Monday, January 16, 2012

Four road links key to second master plan

C Shivakumar
Chennai:
The strategic transportation network to be developed as part of implementation of the Second Master Plan for Chennai Metropolitan Area has four major missing road links and works on these missing links will be prioritized under the 12th five-year plan, sources said.

The missing links include Link Road connecting MMRD Scheme road at Old Mahabalipuram Road to East Coast Road, Outer Ring Road southern segement, Link Road connecting National Highway Byepass and Inner Ring Road northern segement and Link Road connecting outer ring road at Vandalur and Marmalong Bridge-Irumbuliyur Road (MBI Road) at Rajakilpakkam (Tambaram Byepass Road).

Sources said it is proposed to develop the four-lane Link Road connecting MMRD Scheme Road at OMR to ECR for a length of 1.5 km and to a width of 30.5 metre with the aim to improve the road connectivity between Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR) and the East Coast Road.

Similarly, it is proposed to develop the six-lane road of Outer ring Road southern segment for a length of 4km and to a width of 61 metres with the aim to improve the connectivity between Marmalong Bridge-Irumbuliyur Road (MBI Road) and the Old Mahabalipuram Road.

The Link Road connecting national Highway Byepass and Inner Ring Road northern segment will have a six-lane road for a length of 4km and to a width of 61 metre to improve the road connectivity between National highway Byepass-GNT Road and Inner Ring Road – Northern Segment.

Meanwhile, there is also a proposal to develop Link Road connecting the Outer Ring Road at Vandalur and the MBI Road at Rajakilpakkam (Tambaram Byepass Road) into a six lane road for alength of 10 km and a width of 45 metres with the aim to improve the road connectivity between GST road and MBI Road, sources added.

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