Chennai Bypass/IRR/ORR & Road Construction Update

[Vijay M]

Originally Posted by Ramki830

Meanwhile, as ORR is progressing , read that there is a plan for another OORR (Outer Outer Ring road) from Mamallapuram to beyond North of Ennore. Not sure how exactly it will be routed. Any thoughts, or is it too early/just at speculation stage?

OORR= PRR - Peripheral Ring Road

[murlee]

8 years after proposal, work begins on Tambaram bypass
Residents' Opposition Main Roadblock, Govt Hopes To Win Them Over With Enhanced Compensation

Eight years after the state highways department proposed the Tambaram Eastern Bypass Road made in 2004, the government’s machinery has finally got creaking on the project.

Residents along the 9-km-long road opposed the project from the beginning and are in no mood to relent even now, but revenue officials are confident that they can persuade them to part with their land at the rate the government has offered. Highways department engineers have estimated the cost for Phase 1 of the project. This phase will consist of widening the existing Camp Road.

Phase 2 will involve the construction of a new road, and will require the department to acquire much more land than for Phase 1. “In Phase 1, Camp Road will be widened to 50 metres and will have six lanes with a 1.2 metre centre median,” a highways official said. The cost of laying the road and constructing the median, culverts and other amenities alongside the 4 km stretch has been pegged at Rs 25 crore. “The tender will be floated by the second week of December,” a highways official said.

The bypass will run through several farming hamlets and agricultural fields. It will start at Velachery Main Road in a hamlet called Rajakilpakkam and end at Peekankaranai on NH-45.

It will reduce congestion in Tambaram by diverting motorists who are heading for national highways from areas like Velachery, Thiruvanmiyur and Adyar. The road will allow motorists to bypass Tambaram and Perangaluthur directly, said an engineer.

The road will pass through Madambakkam, Mappedu, Agaramthen, Thiruvanchery and Nedukundram villages. The state will have to acquire around 60,000sqm from residents of these villages for Phase 2, said an officer from the revenue department, who is in charge of land acquisition. “We have notified the government about land that will have to be acquired in Nedukundram and Puthur,” he said, adding that the department expects a government order on the acquisition soon. Work on Phase 1 is likely to take six months.

Residents, however, said they will not part with their land easily. A group of residents met the Kancheepuram collector, asking that the current alignment be modified. “The current alignment does not make any sense,” said S Ilamparithi of Sadanandapuram. “What is the point in traffic being diverted to a place as congested as Tambaram? It makes more sense for the road to lead to Vandalur.”

However, highways officials say modifications will be impossible. “The plan was envisaged in CMDA’s second master plan and took into account of several traffic studies,” an official said. The Kancheepuram collector, highways officials and representatives of villages will meet to thrash out differences on Monday

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[tamilbala]

How many bypass we need to connect GST Rd with Ponamallee Rd?
Already we have
1. Singaperumal Koil- Oragadam- Sriperumbadur
2.ORR
3. Chennai Bypass

So why another OORR?

[Arul Murugan]

FYKI

Singaperumal-Oragadam-Sriperumbudur road will be a part of Peripheral ring road.. It will be widened and will ger PRR status.. No green field road will be laid.

[proprashanth]

It'll be good if they widen arcot road too.. too many bottle necks.

[rsrikanth05]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

ORR is not only for freight traffic, it is commercially going to be exploited.. so extn to ECR is much important.

IMHO the existing Vandalur-Kelambakkam road can be expanded to 2+6+2 lane corridor and small flyovers can be built in intersection. This will serve the purpose of having a semi ring road surrounding near the metropolitan limits.

You're talking of the Tolled road?

Originally Posted by Ramki830

Meanwhile, as ORR is progressing , read that there is a plan for another OORR (Outer Outer Ring road) from Mamallapuram to beyond North of Ennore. Not sure how exactly it will be routed. Any thoughts, or is it too early/just at speculation stage?

I think they've already called for tenders?

[Vijay M]

Originally Posted by proprashanth

It'll be good if they widen arcot road too.. too many bottle necks.

If I'm allowed to rephrase that I'd say its mostly neck and bit of bottle here and there.

[vinodgopal]

Originally Posted by tamilbala

How many bypass we need to connect GST Rd with Ponamallee Rd?
Already we have
1. Singaperumal Koil- Oragadam- Sriperumbadur
2.ORR
3. Chennai Bypass

So why another OORR?

Perungalathur is a nightmare to cross through and sometimes i have wondered why they haven't built one yet. So it actually makes sense.

But then, why not something like a parallel road to Nelson Manikkam road to join Annanagar and Numgambakkam as NMR is the only road that does that currently and thus traffic congestion. The flyover will still not serve the purpose as Choolaimedu mehta nagar stretch will be awefully crowded even after the overbridge comes.

[vinodhkumar]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/17459112.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...cle4141021.ece

[vinodhkumar]

Residents seek modification to Tambaram East bypass project
V. Venkatasubramanian

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A group of residents of Sadhanandapuram-Aalapakkam near Tambaram has sought a modification to the plan for the proposed Tambaram East by-pass road project.

In a memorandum submitted to the District Administration on the Monday, they alleged that more than 200 houses in Sadhanandapuram-Aalapakkam coming under Nedunkundram village panchayat in Chengalpattu taluk, would get affected if the government decides to go ahead with the project.

The residents said that the majority of owners of these houses were retired government servants who had invested their money, including retirement benefits in the construction of these houses on the ‘grama natham’ category of lands, which were acquired or bought by their forefathers 60 years before.

Further, when the project was mooted way back in 1984 in order to create a by-pass road to link Selaiyur junction on Tambaram-Velachery Road with the Grand Southern Trunk Road at Perungalathur, there was not much development in Kamaraj Nagar (located on the east of Perungalathur), Sadhanandapuram, Aalapakkam, Puthur and Mappedu hamlets. However, the route of by-pass road was modified at the initial stages itself when it was ascertained that the proposed road would pass through close to the Air Force base at Selaiyur.

Subsequently, in 2007 this proposal was objected by the Kamaraj Nagar residents who made a plea to utilize vacant government poromboke lands in the area for laying the by-pass road instead of disturbing the residential localities.

Their plea was accepted and the by-pass road sketch was modified for the second time, said P. Ilamparithi of Aalapakkam.

Residents of Sadhanandapuram-Aalapakkam made an appeal at a public hearing organized by the Highways officials at Poonamallee two weeks ago and requested that two options be consided for the project.

They suggested that officials could acquire more than 100 acres of vacant government poromboke lands available near the Sadhanandapuram-Aalapakkam to lay the by-pass road; or the 3.2 kilometre of Mappedu-Vengambakkam Road could be upgraded to link the Selaiyur-Camp Road with the Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road.

“If our second suggestion is considered it will help avoid further congestion at Perungalathur,” said S.Varadarajan of Sadhanandapuram.

[Murali Bala]

Google has updated the ORR area mosaic. It gives a better view of the current Construction status. Still a long way to go on completion.

[karkal]

Rs. 66-crore fillip for road repair work in city

Height of the Medavakkam-Sholinganallur Road will be increased by a metre to prevent water stagnation during rains. Last year, traffic came to a halt on this stretch during a heavy spell. Photo: A. Muralitharan

Projects worth a total of Rs. 250 crore for Chennai, Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu divisions

Road work projects in the city and surrounding areas are set to get a Rs. 250-crore fillip soon.

The highways department is processing tenders for road improvement and widening works in Chennai, Tiruvallur and Chengalpattu.

The budget for the work has been sanctioned by the State government under the Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme (CRIDP) for 2012-13.

A total of Rs. 66 crore has been sanctioned for Chennai, Rs. 92 crore for Tiruvallur and Rs. 93 crore for Chengalpattu division, an official said.
Upgrading facilities

In Chennai, the work entails increasing the height of the Medavakkam-Sholinganallur Road to prevent water stagnation.

“The height of the road will be increased by one metre. Last year, there was heavy water stagnation on this major thoroughfare. The road will also be widened uniformly and turned into a four-lane. A portion of GST Road near Tambaram will also be widened,” the official said.

Various facilities including the grade separators at Padi, Guindy and Koyambedu, the flyover at Meenambakkam, and the subway near Shanthi theatre on Anna Salai will be beautified under CRIDP. The works are expected to commence by January 1.
Road strengthening

In Tiruvallur, 169 km of roads and seven minor bridges will be strengthened.

Mount-Poonamallee-Avadi Road, Vanagaram-Ambattur-Puzhal Road, 5 km of Chennai-Ennore Expressway, Chennai-Ennore Road, Korattur-Thinnanur-Periyapayalam Salai and Thirumazhisai-Uthukottai Salai will get additional tar topping.

Several roads will be widened. These include the Kanakamma Chatram to Thakkolam lane (single lane to intermediate lane), Koratalayar bridge to Puthur Road (double lane to multi lane), Medur to Gummidipoondi Road (single lane to intermediate lane), and GNT Road to Siruvapuri Murugan temple (single to intermediate lane). Work on these stretches is expected to be completed in 6 months’ time.
Widening work

In the Chengalpattu division, which has more than 2,000 km of road length, 45 projects will be undertaken.

These include widening of the 23-km-long Pallur to Sogandi road, 14 km of the stretch from GST Road to Cheyyur and Poonamallee to Kundrathur Road.

Three minor bridges too, will be widened. Two stretches in Kelambakkam and Uthiramerur will be white-topped to repair damage due to water stagnation.

[tamilbala]

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Its saying the Road between Chennai Byepass & Tambaram Bridge(East & West), that is Irumbuliyur will be widened soon, thank god for this. This stretch is too accident prone.

I travelled yesterday through the Existing East Tambaram Byepass, i.e, Camp Rd, Bharath Engg College, Mappedu, Rathinamangalam, Cresent Engg College. This Road is fine & bump free fully.

This saves you from the Crawling Traffic from Camp Rd -MCC and the Perungalathur Traffic and saves atleast 20mins in your travel time.

The Road from Camp Rd-Mappedu will be good and Broad. The Mappedu - Rathinamangalam is a strict 2 lane road where you need to wait and go for every lorry that comes across. From RathMangal, the road is awesome ORR.

My question is WHY Need a new E.TBM Bypass by aquiring so much of land when the
existing Mapeddu - Rathinamangalam single lane road when made 4 lane, solves the problem.

This solves 2 major problem,
1. Need not travel into Perungalathur
2. No need to travel just outside Airforce's compound wall.
3. Save Sadhanantha puram village.

[rsrikanth05]

That is a LOT of water near the toll plaza.

[karkal]

Bids for Outer Ring Road phase II under scrutiny


The Hindu The concessionaire will manage the ORR, which connects Vandalur and Minjur, for a period of 17.5 years — Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam

The Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC), the managing associate of Chennai’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) project, is currently evaluating bids for phase two of the project.

According to sources, three Hyderabad-based companies had participated in the bid for the Rs. 985-crore 30-km long project from Nemilicheri to Minjur. Phase two, which starts at Nemilicheri, crosses the Chennai- Bangalore railway line and Chennai Tiruvallur High Road. It passes through several villages including Mittanamallee, Morai, Attanthangal, Padiyanallur, Kandigai.

“We will scrutinise the bids and send the final name to the State government who will decide. It is a huge project, so we cannot decide,” said a source.

Already 17 km of road under the first phase (which costs Rs. 1081 crore) running from Vandalur to Nemilicheri is ready.

The ORR will connect Vandalur on NH 45 in the south with Minjur on Tiruvottiyur Ponneri Panchetti Road north of Chennai. The alignment crosses existing railway lines at Vandalur and Nemilichery and major rivers of Adyar, Cooum and Kosathalayar.

Phase I of the semi-circular corridor, that has space allotted for commercial development and a BRTS service, got delayed due to land acquisition and obtaining of permission from the National Highways Authority of India and the Southern Railway.

It has been 2.5 years since the project was started. The road work is expected to be completed by June 2013 and the interchanges (usually installed at road junctions with a grade separator and ramps to permit traffic on the highway to pass through the junction without cutting across any other traffic stream) will be ready by March 2014.

Work across railway tracks are being taken up at Nemilicheri and at Vandalur. “TNRDC will take up the works. We are paying the Southern Railway supervision and land usage charges,” the source said.

The road has eight vehicular underpasses, 18 pedestrian underpasses, three major bridges, three interchanges (at Vandalur, Nemilichery and Nazarathpet) and three flyovers, 100 box culverts and two minor bridges. So far, all vehicular, pedestrian underpasses and minor bridges have been completed.

A total of 25 lakh tonnes of aggregate and 60 lakh cubic metre of earth would be used in the ongoing green field project. The concessionaire will manage the road for a period of 17.5 years.

[venkatm]

Originally Posted by karkal

Rs. 66-crore fillip for road repair work in city[/URL]

This is another Thuqlaq decision. They should desilt and deepen all the lakes and channels rather than raising the road.

[karkal]

Originally Posted by venkatm

This is another Thuqlaq decision. They should desilt and deepen all the lakes and channels rather than raising the road.

Urban planning is very complex,there is no either or...we have to do both.

[karkal]

Illegal opening in expressway increases traffic congestion

CHENNAI: An illegal opening in the median on the Chennai Bypass seems to have defeated the purpose for which the expressway was laid. The 400-crore road, which connects Perungalathur near Tambaram with Madhavaram via Maduravoyal, was meant to decongest the city of transiting vehicles.

However, the unauthorised opening in the railings that make up the median near the Maduravoyal toll plaza has actually increased the congestion, say regular travellers. Just as one coming from Poonamallee High Road nears the toll plaza, one can see the opening in the railings. Everyday, there are huge traffic snarls as hundreds of motorists go through the opening, cut across the lane bringing vehicles from Tambaram and take a bylane to the Sri Ramachandra Medical College, St Thomas Mount, Chennai Trade Centre and Guindy. It helps them avoid the service roads. Before the opening on the expressway, part of the National Highway Development Project, was made in 2011, vehicles from Poonamalle High Road took the service road via Alpakkam to reach Mount Poonamalle High Road.

The opening changed all that. It also created confusion. The number of accidents on the crucial link road has increased, say commuters, as vehicles try to dart through the opening and enter the bylane before traffic in the opening direction reaches them. T K Pandian, a regular commuter, says "during peak hours, it takes at least 20 minutes to cover 200 meters to reach the toll plaza. This stretch has become like any other road and we still have to pay 40 as toll tax to use it." As per the rules, there cannot be an any intermittent entry or exit for vehicles along an expressway. State highways department officials said they were not aware of the opening.

[vinodhkumar]

Yes it is better to widen the existing Mappedu to Vengambakkam Road than acquire lands in Sadanandhapuram.The current plan will cause huge traffic at perungalathur which is already congested.Hope they will change their plan.

Originally Posted by tamilbala

^
Its saying the Road between Chennai Byepass & Tambaram Bridge(East & West), that is Irumbuliyur will be widened soon, thank god for this. This stretch is too accident prone.

I travelled yesterday through the Existing East Tambaram Byepass, i.e, Camp Rd, Bharath Engg College, Mappedu, Rathinamangalam, Cresent Engg College. This Road is fine & bump free fully.

This saves you from the Crawling Traffic from Camp Rd -MCC and the Perungalathur Traffic and saves atleast 20mins in your travel time.

The Road from Camp Rd-Mappedu will be good and Broad. The Mappedu - Rathinamangalam is a strict 2 lane road where you need to wait and go for every lorry that comes across. From RathMangal, the road is awesome ORR.

My question is WHY Need a new E.TBM Bypass by aquiring so much of land when the
existing Mapeddu - Rathinamangalam single lane road when made 4 lane, solves the problem.

This solves 2 major problem,
1. Need not travel into Perungalathur
2. No need to travel just outside Airforce's compound wall.
3. Save Sadhanantha puram village.

[kannan infratech]

Yesterday, I could reach the TN AP Border on NH5 from South Chennai within less than 1 hour, thanks to the Chennai Bye Pass.

Once I crossed the Porur Jn, it was a smooth sail. I joined the Bye Pass near SRMC.

The developments happening in North Chennai is amazing. If the ORR Phase II tender is finalised soon, then it will be another faster connectivity between South & Northern suburbs.