Chennai Bypass/IRR/ORR & Road Construction Update

[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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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

[TechCity]

• Govt planned to convert Poonamallee Highway in to 4 lane.(from Byepass Road Intersection to Coyembedu 100 ft Intersection)
• They started the activity 1 and half years before and planned to finish it off within this june.
• But project is moving in snail's pace.So it is not possible to finish the project within the end of this year also.

[TechCity]

http://www.tnhighways.org/gallery.htm

[TechCity]

source:http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/30/stor...3059680300.htm

CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation on Thursday removed encroachments on South Mada Street and 1st Seaward Road, which lead to Valmiki Nagar, as part of its efforts to ease vehicular movement in residential areas of Thiruvanmiyur.

A total of 80 staff of the civic body, three earth-movers and five lorries were pressed into service to remove encroachments by 35 houses and 15 commercial establishments. Police protection was provided for the operation and traffic on the stretches was blocked for sometime.

South Mada Street is 80 feet wide on one end connecting to East Coast Road and 52 feet on the other end that leads to Valmiki Nagar. The houses and shops encroached upon about 4 to 5 feet of the road, which is lined with trees.

Road-widening work at an estimated cost of Rs.20 lakh would be taken up and completed within 15 days.

Zonal Officer M. Sampath said a survey on the encroachments on another stretch in Thiruvanmiyur, East Mada Street, was in progress.

The decision to widen the roads was taken nearly three months ago, he added.

Corporation officials said that there was a proposal to construct a subway-cum-flyover at the Jayanthi Theatre junction and at the time of the construction these roads would be utilised to divert traffic.

[TechCity]

source:http://dkn.dinakaran.co.in/showxml.a...376&code=17441
http://dkn.dinakaran.co.in/showxml.a...376&code=17431


Road Milling Machine:It will pull existing road surface,so when new road laid it wont increase height of the road.

This machine is going to be used in Chennai corporation.

[PlaneMad]

finally, someone's had a dose of brains

[TechCity]

Chennai: The muchawaited expansion of the 21-km long stretch of the Madras-Tirupati high (MTH) road from Padi junction to Thiruninravur is facing hurdles with a trader’s body, Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangankalin Peravai, opposing it.
While the National Highways Authority of India has decided to widen the MTH road (national highway 205) as a 200-feet road, the traders argue that 75 feet is enough for the road expansion and a wider road would displace the small trading community here.
The traders’ forum formed a 15-member committee last week to take up the issue with the authorities concerned in the state and central governments. It also cautioned that it would go on an agitation if the authorities tried to relocate them.
Speaking to the Times of India, TN Vanigar Sangankalin Peravai president T Vellaiyan said, “We are not opposing the project as such, but only insist that it should be reasonable. Even the width of the Inner Ring Road where the Koyambedu Bus Terminus is situated is only 100 ft. If that is the case, we don’t understand why they need a 200 ft road here. The government should realise that widening of this road would affect thousands of small traders.’’
Traders won’t raise any objection even if it was 90 ft but anything more than that would invite severe protest, Vellaiyan added.
However, sources in the NHAI said they need a minimum of 150 ft for road expansion. “As per the NHAI rules, the road should have a width of 200 ft. However, we told the state government if they could not provide us 200 ft, we would require at least 150 ft.’’ They said it was estimated that more than 3,500 structures on both sides of the road would be demolished whether it is 150 ft or 200 ft expansion.
“As of now, the state government is examining the project. We have given four proposals to the government including construction of an elevated highway on MTH Road. We hope things will become clear in a month or two,’’ NHAI sources said.
Another controversy likely to arise is from the people themselves, with the NHAI’s proposal to lay this road under Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) scheme, if the government does not come forward to fund the project.
Sources said that under the BOT scheme, a private firm will build the road and collect toll from road users.
Vehicles except twowheelers and autorickshaws have to pay the specified toll to use the road.

source:http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily...&login=default

[TechCity]

Govt is having any plan for widening the Kodambakkam-Arcot Road?
Is there any way to improve this road?How come they left out this road?
I guess other important roads in chennai are some what managable.

[vinothvasagar]

Originally Posted by TechCity

Govt is having any plan for widening the Kodambakkam-Arcot Road?
Is there any way to improve this road?How come they left out this road?
I guess other important roads in chennai are some what managable.

Arcot road can be considered the total face of Traffic Congestion... I don't think any govt will dare to touch it as it would lead to more chaos rather than improving it..
we can introduce "Magic Boxes"... like what they do in Bangalore for Traffic junctions... which is placing precasted bridges.. supposed to take not more than a couple of weeks (but actually it takes more than a month to complete the installation in Bangalore)... Or the other way is to bypass it like many vehicles do by using the IRR, Kathipara and GST..

[dis.agree]

Originally Posted by TechCity

Govt is having any plan for widening the Kodambakkam-Arcot Road?
Is there any way to improve this road?How come they left out this road?
I guess other important roads in chennai are some what managable.

as per new master plan, arcot road was to become a 100 ft road. you would see all new projects putting up their compound walls well inside.

[TechCity]

Originally Posted by dis.agree

as per new master plan, arcot road was to become a 100 ft road. you would see all new projects putting up their compound walls well inside.

From this link http://www.hindu.com/2004/07/21/stor...2110250300.htm,I came to know,Arcot road was origionally 100 ft road.

The 100-feet Arcot Road, which is closer to 80 feet near Vadapalani, narrows down to 40 feet near Virugambakkam market before once again widening near Porur. Of course, the `100-feet road' tag does not fit the bill anywhere.

If it is due to encroachments,govt would have removed it long before.

[TechCity]

I prepared this list from our earlier postings.Any one knows the current status please update.

1. Bypass Road Phase II (4 lanning )- Under Construction
2. Inner Ring Road (Velachery to GST) - Under Construction
3. Sholinganallur road 4 lanning to connect East Coast Road and Old Mamallapuram Road - Under Construction
4. Poonamallee Highway 4 lanning from Byepass Road Intersection to Coyembedu 100 ft Intersection - Under Construction
   
5. Light House to Theosophical society along the Adyar estuary (3.3kms) - proposed
6. Theosophical Society to Ramapuram along the Adyar banks (11.8kms)- proposed
7. Mount-Poonamalee elevated corridor (from Ramapuram to Porur) (4.0kms)- proposed
8. Koyambedu Elevated Corridor (along IRR between the Adyar and Cooum rivers) (6.6kms)- proposed
9. Cooum/Buckingham Canal junction to Ennore along Buckingham Canal(17.5kms)- proposed
10. Cooum/Buckingham Canal junction to IT expressway along Buckingham Canal(10.7kms)- proposed
11. Nungambakkam to Saidapet along Mambalam Canal (joining corridor 2 above). (5.6kms)- proposed
12. Elevated corridor along War Memorial to Maduravoyal along Cooum river (18.5kms) - Proposed
13. Outer Ring Road - Proposed
14. Thiruninravur and Padi Road 4 lanning - Proposed
15. Thiruninravur and Pattabiram. Road 4 lanning- Proposed
16. East Coast Road extending between Chennai & Cuddalore of length 159 km - Proposed
17. East Coast Road 4 lanning - Proposed
18. Widening of Singaperumalkoil – Sriperumpudur road (SH-57) (24.60 Km) to six lane with central median (Four laning in phase-I) - Proposed
19. Widening of Vandalur – Wallajabad road (SH-48) (33.60 Km) to four lane - Proposed
20. Forming a Bye pass for Ponthur Village in Singaperumalkoil – Sriperumbudur Road - Proposed
21. Forming Service road for 3 km on each side of the junction at Oragadam - Proposed

[Rasnaboy]

Very good compilation Techcity!

[barrykul]

Four-lane East Coast Road under study

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC) has been entrusted with the task of taking up a techno-feasibility study besides geometric corrections on the East Coast Road to covert it into a four-lane road from the existing two-lane main carriageway.

“The Tamil Nadu government is keen on widening the main carriage of the ECR to help de-congest the increasing road traffic flowing on this stretch, as many theme parks and boating yard facilities are located on this entertainment corridor,” a senior official of the TNRDC told The Hindu on Monday.

The official said the TNRDC authorities, especially those connected with the road traffic management, would meet software companies located on the IT corridor next week to work together and sort out matters relating to traffic problems.

Referring to the proposed 10-lane toll plaza at Perungudi on the IT corridor, the official said apart from this primary toll plaza, the TNRDC authorities would be constructing satellite toll plazas at Thorapakkam, the Sholinganallur-Medavakkam junction, the ECR link road to Sholinganallur and Siruseri.

The toll for one-way travel for three-wheelers, including autorickshaws, from Perungudi to Siruseri has been fixed at Rs.6, for four-wheelers it is Rs.17; buses including those operated by the State Road Transport Corporation will be charged Rs.44 and trucks Rs.66.

The official said that 12 more foot overbridges (FOBs) would come up on the 20.1-km IT corridor six-lane main carriage way.

Already, there are three FOBs between Madhya Kailash Temple to the SRP Tools Road junction. The IT corridor was currently handling 40,000 vehicles a day.