MoRTH takes up six mega highway widening projects in TN

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
The Union transport ministry has taken up six projects for conversion from two to four lanes into six or eight lanes, besides the Salem-Chennai greenfield corridor project and the Chennai Port-Maduravoyal elevated corridor. The multi-crore projects are under various stages of implementation including preparation of DPRs. The letter of award has been issued to the contractor for six laning Karaipettai-Walajahpet section of old NH4, while bids have been received for six laning of Sriperumbudur-Karaipettai of old NH4. The six-laning of Chittoor-Thatchur section of NH-716B is taken up under Bharatmala Pariyojana where about 50-km long stretch falls in Tamil Nadu and the rest in Andhra Pradesh. The six laning of Madhavaram junction to Cholavaram junction of Chennai-Tada section of NH-5 is an elevated corridor for about 10-km to avoid large scale demolition of buildings, said official sources.

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