The Highways Department will soon call for expression of interest from consultants to prepare detailed project reports for four flyovers at important junctions in and around Chennai.
A Government Order was issued on Tuesday giving administrative sanction to use the Rs.5-crore revolving fund of Tamil Nadu Road Infrastructure Development Corporation for the purpose.
The four facilities are estimated to cost Rs.465 crore. The flyovers would come up at the junctions linking Market Road and Kundrathur Road in Pallavaram; Taramani Road and Tambaram-Velachery Road in Vijay Nagar, Velachery; Red Hills Road and Inner Ring Road at Retteri.
As regards the fourth facility on EVR Periyar Salai, from the intersection of Rajah Muthiah Road (Sydenhams Road) to Pulla Avenue, Shenoy Nagar, the consultant would be required to study and recommend whether an elevated corridor or a combination of flyovers would be suitable.
On completion, the proposed facility on the 5-km stretch of EVR Periyar Salai help the motorists avoid nine busy intersections, including those at the junctions of Gandhi Irwin Road, EVK Sampath Salai, Gengu Road and Taylors Road.
The Chennai Metro Rail Limited would also have to be consulted during the preparation of the DPR as its Corridor II (Chennai Central-St. Thomas Mount) would be implemented along the same stretch.
The four projects were among those recommended by the Comprehensive Traffic and Transport Study commissioned by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority.
The four facilities would form part of the first phase implementation of the recommendations, the officials said.
On an average, the junctions over which the projects would come up now witness a traffic volume of 15,000 to 20,000 passenger car units daily during rush hour.
The consultant would have to submit the report within four months.
The facilities would be constructed within two years, the officials added.
