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SPRUCE-UP: Improvement works being carried out on Mount - Poonamallee Road by the Highways Department, in Chennai. CHENNAI: The visit of President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the Chennai Trade Centre to take part in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in January has prompted the State Highways Department to carry out major improvement works on this arterial road leading to the centre situated in Nandambakkam. Preliminary works have started as part of the improvement works on Mount - Poonamallee Road (State Highway No. 55). Officials of the State Highways Department said that the stretch of this arterial road from the Kathipara intersection till the Manapakkam bridge over the Adyar would be improved to a distance of 2.4 km. The stretch from Kathipara to St. Thomas Hospital, known as Butt Road, is narrow and officials said that it would be widened too, while the existing four-lane carriageway from here till Manapakkam would be converted as a six-lane highway. Elaborating further, the officials said that after widening, road shoulders would be strengthened, pavements provided and proper stormwater drains built. As part of the preliminary works, boundaries were identified and drains were being shifted. To widen the road, there was no necessity for land acquisition but encroachments to an extent of about 400 sq.m. on this stretch would be removed. While the cost of road widening work alone would be Rs. 4.25 crore, an additional Rs. 2.35 crore would be spent on constructing drains and pavements . A couple of high-mast lamps would also be installed and once completed, the entire stretch would receive a facelift, the officials said.
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