GCC to expedite work on flyovers as Revenue officials complete land acquisition

Chennai Corporation has expedited enactment connected construction of bridges and flyovers successful assorted parts of the metropolis arsenic the Revenue Department has completed onshore acquisition successful projects delayed for galore months.

Chennai District Administration has completed work connected backstage negotiation for 29 onshore parcels for the operation of the Ganesapuram flyover. Land acquisition of 9 much parcels is successful the precocious stages. The structures volition beryllium demolished shortly. 

As the task has been expedited by the GCC and the Railways, enactment connected Ganesapuram flyover is expected to beryllium completed successful July 2026, aft a hold of six months, owing to issues successful onshore acquisition and challenges successful shifting of utilities. 

Once the enactment connected Ganesapuram flyover is completed, traffic connectivity successful northbound Chennai areas specified arsenic Perambur, Purasawalkam, Erukkencherry, Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar and Pulianthope is expected to improve, officials said. 

GCC officials said the enactment connected operation of the work roadworthy and attack roadworthy volition statesman shortly. “Over 65% of the 4 lane flyover successful Ganesapuram has been completed. The pedestrians volition usage the subway portion the flyover volition not person footpaths,” said an official. Work connected 59-metre of the railway information of the flyover is expected to beryllium taken up by the GCC with the concurrence of the Railways. The flyover measures 678 metre successful length. The task is estimated astatine ₹226 crore. 

The flyover successful Level Crossing 2B successful northbound Chennai volition beryllium inaugurated by January 20. The task is expected to easiness postulation congestion successful Kodungaiyur and Korukkupet. “We volition motorboat the construction of different flyover crossed LC 2A during the inauguration of the flyover crossed LC 2B. The tender for flyover crossed LC 2 is expected to beryllium floated in 2 weeks. Velachery flyover enactment volition commencement in two weeks. Chinna Nolambur span crossed the Cooum volition beryllium opened successful the first week of February. The onshore acquisition has been completed,” said an official.