The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday passed an order directing to construct three new flyovers in Chennai to reduce traffic congestion. In the revised budget for 2021-22 presented in August last year, state Finance Minister P T R Palanivel Thiagarajan had announced that new flyovers would be constructed at three places in Chennai – at Ganesapuram subway, at the intersection of Konnur High Road-Strahans Road and at South Usman Road – at an estimated cost of Rs 335 crore.
The flyover to be constructed at Ganesapuram at Vyasarpadi, north Chennai on the top of the subway would be 680 metres in length and 15.2 metres wide. The four-lane structure will be erected at a cost of Rs 142 crore. The area is currently prone to traffic congestion and waterlogging.
