HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT

Projects Wing undertakes construction of ROB /RUB, reconstruction of Bridges and formation / improvement of roads under the following schemes:

• Construction of ROB’s / RUB’s under Railway works programme

• Construction of Bridges in Cauvery Delta areas with NABARD assistance.

• Formation of Radial / Ring roads for important towns.

• Construction of River bridges/ ROB under Tiruppur town improvement scheme.

• Construction of River Bridges with HUDCO loan assistance.

• Construction of Bridges under CMDP scheme(Chennai Metropolitan Development Project)

• Construction of Fly over at Tirunelveli town near chellapandian statue

• Formation and improvements of roads leading to Sugar Mills are being entrusted with Cess Fund from the commissioner of Sugars.

Construction of ROB’s / RUB’s under Railway works programme :

The Construction of ROBs/RUBs in lieu of existing level crossings on Government Roads are undertaken on priority when Train Vehicle Units (TVUs) exceeds 1.00 Lakh per day. The State Government and Ministry of Railways share the cost of the construction of ROBs/RUBs including approach and service road equally.

During the 6 years from 1999 to 2005, 47 ROB/RUB Works were sanctioned under RWP.

• Upto 2006, 9 Bridges of value  Rs. 119.80 crores have been completed.

• After 2006, 19 bridges of value Rs. 234.35 crores have been completed.

• Out of Balance 19 works, 15 works are under progress and estimates for 4 bridges are being prepared.

From 2006 to 2009, Construction of 90 ROB/ RUB have been sanctioned under RWP.

• During the year 2006-2007, 25 bridge works of value Rs. 409.65 crores have been sanctioned. Out of these, 2 works are in progress and Detailed Project Reports prepared by the consultants are being proof checked by the Highways Department for the balance works and tender will be called for shortly.

• During the year 2007-2008, 42 bridge works of value Rs. 876.70 crores have been sanctioned, for which Detailed Project Reports are being prepared by the consultants.

• During the year 2008-2009, 23 bridge works of value Rs.560.94 crores have been sanctioned. Out of these, 18 works are in investigation/ preparation of General Arrangement Drawing stage. 4 works are going to be executed by the National Highways Wing and 1 work is to be taken up by the Chennai Corporation.

A budget provision of Rs.442.51 crores has been made for the year 2009-2010 for the above projects.

Construction of Roads/ River Bridges in Cauvery Delta areas with NABARD assistance:

• Under this Scheme, the Government have accorded Rs. 204.73 crores for construction of 55 River Bridges, 4 Major Bridges and improvement of 139 Sugarcane Roads for a length of 417 km. Out of these 43 River Bridges,137 roads of length 410 km have been completed. 2 Bridge Works and 1 Road Work have been deleted. An expenditure of Rs.5.00 Crores has been incurred in the year 2008-2009.
  In the year 2009-2010, action is being taken to complete 1 Road Work and 6 Bridge Works. For the balance 4 bridge works, tender will be floated to start execution in the current year.

• Construction of Major Bridges across Major Rivers :
  It is proposed to construct 4 Major Bridges across important Rivers at a cost of Rs.121.50 Crores with NABARD loan assistance.

For the above works, the NABARD has sanctioned loan assistance for Project cost of Rs.126.24 Crores. The work of Construction of a high level bridge between Vangal of Karur District and Mohanur of Namakkal District across Cauvery River, is in progress. The other works will be taken up on sanction of detailed estimate and tenders will be floated to execute the works in the current year.
Under this Scheme, an amount of Rs.38.86 Crores has been earmarked for the year 2009-2010.
 

Formation of Radial / Ring roads for important towns

The Government have decided to form either Bypasses or Ring Road around important towns where intensity of traffic is very high.

Inner Ring Road in Chennai City:

To ease the traffic congestion in Southern Part of Chennai City, the Government have accorded sanction for the formation of Southern Sector of Inner Ring Road-Road branching from NH 45 at Km 14/1 to join at Km 13/4 of Old Mahabalipuram Road for a length of 9.4 KM of which 4.40 KM was completed in the First Phase.

In the Second Phase, the formation of road to length of 5 KM is in progress. In this stretch, the other Works will be completed in the current year except the work of Construction of bridge across Adambakkam Lake for which tender will be called for and work will be started during this year.

During 2008-2009, an expenditure of Rs.13.65 crores has been made for this work.

In this Project, a token amount of Rs.37,000 has been earmarked in the current year. Allocation of additional fund will be availed depending upon the progress of works.

Madurai Radial Road ( II phase):

The Government have accorded sanction for formation of Radial Road in Madurai City under CRIDP in Phase II for 14 Road Works to length of 123.20 KM at a cost of Rs.70.60 Crores. In this Project, formation of 11 roads to a length of 120.00 km has been completed in the year 2008-2009 with an expenditure of Rs.43.60 Crores. The balance 3 road works will be completed by September 2009.

An amount of Rs.3.00 Crores has been earmarked in the year 2009-2010 for this Project.

Erode Outer Ring road :

In order to mitigate the traffic congestion and thereby to ease and have trouble free traffic in Erode Town, the Government have accorded sanction for Rs.22.00 Crores as first phase towards land acquisition for formation of road from Kokkarayanpettai to Thindal to a length of 14.20 km and Rs.35.00 Lakhs for the preparation of Detailed Project Report through Consultants. Now, it is proposed to form the road from Kokkarayanpettai to Karur junction for a length of 2.20 km for Rs.4.00 Crores and High level Bridge across Cauvery river for Rs.10.00 Crores.

Construction of River bridges/ ROB under Tiruppur town improvement scheme.

To ease the heavy traffic congestion in Tiruppur Town and surrounding areas, the Government have accorded sanction for the improvement of road infrastructure by formation of Ring Road involving a total length of 98.60 KM, 2 Railway Over Bridges and 6 River Bridges at a cost of Rs.70.00 Crores. In this Scheme, all Road Works are being executed by the Regular Wing of Highways Department.

Out of 6 River Bridge Works entrusted to Projects Wing, 1 Bridge Work has been completed. All efforts are being taken to complete the remaining 5 Bridge Works in the current year.

As regard to 2 Road Over Bridges, the preparation of Detailed Project Report for Chikkanna college ROB is in progress and Coolipalayam ROB work is deleted in this scheme since it is taken up under Railway works programme for which DPR is under preparation.

Allocation of fund is being availed for these works under CRIDP scheme.

Construction of River Bridges with HUDCO loan assistance:

Under this Scheme, the Government have accorded sanction for construction of 61 River Bridges at a cost of Rs.60.00 Crores. Out of these Bridges, 52 Bridges have been completed and two works were deleted. Out of balance 7 bridges , 2 Bridge works will be competed in the current year and the action will be taken to float the tenders for the balance 5 Bridge works so as to execute the works early.

A provision of Rs.12.21 Crores has been made in the year 2009-2010 for the works under this Project.

Construction of Bridges under CMDP scheme(Chennai Metropolitan Development Project)

Under CMDP scheme, the works of Marmalong bridge Irumbuliyur road (MBI) grade separator and Vyasarpadi ROB are being carried out by the project wing and other works are carried out by the Chief Engineer (H), Metro.

• The MBI grade separator work of value Rs.21.02 crores (RAS) will be completed by September 2009.

• The DPR for Vyasarpadi ROB ( RAS amount Rs. 80.68 crores) prepared by the consultant and under scrutiny by the Chief Engineer (H) Designs and investigation. Meanwhile, the alternate alignment in order to mitigate the L.A has been approved by the steering committee and the proposal for construction of the bridge in Satyamoorthy main road owned by the corporation of Chennai has been sent to Chennai, Corporation for concurrence.

Construction of Fly over at Tirunelveli town near chellapandian statue :

The Government have accorded sanction for construction of a Fly Over along Tirunelveli Bypass near Chellapandian Staute at a cost of Rs.16.40 Crores. The estimate for Rs.15.68 Crores has been technically sanctioned and the work is in progress. A budget provision of Rs.7.68 Crores has been made in the year 2009-2010.

Sugarcane Road Development Scheme:

The Cess Fund collected from Sugar Mills are utilized for formation and maintenance of roads from Sugarcane growing areas to Sugar Mills. The Government have ordered that the maintenance of these road would be carried out by the Regular Wing of Highways Department.

78 road works have been taken up under this Scheme. Of these, 66 Road Works have been completed, 11 works have been deleted and the balance 1 work will be completed during this year. An expenditure of Rs.7.57 Crores has been incurred during the year 2008-2009.

A provision of Rs.10.00 Crores has been made in the year 2009-2010 for the works under this Project.