The Hindu 19.10.2010
Gengu Road subway to be ready in January
Staff Reporter
CHENNAI: The ongoing work to repair and beautify the vehicular subway on Gengu Road in Chetpet will be completed in January.
After reviewing the work on Monday, Mayor M.Subramanian said it is one of the five subways and bridges that are being refurbished by the Corporation at a total cost of Rs.3.65 crore. The facility on Gengu Road, which serves as a vital link between Poonamallee High Road and Egmore, is over two decades old.
The repair and beautification works, at a cost of Rs.21.22 lakh, in the subway include relaying of the concrete road and footpath and replacement of the hand railings. The walls of 360-metre-long subway would have paintings depicting the culture and tradition of Tamils, he said.
The other facilities being strengthened are the subway near Communicable Diseases Hospital, Tondiarpet, Thiru.Vi.Ka Bridge in Adyar, Vaidyanathan Bridge in Tondiarpet and Stanley Flyover opposite the Central railway station. A total of seven bridges and subways across the city, including the subway on Nelson Manickam Road and the bridge on Gandhi Irwin Road have been renovated and beautified at a cost of Rs.2.28 crore, he said.
