripheral road project up and running (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/peripheral-road-project-up-and-running/article4088335.ece)

why this update here?

It should be in this thread..

Chennai Bypass/IRR/ORR & Road Construction Update

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=617861&page=123

not sure. but one side(red marked) of ECR-Shollinganallur link road over buckingham canal is destroyed and some works are going on. They blocked the canal for some distance(marked in green). dont know what is the u/c bridge(blue marked) at the distance

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Hi CP,

Some clarification - Are they knocking down the new Bridge (marked in red) that is being used currently.

Can you please shed some light?

Even I dont have any info on the project.

Yes, one side of the bridge(marked in red) is already knocked down.

Not sure how they are gonna connect the KK road to the u/c bridge at the distance

Big delay in road repairs

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Chennai: It’s been more than six months since the Chennai Corporation started road im*provement works for the eight newly-added ar*eas, but many works in the Tiruvottiyur zone are still incomplete.
Traffic congestion and encroachments on the Tiruvottiyur High Road, which connects the city to the northern suburbs, are still a problem for residents and motorists.
Residents of Tiruvottiyur complain that traffic congestion on TH Road is very common. R. Jaya*raman, former municipal chairman of Tiruvottiyur, said that the area was much better when it was under municipal administration.
“Underground dra*inage work had started in this area long back but it was stopped all of a sudden. Streetlights on CH Road and Manali Express Road hardly function. Many interior roads in Tiruvottiyur are in a pathetic state.”
Another problem in Tiruvottiyur is encroachment. The civic body had earlier said that it would take steps to remove enc*roa*chments from Kal*ad*i*pet to Vimco Nagar. Sta*ti*ng that the Highways Dep*ar*tment had started rem*ov*ing encroachments, Cou*ncillor S. Vincent said, “The road widening work has already commenced. We had earlier faced problems due to encroachments from Ernavoor to Kal*adipet till the Tiruvottiyur bus terminus. The previous government did not take any steps to remove encroachments.”
Earlier, Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy had said that the Highways Department had taken steps to widen the Tollgate to Ernavoor TH Road to 66 feet.




Source:
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130128/news-current-affairs/article/big-delay-road-repairs

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/New-speed-breakers-violate-norms-Experts/articleshow/18215248.cms

The problem of widening a road like medavakkam koot road is to address the problem of parking of vehicles.There is no point in 4 laning a road but in effect used as a 2 lane road due to parking.We have the same problem in 1st and 4th main road in Nanganallur where the roads have been widened recently but cannot be used to fullest due to parking

while the medavakkam road is being widenned , i wonder what is going to be done for the cement road that connects from medavakkam koot road to nanganallur,which is an important bus route for busses like m18c,52k.Any information on widening that road as well?

Workers installing high mast lights in arcot road - saligramam junction

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