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Land Acquisition Begins For Second Phase Of CPRR Project

Land acquisition has begun for the second phase of the Chennai Peripheral Ring Road (CPRR) following completion of the first phase. The CPRR is a 133.64 kilometre greenfield, access-controlled six-lane corridor being implemented at an estimated project cost of Rs 179.58 bn. The highways department is advancing the outer bypass to improve through movement around the city. The corridor is designed to allow travel at 120 kilometre per hour and to link the Chennai?Tiruchi national highway, Chennai?Bengaluru expressway, Chennai?Kolkata highway, Chennai?Tirupati national highway and the East Coast R..

NHAI Green Highways Awards Warangal And Amaravati Win Top Prizes

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) presented Green Highways Excellence Awards recognising best practices in roadside plantation. The Warangal project implementation unit (PIU) of the Hyderabad regional office (RO) secured the first place for median plantation while the Amaravati PIU of the Vijayawada RO took the first prize for avenue plantation. The Nagpur PIU was awarded the first prize for plantation in land parcels. Nominations were invited through an online portal and shortlisted entries were evaluated to select the winners. The evaluation relied on a 100-mark criterion that ..

Chennai Bypass To Get New Access Points And Barrier-free Tolling

Motorists along the Chennai bypass will get new entry and exit points at Tiruneermalai and Kallikuppam and barrier-free tolling at Tiruneermalai and Athipattu-Menambedu, in a revamp by the National Highways Authority of India. NHAI has issued a work order for the Tiruneermalai access to provide seamless connectivity to the Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ), the airport and southern parts of the city. The changes aim to ease congestion on the busy corridor and improve traffic flow. An additional access at Kallikuppam near Menambedu is intended to improve connectivity from Ambattur to areas n..