Roads resulting in railway station, temple and industrial space to be widened

The single-lane huge street that runs behind the Ennore Thermal Power Plant in Tiruvallur district will probably be widened to a two-lane huge facility to assist scale back site visitors on different roads within the surrounding areas.

Sources within the Highways Department stated that the 4.6 km lengthy street between Chepakkam (not Chepauk in Chennai) to Mouthambedu, close to Minjur, may very well be utilised in a greater method if it have been wider, since it’s in an industrial space. “It will come in useful throughout heavy site visitors when motorists might be diverted to it. It will also be utilized in instances of emergency. Local automobiles will even be capable of drive safely.”

The work, which incorporates widening of present culverts to permit free move of water in streams, will price Rs. 10.50 crore and will probably be taken up together with the widening of the Chinna Kavanam to Perumbedu Road and Athipattu Railway Station Road.

The Chinna Kavanam to Perumbedu Road, which takes off 600 mts from the railway underpass, is 8 km in size. Of this, 2.8 km of street is being widened from the current 5.5 mts to 7 mts at a price of ₹3.21 crore. “The Balasubramaniaswamy Temple at Perumbedu attracts quite a lot of crowds on Tuesdays, Saturdays and festivals and this widening will support devotees to the temple,” stated a Highways official.

With the third work, the Athipattu Railway Station Road will develop into 5.5 mt huge for a size of 1.6 km from its current 3.75 km. The mission is estimated to price Rs. 1.67 crore. Tenders have been referred to as for widening these services and fundamental work together with marking and grubbing is anticipated to start by December .