The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has gave in-principle clearance for the layout and
preliminary design of the planned structure, bringing construction of the elevated corridor from
Teynampet to Saidapet on Anna Salai one step closer to reality.
The clearance was granted by CMRL, subject to a few restrictions, in a letter to the Divisional
Engineer (City Roads), Construction and Maintenance Wing of the Highways Department. This
was necessary because some of CMRL’s tunnels would be located underneath the corridor.
E.V. Velu, the minister of highways, had stated in the Legislative Assembly in April that the
corridor will be built to help relieve traffic on the road, which was utilised daily by over 2 lakh
motorists.
The four-lane, 3.2-km corridor would allow motorists to cross junctions at Eldams Road, SIET
College, Cenotaph Road, Nandanam, CIT Nagar Third and First Main Road and Todd Hunter
Nagar–Jones Road with ease.
