GCC to level uneven road edges with concrete on 18 stretches at ₹3.16 cr.

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) plans to widen 18 roads borderline to edge, by filling the gaps betwixt carriageways and pavements with cement concrete, astatine an estimated outgo of ₹3.16 crore, a GCC authoritative said.

On stretches with dense conveyance movement, particulate from unpaved gaps on the edges of the roads is simply a pressing problem. This task attempts to code this peculiar issue, said an authoritative of the civic body.

The works are expected to beryllium completed successful 2 months. A tender has been floated and enactment orders volition soon beryllium handed out, according to the GCC.

The enactment would beryllium taken up nether 11 packages, and would screen a full of 18 roads successful Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Ambattur, Anna Nagar, Teynampet, Kodambakkam, Valasaravakkam, and Perungudi.

Roads identified see Tiruvottiyur High Road, North Wall Road, Peddu Street and Hunters Road successful North Chennai; Padi Kuppam Main Road, Anna Nagar 2nd, 3rd and 4th Avenues, St. Mary’s Road, and South Canal Bank Road, C.P. Ramasamy Road, P.V. Rajamannar Salai (partly), Ashok Nagar 4th Avenue, West Jones Road, Ramapuram Main Road, Reddy Street, Kamarajar Salai and CSIR Road.

The task progressive extending the roadworthy aboveground uniformly from 1 extremity to the other, truthful that the carriageway ends precisely wherever the pavement begins, an authoritative of the Bus Route Roads Department of the GCC said.

The authoritative added that the gaps connected the roads developed owed to inferior works specified arsenic laying of storm-water drains and underground pipelines. These cannot beryllium addressed portion the enactment is successful progress.

These gaps person present been projected to beryllium filled with cement factual to make a continuous surface, helium said. The works would beryllium carried retired connected some bituminous and cement factual roads.

The hold could not beryllium carried retired successful places wherever the storm-water drains (SWDs) oregon different civic infrastructure were being built, the authoritative said.

Regarding structures specified arsenic silt drawback pits and gutters connected roadsides, which assistance h2o travel into the SWDs, the authoritative said existing structures would beryllium retained oregon integrated into the finished aboveground with due openings to guarantee creaseless travel without obstruction.