In order to provide hassle free travelling facilities to the milling masses of the city, Chennai Metro Rail Limited under the Phase 2 of the project will link some of the major IT parks on Old Mahabalipuram Road and Manapakkam with the rest of the city through metro stations. The phase will cover a distance of 108.4km with 104 stations across three corridors and that the construction for the phase will begin very shortly and is expected to be ready in 10 years. This will take many four-wheelers and two-wheelers off the roads and reduce the road traffic to a great extent. It will include 20-km stretch of the IT corridor along Rajiv Gandhi Salai or Old Mahabalipuram Road, which will be connected through 22 elevated metro stations from Tidel Park all the way up to SIPCOT in Siruseri. The elevated line will be part of the 46.1-km corridor three of the phase which will connect the IT corridor with far-flung areas of North Chennai up to Madhavaram Milk Colony.
