CMRL floats tenders for rapid transit system in Madurai
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has set in motion the process for a mass rapid transit system (MRTS) in Madurai as the agency recently floated a tender to select a consultant for preparing a feasibility study. Prior to this, the state government had said that a feasibility study would be conducted and a report will be submitted for building a metro rail network in Madurai. The firm given the task to conduct the study has to submit the report in 120 days. It would involve identifying routes along which the modern transit network would be built and analyze the feasibility of establishing a metro rail network. According to tender documents, the consultant will have to examine available reports of previous studies, plans, CMP report and other related transportation scenarios of Madurai metropolitan region, collect primary transport network inventory data along with utilities within the project influence area. The consultant will also have to collect all secondary information like development plans, public transport routes and conduct a review of the current situation to establish the existing condition and capacity of the public transport system. The effort to build a mass transit system in Madurai comes at a time when the government has set a deadline for CMRL to complete the 118.9km phase-2 network in Chennai by December 2026.
