The Hindu 20.10.2010
Repair work begins on bus route roads
Staff Reporter
NEW LOOK: A portion of the Valluvar Kottam High Road repaired on Tuesday by Chennai Corporation.
CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation on Tuesday started repair works on 314 bus route roads across the city.
Though rough patches measuring 4.12 lakh sq m have been identified for the purpose, it proposes to complete the work on 1.44 lakh sq m before the onset of the northeast monsoon, which is a few days away. The remaining work would be undertaken if the weather is conducive or after the monsoon. The repair work on various roads of the 10 zones is estimated to cost Rs.11 crore and would be carried out only in the night.
Hot mix, from the Corporation's Central Asphalt Plant, was used to repair 1,700 sq m roads on the first day. Over 4,500 sq m of patches were repaired by contractors.
Many of the 1,660 patch works have been necessitated because of road cuts made by the utility service providers and the recent rains.
The roads where repair work started on Tuesday included Valluvar Kottam High Road, G.N.Chetty Road, Kodambakkam High road, Gandhi Irwin Road, Tiruvottiyur High road, Cemetery Road, Pallavan Road, Nelson Manickam Road, Barathi Salai, Sardar Patel Road, Gandhi Mandapam Road and DGS Dinakaran Road.
