Work on Porur flyover resumes after futile wait

Construction was stalled to facilitate shifting of Metrowater lines at Moolakadai and Porur

Tired of waiting for Metrowater to shift water lines, the Highways Department has opted for ‘Plan B’ at Moolakadai and Porur flyovers.

Work on the two flyovers was stalled in order to facilitate the water supply agency to lay down pipelines before the two structures came up. But now, the department has decided to go ahead with construction after tweaking a few details.

Work will progress at Porur, and the water supply agency can lay new lines in future and close down the two existing ones running there.

“At Porur, we completed 90 per cent of land acquisition in January, and the rest by July. But we had to foreclose the contract and are now calling a fresh tender. There is enough space on either side of the flyover and if Metrowater wishes to shift the water lines from Chembarambakkam lake, they can do so without disturbing our work,” said a Highways Department official.

Work on the Rs. 35 crore facility began in March 2010 and only about 10 per cent of civil construction has been completed. The work had to be put on hold as the water lines had to be shifted. The four-lane flyover — 475 metres long and 17.2 metres wide — will help ease traffic at the junction of Mount Poonamallee Road and Arcot Salai. “We can divert traffic to either side of the flyover. We expect work to commence by end of next month,” the official said.

Source:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/work-on-flyovers-resumes-after-futile-wait/article3929749.ece

Land acquisition for Porur flyover project begins

The State Highways Department started its drive to acquire land at Porur junction on Monday July 12, 2011 to facilitate speedy construction of a flyover.

According to officials, 10 of the 63 buildings, mostly used for commercial purposes, were demolished on the Poonamallee and Karambakkam sides of the flyover on Monday. Once the demolition was completed this week, more space would be available to continue work on the project.

Of the total 8,900 sq.m. land required for the project, the demolition process has been sanctioned for structures on nearly 4,500 sq.m. of land. Acquisition of the remaining portion would be made once the issues pertaining to ownership of the lands classified as ‘gramanatham' are sorted out.

Officials said service lanes would be demarcated and the traffic would be diverted on Mount Poonamallee Road to enable construction of the nearly Rs.35 crore flyover, said an official. Of the total estimate, Rs.19 crore has been set aside for land acquisition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The delay in acquiring lands was cited to be one of the reasons for the delay in the project, which commenced in March last year. The daily traffic volume in the busy junction is estimated to be one lakh passenger car units. The officials are confident that they would be able to complete the project in a year.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2220632.ece

Land acquisition delays Porur flyover

The four-lane flyover will be 475 metre long and 17.2 metre wide and connect the traffic from Poonamallee to Guindy. Officials of the Highways Department said the work started in March 2010. Four piers and retaining wall for the ramp are under construction on the Poonamallee side.

The flyover was initially designed to have two columns with two-lane carriageway on either side. It was later decided to make it a single column facility with a four-lane carriageway to limit the disruption to the drinking water pipeline along the stretch.

Under the revised project plan, pipeline running to a distance of 100 metre only need to be shifted and a provision of nearly Rs.5 crore has been made towards this, the officials said.

A total of 8,000 sq.m. land is required for the project and once the sanction for the demolition process is given by the revenue authorities the flyover would be ready in 12-15 months.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2101991.ece

Accessing the Chennai Outer Ring Road from Gerugambakkam

Outer Ring Road (ORR )  is of length 62.3 km connects

1. Grand Southern Trunk Road - GST, NH45 ( Trichi Highway ) at Vandalur
2. Grand Western Trunk Road - GWT, NH4  ( Bangalore Highway) at Nazarathpet near Poonamalli
3. Chennai Tiruvallur High Road - CTH, NH 205  ( Tirupathi, Anantapur Highway )at Nemilichery near Pattabiram, Ambattur
4. Grand Northern Trunk Road – GNT, NH5 ( Calcutta Highway )  at Padayanallur
5. Tiruvottiyur Ponneri Panjetty -TPP road at Minjur 

The configuration of the alignment comprises of dual system of both road and rail corridor in a width of 72m. 
50 m. wide portion of land is reserved for future developments.

This road come closer to Madha Engineering College in Kundrathur. The construction of fly-over for the Sriperumpudur Road crossing this ORR, is going on. This is hardly 8 kms from Gerugambakkam. It will open up further access to major highway of Chennai, apart from the existing Chennai Bye-pass.

So from Porur we can access the Chennai Bye-Pass Road
From Kundrathur we can access the Chennai Outer Ring Road.

 

Source:
http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/outerringroad.html
http://www.gmrgroup.in/Highways/Chennai_Outer_Ring_Road.html

Construction of flyover ar Porur Junction begin

Construction of a flyover at the busy Porur junction will begin in a fortnight with the State Highways Department on Wednesday issuing the work order for the Rs.34.72-crore facility.

Officials of the department said the contract has been awarded to Siva Engineering, an Erode-based firm. Work on flyover, which would be 550 to 600 metres long, is expected to be completed by March next year.

The facility would come as a big relief to the residents of fast developing areas around Porur and Poonamallee. The heavy traffic flow at the Porur junction, especially from Arcot Road and Mount Poonamallee Road, often results in a pile-up. During rush hour, the wait for motorists to pass through the junction could be as much as an hour. The traffic volume at the junction is estimated to be nearly one lakh passenger car units.

Source: http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article100392.ece