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New road along north Buckingham canal soon

Monday, 07 October 2013 04:32 administrator
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The Hindu              07.10.2013

New road along north Buckingham canal soon

faster route to cityA mud track has already been laid on one side of the canal’s bank —Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam
faster route to cityA mud track has already been laid on one side of the canal’s bank —Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam

In a few months, residents of north Chennai travelling to the city will have an alternative to heavily-congested roads.

The water resources department (WRD) will soon lay a road along north Buckingham canal for a distance of nearly 12 km.

The new road will offer motorists some relief from travelling on Manali expressway, Ennore High Road and Tondiarpet High Road that are frequented by heavy vehicles.

The road will be laid as part of improvement works taken up under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.

Tenders for the project will be floated soon and work will begin by year-end.

'Officials of WRD said the road would be used as an inspection track and also to transport heavy equipment for cleaning the canal.

A mud track has already been laid on one side of the canal’s bank.

The north Buckingham canal runs for a distance of 17.3 km from Central railway station and confluences at Ennore creek.

The new road will come up between Bharathi Nagar and Korukkupet, and Nehru Nagar and IOC, for nearly 1.5 km each, and between Kargil Nagar, Tiruvottiyur and Ennore for nearly 9 km.

Blacktopped

It will be blacktopped up to a width of 3.7 metres and there will be two-metre-wide gravel topping on either side of the road to protect the retaining wall and the canal’s bank.

“The road, which will be 7.7 metres wide, will also prevent the canal from being encroached further. Residents of localities such as Kodungaiyur and Korukkupet can use the road to reach the city faster and without much hassle,” said an official.

Work will be completed by February next year.

 

Roads to be relaid with better concrete

Monday, 07 October 2013 04:21 administrator
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The Hindu              07.10.2013

Roads to be relaid with better concrete

Staff Reporter

M95 grade of concrete to be used to re-lay Anna Salai link road; Traffic will be permitted on the road after 24 hours

The Chennai Corporation is planning to use a higher grade of concrete to combat the problem of traffic restrictions on newly-laid roads.

On Monday, the Corporation will use M95 grade of concrete to re-lay Anna Salai link road in Nandanam. Traffic will be permitted on the road 24 hours after the process of white-topping is completed. The earlier initiative of white-topping Velachery Main Road with the M40 grade of concrete resulted in a traffic diversion for 28 days.

The work on Monday will involve a few masons, a transit mixer to lay a 150-mm-thick, ultra-thin white topping and 20 per cent more funds. The road will be in use for 35 years. The work is part of a series of efforts taken to implement alternative technology. Last year, the Corporation initiated a pilot project to lay cement concrete over black tar roads, and chose Velachery Main Road to experiment with the technology.

While the tar surface of a road can be damaged during monsoons, the layer of white cement topping will help keep the road intact. The new surface, which is expected to reflect more light, may also reduce the demand for power to illuminate roads. The civic body has already identified 1,125 interior roads for topping with concrete by March next year.

 

Link road project likely to get delayed

Monday, 23 September 2013 04:33 administrator
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The Hindu               23.09.2013 

Link road project likely to get delayed

IN LIMBO:The 80-feet thoroughfare that promises utility as a vital link road in the Corporation limits of Erode.— PHOTO: M. GOVARTHAN
IN LIMBO:The 80-feet thoroughfare that promises utility as a vital link road in the Corporation limits of Erode.— PHOTO: M. GOVARTHAN

The Erode Corporation is looking forward to initiating the much-awaited project linking Brough Road with the Railway Station at the earliest. But the laying of the link road is likely to get delayed as a private institution, on the premises of which the proposed road will pass through, has obtained a stay order against the Local Planning Authority.

This is the second time the private institution has obtained the stay order against the Local Planning Authority, after the first stay order was vacated earlier.

Thus, land acquisition for laying this link road that will substantially ease the traffic congestion along EVN and Gandhiji roads is yet to begin. The land proposed to be acquired in the private institution accounts for one-third of the overall distance from Brough Road to the railway station. Since, the existing roads within the town are not broad enough in proportion to the traffic density, the Corporation is keen on connecting the 80-feet road in Periyar Nagar with the Brough Road. A bridge across Perumpallam Odai will complete the link.

The Local Planning Authority will have to get the second stay order obtained by the private institution vacated. In the meantime, the civic body will be required to carry out acquisition on the other end of the 80-feet road, where a link has to be established with the railway station.

However, the Corporation authorities surmise that implementing the project is only a matter of time.

“We are hopeful of initiating the work soon,” said K. Arumugam, Executive Engineer.

 
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