NHAI to begin work on elevated highway in Chennai Port

11 Aug 2022 CW Team

According to National Highway Authority of India sources, work on the 20.6 km double-decker elevated highway between Chennai Port and Maduravoyal, which will cost Rs 58.55 billion, is expected to begin in December or January.

Tenders were issued last month for the construction of a two-tiered, four-lane elevated corridor from Port to Maduravoyal as part of Prime Minister Gati Shakti's programme. The elevated corridor will be built in four sections. The 12 km section of the 20.6 km corridor will be double-decked. While the project is expected to take 24 to 36 months to complete, the priority is to obtain land belonging to the Indian Navy by constructing separate quarters for them on army land in Saidapet.

The project, which was inaugurated by two Prime Ministers, was initially suspended in 2012 due to a row between the Water Resources Department (WRD) and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) during the regime of then CM J Jayalalitha. In 2015, Nitin Gandkari, then Union Shipping Minister, wanted to break the deadlock and was working on an out-of-court settlement since 2016.

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