Smooth rides in store: Jaya promises better roads in 3 yrs

August 29, 2011

CHENNAI: The government is planning to spend Rs 2,400 crore on upgrading roads over the next three years.

Chief minister J Jayalalithaa told the assembly on Friday that the state would convert 963km of state highways into double-lane roads and 3,700km of major district roads to intermediate-lane roads. “Give us time and see the changes in three years,” she said to thunderous applause from the treasury benches.

The government will take up major road projects under a Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis with private participation. In the second phase of the Tamil Nadu Road Sector project, 2,500km of roads under the highways department will be improved at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore, Jayalalithaa said. Financial support will come from the World Bank, she said.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com