Highways plans 8 new projects for Chennai

The state highways department has eight new projects for the city - including foot over-bridges and subways - on the drawing board.

The projects, worth around Rs 320 crore, are waiting approval from the government. "We are close to completing DPRs [detailed project reports] for these projects and expect to complete them in a month," an official in the metro wing of the department said.

Among the big projects awaiting government approval are a Rs 125-crore grade separator over the Medavakkam-Mambakkam junction, a Rs 30-crore bridge in Nolambur and a Rs 60-crore grade separator in Kilkattalai.

A detailed project report usually costs about 1% of the project. "The DPRs will have the final alignment, cost of the project and area of land that has to be acquired. The government will give us financial approval based on the DPRs, after which we will float tenders," the official said.

The department is also working on projects to deal with the large increase in traffic in the south of the city. A Rs 60-crore flyover on 200 Feet Road, connecting Pallavaram and Thoraipakkam, will complement the link road that connects ECR and OMR that the state highways department will lay. The 1.4km road will connect Neelankarai on East Coast Road and Thoraipakkam on Old Mahabalipuram Road.

"We expect the road to reduce traffic on the Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road by 30%," another highways official said. "But the road will still require a grade separator."

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