After carrying out a competitive bidding process, the project was awarded to M/s GKC – Vaibhav JV in February 2014 at an estimated cost of Rs 272.10 crores. The water and sewer lines are also being conveyed under the footpath.The six lane main carriageway of Rajiv Gandhi Salai had been inaugurated and opened to public on29th Oct 2008. Phase-I is from Vandalur to Nemilichery to a length of 29.65 km and Phase-II from Nemilichery to Minjur in T.P.P.Road to a length of 30.50 Km.

The road was formed in 1998 by interlinking and improving a series of small village roads that were connecting the fishing villages along the coast of Bay of Bengal. Rajiv Gandhi Salai is a major road connecting Chennai with Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu.

The estimated project cost is Rs. Hence, a bilateral economic co-operation agreement had been signed to foster the economic relationship between Tamil Nadu and Japan. 883.96 Crore. Subsequently, due to modification of its scope, TNRDC has been made designated Supervision Consultant.A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) named Chennai-Ennore Port Road Company Ltd (CEPRCL) was incorporated for the implementation of this project with equity & debt participation of NHAI, Chennai Port Trust, Ennore Port Ltd and Government of Tamil Nadu as stakeholders at a total project cost of Rs.600 Crore.Under the rehabilitation and resettlement for the project affected families in Ennore Expressway, 1824 tenements have been constructed at Ernavoor. Projects All the above works have been completed in all respects and the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu inaugurated the project on 14.2.2016.The scope of work involves widening the existing road to four lanes with service road and storm water drain on either side, construction of two major bridges, two minor bridges and two pedestrian underpasses. The Concession Period will be 20 years consisting of 2½ years of construction period and 17½ years of Operation & Maintenance period.The Phase – II of CORR Project is from Nemilichery to Minjur for a length of 30.50 km. Ongoing Highway Projects in Karnataka . Manipur

The 2.1 km long ECR Link Road connecting Rajiv Gandhi Salai at Sholinganallur and East Coast Road at Kudumiyandithoppu is also included in Phase-I.In Phase-I, the 20.1 km stretch between Madhya Kailash Temple Junction to Siruseri is widened to dual three lane carriageway with median, service road, pedestrian footpath and planter strip. comes to Rs.105.2 crores. New projects.

Projects Eight new road projects soon in Tamil Nadu Ex-MP booked for aiding brother’s second marriage Immersive television viewing gets better and affordable with the OnePlus TV Y … Gadkari said new road projects worth nearly ₹12,000 crore would be sanctioned for Tamil Nadu this year. As the Metro Rail is also planned on this corridor, the integration work of both the projects has been completed. The ECR Link Road has also been improved to dual two lane carriageway.Another significant feature of the Project is the construction of service trenches/ducts for conveying utility lines including electrical, telephony and optic fibre cables/wires so as to avoid digging in future.

MoEF restrictions on land acquisition, tree cutting, road width etc further aggravated the situation.Considering the above, Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) requested TNRDC to take up the improvement, operations and maintenance of the road on a long term concession basis.Subsequently, on December 22, 2000, GoTN and TNRDC signed a Concession Agreement entrusting to TNRDC, the improvement of 113.2 km of ECR from Kudimiyandithoppu near Chennai to Koonimedu on the outskirts of Pondicherry.

The concession period is fixed as 25 years including 36 months construction period.The Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu had made an announcement for the construction of an Elevated road from Taramani to Siruseri, under phase-I and from Siruseri to Mahabalipuram under Phase-II, for a total length of 45 Km.