Metro Rail to build flyover, underpass
CHENNAI: As part of the Madhavaram-Sholinganallur Corridor 5 of the Chennai Metro Rail Limited’s phase II project, the CMRL will build a four-lane elevated flyover for 3.14 km between Mugalivakkam and Ramapuram on the Mount-Poonamallee Road. It will also construct a vehicular underpass (VUP) at the junction of Mount-Medavakkam Road and Inner Ring Road near Madipakkam.
The 3.14 km elevated flyover has been proposed to ease the congestion at busy junctions – Ramapuram, DLF and Mugalivakkam on the Mount-Poonamallee Road. On Tuesday, the State Highways Department sanctioned `45.49 crore to CMRL to build a VUP as part of the 47 km Madhvaram-Sholinganallur red line at the congested junction of Mount-Medavakkam Road and Inner Ring Road near Madipakkam. The land acquisition for the VUP will be completed by the State Highways Department, for which the government has allotted `36.25 crore.
