The project for the Chennai Port to Maduravoyal corridor in Tamil Nadu is planned to be completed by December 2024. In a series of tweets, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari tweeted, “Working towards providing seamless multimodal connectivity in New India, the project for Chennai Port to Maduravoyal corridor in Tamil Nadu has been developed at an estimated cost of Rs 5800 Crore.”
The Minister said the proposed elevated stretch of 20.5 km will be developed in 4 sections and will start inside the Chennai Port and end after the Maduravoyal interchange.
Gadkari added that the project will be completed by December 2024, serve as a dedicated freight corridor for Chennai-bound port traffic, increase the handling capacity of Chennai Port by 48% and subsequently reduce the waiting time at the port by 6 hours.
The project will be developed under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP), which was launched on 13 October 2021, to provide multimodal connectivity infrastructure to various economic zones.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has accorded approval for the implementation of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan on 21 October 2021.