MODERNISATION OF AN EXISTING URBAN ROAD-SECTOR IN CHENNAI, A CASE STUDY REPORT

The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, formulated the National Urban Transport Policy, in the year 2006, to bring about comprehensive improvements in urban transport services and the supporting infrastructures. The involvement of the State Governments and Local Bodies was considered as an important component, for achieving the objectives of improving the urban transport services. Pursuant to this effort, there has been a overwhelming encouragement for this scheme, at the national level, in the major cities of India. (1) With the above objective in view, a scheme for modernization of urban roads in Chennai is being planned by the Municipal Corporation of Chennai (COC), to be taken up in a phased manner. A case study report pertaining to the road improvement programme in Ashok Nagar, on the basis of ‘four road- sectors at a time is being described, as a pilot-plant study, in order to bring out the technical challenges involved in the scheme. The total cost of the project works out to R.150.0 crores, as per 2015 estimates. Any delay in execution of the project will invite escalation in the cost of the project