Greater Chennai Corporation will relay over 8,000 roads

16 Jan 2023 CW Team

Over 8,000 roads in various parts of the city will shortly be relayed by the Greater Chennai Corporation. Under Singara Chennai 2.0, the local government has invited for bids for 414 inner roads and 38 bus route roads. An official stated, “Evaluation is underway for the relaying of roads under Singara Chennai 2.0.” Following the rain, work was started on restoring the damaged roadways. Tenders for 705 additional inner roads in various areas of the city are due on January 31 in addition to the roads that will be covered by Singara Chennai 2.0. The officials stated that an evaluation of the state of another 634 roads had been completed and that they were awaiting a government order.

It is anticipated that a thorough project report for the construction of roads over 6,000 sections would be approved soon. Following the implementation of municipal projects by several agencies in 15 zones of the city, residents in some locations have voiced complaints about poor roadways. The city has 471 bus routes and more than 35,000 internal roadways. Due to significant infrastructure initiatives by various civic bodies, more than 1,700 kilometres of roads need to be repaved. After the water board and other authorities dug up the stretches, several residents in the extensions have voiced their complaints about the delay in restoring the roadways.

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