Chennai Bypass/IRR/ORR & Road Construction Update

[Anniyan]

Originally Posted by gemsuresh

8 lane is better off. Once salem - ulundurpet is fully completed there could be considerable increase in this stretch because of western TN traffic. 6 lane will not enough again in 5 to 7 yrs!

on what basis you says 6 lane is not enough? summa guess?

who will give the money to construct 8 lanes?

[gemsuresh]

Originally Posted by Anniyan

on what basis you says 6 lane is not enough? summa guess?

who will give the money to construct 8 lanes?

on what basis did u think 6 lanes are enough beyond 5 years?! Yes its a guess based on the growth that road will see in the coming years. The road users will pay the money!!!

[Anniyan]

Originally Posted by gemsuresh

on what basis did u think 6 lanes are enough beyond 5 years?! Yes its a guess based on the growth that road will see in the coming years. The road users will pay the money!!!

Where did i say 6 lanes are enuf beyond 5 yrs? I havent seen NHAI's traffic study report so i cant comment.

Gradual widening makes sense from investors point of view.

[gemsuresh]

Originally Posted by Anniyan

Where did i say 6 lanes are enuf beyond 5 yrs? I havent seen NHAI's traffic study report so i cant comment.

Gradual widening makes sense from investors point of view.

I think its a good investment as its a gateway road to rest of TN. Infact only road that deserves an 8 lane in TN currently (may be poonamalle to kanchipuram too) The traffic projections should be on the higher side. GMR completed the highway in 2004 and in 7 yrs happens the first expansion. Not sure if the capacity will hold for atleast next 10 years.

[vinodgopal]

Originally Posted by Anniyan

Where did i say 6 lanes are enuf beyond 5 yrs? I havent seen NHAI's traffic study report so i cant comment.

Gradual widening makes sense from investors point of view.

0.005 inches a year widening is gradual enough right?

[wlbkng]

Travelled in GST road last weekend. Absolutely no traffic sense beyond Tindivanam. (Not before that either but relatively better).

Took the route to Salem(though that last part will not come under GST) and it costed me around Rs.250 one way for Toll charges. This is including the fact that three toll gates were not opened yet beyond Ulundhurpettai. Include that and it will cost me Rs.375. And if i do not return within one day I have to double the charge as return tolls are valid for only one day. Rs.750 for that road which is still four lane at most places beyond chengalpattu (two lanes at many places beyond ulundhurpettai towards salem..).. ? No...

And if they make it 8-laned (first let them make it 6-laned properly) they are going to bring up more toll stations or charge more. Sucks.

[tobrkarthik]

Originally Posted by v4Chennai

Tambaram and Tindivanam - They can plan for 8 Lane highway since it is the gateway to Chennai to most of the south bound traffic. I am happy at-least they are making it 6 Lane.

Just increasing the number of lane 6/8 will not sufficient, to meet the full traffic potential we need the road should be access controlled like Mumbai-Pune Express way.

When I travlled the road, I had observed heavy vehicles (HMV) were using the right lane instead of left lane, because the left lane were occupied by pedestrians/ two wheelers/ parked vehicles. Because the slow moving HMV were occupied the right lane, the cars/ buses could not travel faster!

So what we need the is access controlled road with more Fence at both sides + more Flyovers + dedicated lane for parking at both side for broke down cars.

[Merina]

I have been using GST road for the past 12 years on a daily basis, offlate the kind of traffic and the traffic snarls at Perungalathur, Vandalur (From Railway Gate to Vanadalur Zoo) and Guduvancherry makes me nervous.
I see an accident (small or big) everyday in this stretch. Its time the Government widens the road adjacent to the Railway line (Not the GST Road but the road that runs parallel to railway track) and pave them from Guduvancherry to Irumbuliyur and merge them with GST, this can remove some amount of local traffic from NH 45. There is already a good part of road that exists in this stretch. This might save time and money and provide an alternate/parallel option of road. This along with widening of GST road might bring some kind of breather.

[jayaraj100]

Originally Posted by Merina

I have been using GST road for the past 12 years on a daily basis, offlate the kind of traffic and the traffic snarls at Perungalathur, Vandalur (From Railway Gate to Vanadalur Zoo) and Guduvancherry makes me nervous.
I see an accident (small or big) everyday in this stretch. Its time the Government widens the road adjacent to the Railway line (Not the GST Road but the road that runs parallel to railway track) and pave them from Guduvancherry to Irumbuliyur and merge them with GST, this can remove some amount of local traffic from NH 45. There is already a good part of road that exists in this stretch. This might save time and money and provide an alternate/parallel option of road. This along with widening of GST road might bring some kind of breather.

I remember good green cover in this stretch even after 4 lanning. Not sure if they will be protected after 6/8 lane. Anyhow, it may not even get attention looking at curretn traffic.

One More. this 6 or 8 lanning in any case impact the SR lazy dream (hope at least they are keeping it in dream) of 4 lines between TBM and CGL on railway line.

[murlee]

NH4 to get wider soon

Frequent travellers to Bangalore would vouch for the fact that the NH4 is smooth and fun to drive on. However, accidents do happen, with some of them being quite major.

A.Thyagu, who frequents Bangalore, said the road witnessed a lot of trafficduring the weekends. “It is not very crowded during the week. But at any time of the week motorists have to be careful to avoid accidents,” he said.

S.Purushothaman, of Varadharajapuram, near Poonamallee, said the road was prone to accidents. “Some spots, including Nazrethpet, Thirumazhisai Kootu Road and Chembarampakkam, witness a lot of accidents. At Chembarampakkam signal, there is a big wine shop and many who cross at that point get involved in accidents,” he said.

To prevent accidents, the police must ensure that traffic signals function properly and policemen must be posted at signals. Similarly, a police vehicular check point at Thirumazhisai should be moved back to Chembarampakkam, where it used to function, he added.

“Many vehicles are parked on the road leading to accidents. Also when vehicles are made to stop all of a sudden, motorists coming from behind don't see what is happening in the front. There is not much space on the road. Hence, widening is a must now,” he said.

With the safety of residents along the road in mind, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has recently issued a work order to Essel Group. The order requires the stretch between Poonamallee and Walajahpet to be widened to a 6-lane facility, with 2-lane service roads on either side.

“Effectively in urbanised stretches there would be 10 lanes. We want to ensure that local traffic remains on the service lanes to reduce accidents. In the Poonamallee- Sriperumbudur stretch, service lanes for 30.3 km would come up,” NHAI regional officer I.G.Reddy said.

Widening of this 93-km long stretch of NH4 is being taken up under phase-V of the National Highways Development Project. It would be executed on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis for a period of 17 years. The project, costing Rs.1,287.97 crore, would take two-and-half years for completion

Toll plazas will come up at Nemili/ Pennalur, near Sriperumbudur, and at Chennasamudram. One major bridge will come up at Poonamallee. Truck lay bays will come up at three locations. Flyovers are to come up at locations including Poonamallee, Sriperumbudur, Hyundai Motors, SIPCOT, Sunguvachatram and at the start and end of the Kancheepuram bypass.

Vehicular subways are to come up at 15 locations, including Noombal, Poonamallee, Sriperumbudur, Chembarampakkam, Thandalam, Vedal and Siruvedal

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle3544189.ece

[darkprinz]

What do they mean by vehicular subways at thandalam ??? There are no cross roads at this place !!!

[dis.agree]

finally nhai waking up to chennai. hope they have even bigger plans for maduravoyal - poonamallee. it's crazy this is still just 4 lanes.

btw, 6 laning between hosur - walajabad should be on it's final stages now. i last drove 3 months ago and they were progressing fast. would know status better next week but i would guess 90% of stretches should be finished by end of this year. 6 laning of hosur - krishnagiri's ghat section is the most significant stretch. rest of the road hardly required any widening - flyovers at all towns would have helped but none planned. hosur would continue to be a bottleneck for atleast another couple of years - is there a plan for a bypass?

[Merina]

Originally Posted by jayaraj100

One More. this 6 or 8 lanning in any case impact the SR lazy dream (hope at least they are keeping it in dream) of 4 lines between TBM and CGL on railway line.

The problem is Indian Railways is yet to approve the proposal of the 4th line b/w TBM-CGN. IR do not want to take up the 4th line of any stretch that exists outside a city while many cities are yet to see the first glimpse of a suburban line. What a narrow minded thinking by IR.

[ferrari_fan]

deleted - sorry

[ceeznic pirate]

ORR

Near Vandalur.


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Pillars are still diverging towards GST. Forming a complete circle will require land inside the zoo. But no work is happening on the other side of GST(Zoo side).

[ceeznic pirate]

ORR crossing Padappai - Vandalur road

[krishnancv]

By the looks of it I don't think there will be a circle like formation as in the case of MIT or Vandalur flyover and it is poor design too. Maybe something similar to Irumbuliyur interchange maybe planned. BTW is the 6 laning of GST road near the jn over already?

[rmkrish]

About a month or two back, there was a news item on a new 160KM long peripheral ring road being launched by the present govt. subsequently its eerily quiet on that front. anyone has idea if its a spur of the moment announcement by the minister or something we see the govt actually moving on.

[murlee]

MNC consultant to upgrade Chennai roads

The Tamil Nadu Government has approved a proposal to appoint STUP Consultants, a multinational firm, to act as consultants to upgrade some of Chennai’s roads to international standards.

According to an official press release, the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure and Financial Services Ltd had shortlisted the multinational firm to act as consultants to compile a detailed project report to upgrade over 3 km of roads in and around Ashok Nagar. These include the Dr Ambedkar Road, and the 1st, 4th and 11th Avenues in the prime locality.

STUP Consultants, according to information available on the Web site, is a France-based multinational. STUP stands for Societe Technique pour I’ Utilisation de la Precontrainte (Technical Corporation for the Utilisation of Pre-stressed Concrete).

It has over 1,200 professionals in civil engineering, planning, architecture and associated electrical and mechanical engineering through their global offices in America, France, Asia and West Asia.

The press release said the plan is in line with the State Government’s announcement to upgrade major roads in the city. Public transport bus services cover 318 km of roads, of which just 3.68 km are cement roads and the other black-topped. During monsoons, over 80 km of roads are damaged and the tar roads have to be renewed once in three years.

The State Government has announced a programme to lay cement-topped roads and upgrade the main roads with dedicated ducting for utilities. In the first phase, 30 main roads would be upgraded to modern corridors.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...ue&ref=wl_home

[deepaksubramaniyan]

How many proposals for cleaning chennai roads???? When the new govt began, they stated "Mass cleaning act" ( still in paper though).... From then, every week we have been listening these kind of proposals of upgrading chennai roads to international standards though nothing has revolutionized...