The Hindu 26.11.2010
CMDA’s first multilevel parking facility planned in T. Nagar bus stand
Aloysius Xavier Lopez
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It will be a joint venture with MTC; project will be executed in 18 |
— Photo: S.S. Kumar
The T. Nagar bus terminus, where the multilevel parking facility will be
established.
CHENNAI: The first multilevel vehicle parking facility of the Chennai
Metropolitan Development Authority in joint venture with Metropolitan
Transport Corporation will come up in T.Nagar bus terminus.
The decision was taken at a meeting organised by the CMDA with the
Transport Department here on Thursday. This is part of the CMDA’s
initiative of setting up multilevel vehicle parking facilities in joint
venture with various land-owning government departments.
The CMDA would opt for the model proposed by the report of Mecon
Limited, a Government of India enterprise, which was hired to prepare a
feasibility report for developing multilevel car parking complexes at
six locations a few years ago.
“This will be a revenue-sharing model to mitigate the problems of
parking. All have fallen in place after four years,” CMDA Chairperson
Susan Mathew told The Hindu.
The total area of the terminus is around 1.5 acre.
The facility would be developed by the CMDA without disturbing the
bus terminus. The four floors of parking space would house 472 cars and
have four elevators for lifting the vehicles. A one-way ramp would also
be provided for use during mechanical failure of elevators or during
power failure.
The total area of the parking lot would be 17,320 sq m – 4,330 sq m
per floor. The parking lot design is subject to changes if the update
proposed by the CMDA finds any major modifications in the traffic volume
in the T.Nagar area.
The project would be executed in 18 months after the pre-contract work is completed in six months.