Chennai BRTS was a bus rapid transit system taken up as an integrated part of Circular Corridor Project in India. Beginning at Adyar, the route will cover Saidapet, Jafferkanpet, Ramavaram, Puzhal, Manali, Chennai Central Railway Station, Lighthouse and will return to Adyar. The corridor will cover a distance of 70.3 kilometres (43.7 mi). The route of the elevated BRTS corridor was planned to run along the banks of Adyar river and Buckingham canal. The project was expected to be completed by 2013.[1]
Junction of Manali High Road and Buckingham Canal, interchange with Kamarajar Salai,
Basin road, near Indian Oil Corporation bottling plant, Korukkupet, Basin Bridge, near central station
South B' Canal Corridor
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at walajah Road junction, Triplicane, near Madaveli MRTS Station, Kotturpuram
Design speed
The speed design for the BRTS corridor was proposed to be 60 km/h - 70 km/h.
Integration of BRTS with other transits
The BRTS was proposed to be integrated with different modes of transits already existing or under construction or proposed for the city. Apart from that major roads were also to be integrated. The following is a list of locations of BRTS integrating different modes of Transport in Chennai city.
BRTS and Transits
Major roads
IT corridor extension via West Canal Bank Road, Gandhimandapam / TurnBulls Road, Anna Salai, Jawaharlal Nehru Road (IRR), Mount-Poonamallee Road, Arcot Road
Major railway stations
Chennai Central, Basin Bridge Junction
MRTS stations
Kotturpuram, Chepauk, Mandaveli
Metro stations
Saidapet (Metro corridor 1), Jafferkhanpet (Metro corridor 2)
Project status
2008
November:
Wilbur Smith Associates won the contract of TNUIFSL to prepare the feasibility study and DPR for the project.[3]
2009
28 May:
DPR, cost estimates, work drawings and bid documents for the first leg of BRTS on Adyar corridor of the Chennai High Speed Circular Corridors (HSCC) was released to the public.
Public consultation will be held soon.
3 June:
Residents oppose the project as they will be displaced for the project.[4]
Adyar Poonga Trust promises to resettle the displaced.[5]
26 August:
Feasibility study for the project was likely to be over by January 2010. Total Corridor length was 110 km.[6]