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http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/30/stories/2004013008650100.htm

Start work on IT expressway: Jayalalithaa 

By Our Special Correspondent 

CHENNAI, JAN. 29. The Rs. 121.74-crore, six-lane Information
Technology Expressway from south Chennai to Mamallapuram is expected
to be completed before the year-end.

The Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, has ordered officials to start work
immediately on the international standard expressway. According
administrative sanction, she has asked them to complete the two phases
of the infrastructure project by the end of 2004, an official release
said today.

The 47-km stretch of the expressway (Old Mamallapuram Road) houses a
large number of IT and software companies, including the TIDEL Park.

The first phase would be 22-km long from Madhya Kailash (near Adyar)
to Siruseri. The second phase would be 25 km from Siruseri to
Mamallapuram.

The expressway would have a two-metre wide central median. The
six-lane carriageway would be fully paved on either side. Alongside
would be stormwater drains, rainwater harvesting systems and a special
duct for carrying power, and telephone and optic fibre cables. This
would ensure that the highway was not dug up for maintenance work. A
service lane would run along the stretch for passengers using the Mass
Rapid Transit System.

The project would be implemented by the I.T Expressway Limited, a
special purpose vehicle floated by the Tamil Nadu Road Development
Corporation.

"The creation of international standard facilities would help to bring
more software companies to the State and the stretch would turn into
India's `Bay area,' the release said.