NEW DELHI: Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, said on Monday that the Chennai Port to Maduravoyal corridor in Tamil Nadu has been developed at an estimated cost of Rs 5,800 crore as part of efforts to provide seamless multimodal connectivity in the New India.

The proposed elevated stretch of 20.5 km  will be built out in four stages, beginning inside the Chennai Port and ending after the Maduravoyal interchange, the minister said.

Gadkari said, the project will be completed by December 2024 and will act as a special freight route for port traffic heading toward Chennai. The project will result in a 48% increase in Chennai Port's handling capacity and a 6-hour decrease in port wait times.

As per the plan, out of the approximately 21 kilometer, a total of 12 km corridor will be situated close to the Chennai Port gate on the Chennai-Bangalore route between Maduravoyal and the Napier bridge.

The prime reason the project, which was originally planned for early 2000, was delayed as it was difficult to obtain the Indian Navy's land for it. This issue should be rectified now that the National Highways Authority of India is constructing separate quarters for them on the army land.

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