NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 16
The Centre and the Tamil Nadu Government have come together with a proposal to lay a 20.6-kilometre long double-layered elevated road in Chennai, connecting Madhuravoyal in the city with the Chennai Port.
A Memorandum of Understanding for the key expressway project has been signed between the State Government, the National Highway Authority of India, the Chennai Port Trust and the Indian Navy on Monday in Chennai.
சென்னை துறைமுகம் முதல் மதுரவாயல் வரையிலான இரண்டு அடுக்கு உயர்மட்ட சாலை அமைப்பதற்கான புரிந்துணர்வு ஒப்பந்தம் மாண்புமிகு தமிழ்நாடு முதலமைச்சர் திரு.மு.க.ஸ்டாலின் அவர்கள் முன்னிலையில் கையெழுத்தானது.#CMMKSTALIN | #TNDIPR |@CMOTamilnadu @mkstalin@mp_saminathan @evvelu pic.twitter.com/uzotNb8rep
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It was signed in the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways General VK Singh and the Flag Officer Commanding of the Indian Navy for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry area, Rear Admiral Puneet Chadha among others.
The major infrastructure project will have two decks and the topmost layer is meant for trucks to and from Madhuravoyal and the port while the lower deck will be for use for passenger vehicles. The lower layer will have ramps at key locations for vehicles to enter it and make an exit.
The project was envisaged as a single-layered elevated road, way back in 2010 with an estimated cost of about Rs 3,100 crore. Though the works began at that time, it remained stalled with the change of government in the state. Now, it is being revived as a double-deck expressway.
