- By Nidhi Giri
- Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:29 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway: The Tamil Nadu stretch of the 262-km Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway project will see completion by the end of 2025. Earlier, this section of the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway was scheduled to be completed by August. The reasons for the project for running behind schedule, include: monsoon showers, delays in shifting utilities, borrow area approvals, and financial constraints faced by the contracts. According to the National Highway’s work progress report shared by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in the Lok Sabha, the 106-km greenfield expressway in Tamil Nadu is constructed in four parts: Gudipala (AP) to Walajahpet, Walajahpet to Arakkonam, Arakkonam to Kancheepuram, and Kancheepuram to Sriperumbudur.
Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway: Tamil Nadu Stretch Update
The physical progress of the work ranges from 90 per cent in the Walajahpet to Arakkonam stretch to 52 per cent in the Arakkonam to Kancheepuram section.
In Tamil Nadu, the work progress in the Arakkonam to Kancheepuram section is the slowest at 52 per cent due to financial constraints of the concessionaire and delay in the determination of compensation for land and crop in the extra high tension utility shifting by the district administration.
The work is expected to be completed only by the end of this year. The Kancheepuram to Sriperumbudur section works will be completed by September while the Walajahpet to Arakkonam section will be completed by July.
Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway Details
The 262-km Bengaluru-Chennai Greenfield Expressway commences at Hosakote near Bengaluru and ends at Sriperumbudur, running a distance of 262 km via Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. The entirely new alignment is being built in the three states under 10 packages to make sure that the works would be executed in the fixed time duration. Even as the works on the stretch under Karnataka was completed, the works underway in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are getting delayed.
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The fully access-controlled expressway will initially be a four-lane facility, but as traffic volume increases, it will be widened to six-lane and eight-lane. The expressway is designed for a vehicular speed of 120 km per hour and will sharply reduce travel time.