The Hindu 19.11.2011
CMDA sanctions Manjambakkam truck terminal
It will include weighbridge, service stations, petrol bunk, public convenience and restaurants
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA)
recently accorded administrative sanction for the Manjambakkam Truck
Parking Yard project on Inner Ring Road.
The truck parking yard, to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.22 crore, would take 18 months to be completed.
The
12-acre facility would accommodate over 400 trucks of various sizes and
is expected to reduce the number of accidents in the area because of
haphazard parking of trucks on the roadsides.
The
CMDA had earlier dropped the proposal to finance the development of the
truck parking yard by exploiting the commercial space.
Instead, it decided to finance the development of the yard with its own funds.
The
proposal to drop the earlier plan, of taking up the project under the
public-private partnership mode, followed the report of a study
commissioned by the CMDA. The CMDA decided to develop the facilities by
utilising internal funds on account of the reluctance of private
investors to invest in the prevailing market condition.
The
development would be undertaken without the commercial component as it
is the responsibility of the CMDA to plan for easing of traffic
congestion, an official said.
The development of the
parking yard with idle parking area would include facilities such as
weighbridge, service stations, petrol bunk, spare part shops for truck
repair, public convenience and restaurants.
The demand is expected to increase to 1,000 trucks after 10 years.
The objective of the project is to provide modern and functionally efficient truck parking yard.
The
project would also ease traffic congestion as the number of trucks
coming from other States has increased considerably, an official said.