Extended areas of city to get new grid system of roads

Chennai Corporation is set to issue the work order for
developing a grid system of roads in the extended areas of the city that
are lacking good road facilities.

Under grid-III of
the State-funded Integrated Grid Development programme, roads are
proposed to be laid in Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Ambattur,
Valasaravakkam, Alandur and Perungudi at a total cost of around Rs. 400
crore. In these road works, which are part of the mega city development
plan, other civic facilities including stormwater drain, cable duct,
stainless steel name boards and street lights, too will be integrated.

A
senior official of the civic body said that already works under grid-I
covering Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram, Ambattur, Valasaravakkam,
Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganallur had been completed at a cost of
Rs. 380 crore, and works under grid-II costing Rs. 350 crore had been
executed in all 15 zones. He added that Sholinganallur, part of the
Corporation, had been excluded from grid-III of the programme as Chennai
Metro Water Supply and the sewerage board was yet to complete the water
pipeline work there.

The civic official pointed out
that normally road work would involve relaying damaged roads, but this
programme involved a comprehensive system including provision for cable
ducts on one side, cable cross ducts and paved footpaths.

The
advantage of this system was that there would not be any need for road
cuts due to the provision for cable cross ducts, and the roads would
last longer, he added.