The Tamil Nadu government has set the ball rolling for the second greenfield airport proposed near Chennai, by issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to appoint a consultant for preparing a draft report and identify three potential sites near the city for the project, which was mooted seven years ago.
Former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, while releasing the Tamil Nadu’s vision 2023 document in 2012, said that nearly Rs. 20,000 crore will be invested in the greenfield project to handle annually around 40 million passengers. The second airport then was proposed in the auto cluster of Sriperumbudur, about 40 km west of Chennai, spanning 4,800 acres. The feasibility report is with the State government.
