Chennai Bypass/IRR/ORR & Road Construction Update

[Fusionist]

Road constructions including the Chennai Bypass/IRR extension & ORR. Please post the relevent maps, photos and updates here.

[Sridhar]

Why don't we make a roads/flyovers/expressways thread, and merge all the road project related threads into it? The current organization of threads is haphazard.

[sam_k]

Originally Posted by Sridhar

Why don't we make a roads/flyovers/expressways thread, and merge all the road project related threads into it? The current organization of threads is haphazard.

.May be we should name this tamilnadu road development thread as there are a lot of 4 laning,rob's and upgrade works being carried out through out the state.
wHAT YA SAY?

[Sridhar]

The tender document for appointing the consultant for the new high speed circular corridor project in Chennai is on the GoTN website. The document gives good details about the project, including the alignments, phasing etc and has a map (which was posted earlier on one of the threads). While the consultant has been charged with suggesting modifications to the alignment for improving geometry and feasibility, the rough plan is to have the following major aligmnments

1. Light House to Theosophical society along the Adyar estuary (3.3kms)
2. Theosophical Society to Ramapuram along the Adyar banks (11.8kms)
3. Mount-Poonamalee elevated corridor (from Ramapuram to Porur) (4.0kms)
4. Koyambedu Elevated Corridor (along IRR between the Adyar and Cooum rivers) (6.6kms)
5. Cooum/Buckingham Canal junction to Ennore along Buckingham Canal(17.5kms)
6. Cooum/Buckingham Canal junction to IT expressway along Buckingham Canal(10.7kms)
7. Nungambakkam to Saidapet along Mambalam Canal (joining corridor 2 above). (5.6kms)

The other two corridors that NHAI is already building and planning respectively are
1. Part-elevated Chennai Bypass (though an extension to Manali along IRR is not under construction currently but is indicated in this project) (42kms)
2. Elevated corridor along War Memorial to Maduravoyal along Cooum river (18.5kms)

The corridors that are along the river banks are proposed as two-tier elevated structures, while those along road medians are single-tier elevated structures.

Download the tender document to see full details (pg. 38 onwards)
http://www.tenders.tn.gov.in/innerpa...nu12019&work=1

[TechCity]

• Phase 1 opened on thursday,June 20, 2002
  http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...2100231100.htm
• Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony For Widening To 4-Lane Of Chennai Bypass Phase I And Construction Of 4-Lane Chennai Bypass Phase II Held on Sunday, January 30, 2005
  http://trbaalu.nic.in/minister/press...05/Jan3005.htm
• Inaugration of Four-laning of Chennai Bypass Phase-I up to Porur held on Wednesday,April 09,2008
  http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=37115

[Arul Murugan]

Map from Wikipedia

Chennai Bye-pass, ORR and IRR map

[TechCity]

Crossposting from ChennaiThread

Originally Posted by futurebiz1

Update on Chennai Bypass Phase 2--One half of the elevated portion over the 3rd main Rad in Ambattur of about 1.25Km is almost done.Pillars have been erected long ago for the entire stretch.Now placing of concrete blocks on the other half between MTH road and the suburban railway line has begun..If wok goes on as usual, the entire elevated stretch would be done in about 6 months..Then , i think the surface level road would be laid..the deadline of mid 2009 seems realistic...

[Fusionist]

how about the drainage issue in the elevated stretch in the Bypass ? I think it might become a problem if not tackled, especially when the elevated stretch in long.

[Arul Murugan]

Inner Ring Road southern extension taking shape



R. Srikanth



The five-km road will link Velachery Main Road with GST Road



CHENNAI: Work on the southern arm of Inner Ring Road (IRR), to link two crucial arterial roads in south Chennai through some of the fast developing localities around Velachery and Nanganallur, is progressing in full swing.

The State Highways Department, the implementing agency, has initiated the road development work simultaneously from both ends — near the Velachery MRTS station (Velachery Main Road) and Grand Southern Trunk Road.

The five-kilometre project involves creating a four-lane road each on both sides of the proposed MRTS network from Velachery to St. Thomas Mount stations. After some distance, the road will be a single three-lane corridor. On completion, the Rs.95-crore project is expected to reduce travel time for residents of many of the localities and congestion on the two busy roads.

Out of the total cost, a little over Rs.60 crore is towards land acquisition and the rest for project, including laying the road and creating associated facilities such as culverts. While the road is scheduled to be opened by early 2009, the black-topping will be completed by the first quarter, says an official.

Detailing the project, he says the IRR arm from Velachery Main Road will have two 30-feet (four lane) roads below the flyover, near the MRTS station. Two bridges, with an elevated track for MRTS between them, are to be constructed over the Adambakkam lake.

The MRTS elevated network will be above the bridge. Metropolitan Transport Project, which is executing the MRTS work, has started pile foundation work for the elevated tracks. A railway official says two railway stations - Puzhuthivakkam and Adambakkam – will come up between Velachery and St. Thomas Mount.

On the Velachery side, the department is constructing two culverts to facilitate free flow of water from one side of Pallikaranai swamp to the other. A ‘kuccha’ road has been laid below the Velachery flyover on both sides of Velachery Main Road till Balaji Nagar Main Road. On GST Road end, work to link the IRR arm with the Thillai Ganga Nagar subway is in progress. About 40 per cent of the road work has been completed. Land acquisition too is over, except for 700 metres near Vanuvampet. A total of 65 houses, comprising both buildings and thatched huts have to be acquired for the project, the highways official says.

Construction of four culverts between Balaji Nagar Main Road in Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam and the Velachery Station are part of the project for channelling rainwater from Veerangal Odai and Velachery Canal to the southern side of the Pallikaranai swamp. A temporary canal has been created on both sides of the ‘kuccha’ road to channel the rainwater to the Pallikaranai swamp and prevent flooding of nearby residential colonies. There is also a proposal to construct a permanent canal on both sides of the road and subsequently increase width of the road.

[TechCity]

The State Highways Department, the implementing agency, has initiated the road development work simultaneously from both ends — near the Velachery MRTS station (Velachery Main Road) and Grand Southern Trunk Road.

GST & IRR is going to be connected by bridge? (Trumbet Interchange,or similar to chrombet bridge)

After some distance, the road will be a single three-lane corridor.

Why? Any land issue?

[TechCity]

Source:http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/16/stor...1657780300.htm

CHENNAI: Ten international consultancy firms have evinced interest in preparing a detailed project report for the High Speed Elevated Circular Corridor project in the city.

Representatives of the firms attended a pre-bid meeting conducted by the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL)here on Wednesday. They were briefed on the project and need to study its feasibility, cleaning up waterways and rehabilitation of those living along them. The deadline to submit bids is May 28.

TNUIFSL had invited bids last month on behalf of Adyar Poonga Trust. The project envisages creation of transportation corridors along the major city waterways to reduce traffic congestion on the existing roads . The consultants will be required to study, plan and design the project, covring 120 km . While the TNUIFSL would take up work on 59.5 km, the rest would be by National Highways Authority of India and State Highways department.

The Rs.2,300-crore project proposes to develop four circular corridors linking several areas along the waterways, including the Buckingham canal and the Cooum river. The outer circular corridor would connect important areas in the city from Light House to Chennai Port, including IT Corridor, Maduravoyal, Ennore and Vyasarpadi.

There would also be three inner circular corridors branching out from the major intra city road alignments to decongest the city traffic. While one would connect areas such as Mylapore, Porur, Koyambedu, Anna Nagar, Egmore with Chennai Port, another would link areas such as Triplicane, Ekkaduthangal, Nungambakkam with the port. The third corridor would address the traffic problem in South Chennai by connecting areas, including T.Nagar, West C.I.T. Nagar and Nungambakkam along the Cooum river.

The consultants would need to prepare a report for the Adyar River Front project to be taken up as the first phase. It includes cleaning up the river and building a carriageway for a Bus Rapid Transport System on an elevated corridor from Adyar to Porur. TNUIFSL’s advisor (Roads) M.S. Srinivasan said the project aims at tackling various other problems in addition to the traffic chaos in the city. “We want to identify the pollutants of the waterways and arrest them. There is a plan to establish small sewage treatment plants in slum tenements along the river banks to prevent release of untreated sewage.”

[TechCity]

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[TechCity]

source:http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/19/stor...1953370500.htm

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The State Government has given in-principle clearance for road widening on the stretches between Thiruninravur and Padi and Thiruninravur and Pattabiram.....

[ranga]

Originally Posted by TechCity

GST & IRR is going to be connected by bridge? (Trumbet Interchange,or similar to chrombet bridge)

Why? Any land issue?

I bet it is called chrompet bridge

[TechCity]

Originally Posted by ranga

I bet it is called chrompet bridge

Yen thappu.

Any idea?Bridge is going to be constructed ?
If both IRR & MRTS Joins with GST near Airport,It would be better,Right.
As per the current plan,Users coming from MRTS they have to get down at ST mount and take another train towards Airport.

[TechCity]

The Chennai Corporation has cleared the way for laying ducts on more major roads in the city, including Nelson Manickam Salai, Arcot Salai, G.N.Chetty Road, North Usman Road and South Usman Road by telecom service providers and cable television operators.

The Chennai Cable Consortium (CCC), whose member companies include Skylink, Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, VSNL (Tata), Hathways, Tata Tele services, SCV, U Telecom, Railtel and Power Grid, have finished laying ducts and removed overhead cables on Nungambakkam High Road. Work on Nelson Manickam Road (2.5 km) and Sterling Road (1.2 km) is expected to begin soon.

A Corporation official said, “We have 300 km of bus route roads and we have already given permission for ducts to be laid on 120 km. In the remaining stretches too, we will take up the job in phases.”

CCC secretary Radhakrishna Vittaldev said that in certain portions of 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Anna Nagar, the overhead cables were being removed. On Cathedral Road, the ducting process has been completed. In the course of next month, the cables would be removed.

The CCC has spent close to Rs. 1.5 crore in Anna Nagar for the two roads alone, which total to 5.2 km. For the work on Nungambakkam High Road with a length of 2 km, the consortium has spent around Rs.50 lakh and for the 1.5 km-long Cathedral Road they have spent around Rs.40 lakh.

“The costs are shared by the service providers on the basis of the space used by them. Apart from this, each service provider has to pay the Chennai Corporation Rs. 9,400 for each km every year,” he added.

source: http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/23/stor...2359270400.htm

[boobalan_ganesh]

Hi Friends

Can i get list of village names which are in 62.3 km long connecting NH 45 (GST Road) at Vandalur, NH 4 (GWT Road) at Nazarathpet, NH 205 (CTH Road) at Nemilicherry, NH 5 (GNT Road) at Nallur and TPP road at Minjur

Thanks in advance

Regards
GanBoo

[Mr.Nellai]

it takes 1/2 an hour to travel 3 kilometer distance near pallikaranai strip on the Tambaram - Velachery road.This places are developing in a faster pace that the segment between tambaram- Medavakkam and Narayanapuram- velachery vijayanagaram is double laned. While the segment between Medavakkam-Narayanapuram is single laned making commuters difficult to travel in the 3 km long strip.

[dr_thapalathy]

Originally Posted by Mr.Nellai

it takes 1/2 an hour to travel 3 kilometer distance near pallikaranai strip on the Tambaram - Velachery road.This places are developing in a faster pace that the segment between tambaram- Medavakkam and Narayanapuram- velachery vijayanagaram is double laned. While the segment between Medavakkam-Narayanapuram is single laned making commuters difficult to travel in the 3 km long strip.

ya, especially with the presence of lot of IT companies in that stretch...

[DSKSATHISH]

New lights on pallavaram-thoraipakkam main road...