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The Tamil Nadu government has directed the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority to release Rs 100 crore towards the first phase of construction work on two grade separators on Anna Salai road. The money will be released in instalments to the Highways Department implementing the project. The four-lane grade separators is expected to ease traffic congestion on the arterial road.

The CMDA will utilise the funds collected under the infrastructure and amenities charges in the Chennai Metropolitan Area for the two proposed facilities. One of the grade separators will be 1.9-km-long from P.Orr & Sons showroom, opposite the new Assembly complex, to Popat Jamal, opposite Spencer Plaza. The other facility would be 2.9-km-long from Vaanavil showroom in Teynampet to the junction of CIT Nagar First Main Road near Saidapet. The decision to construct grade separators at a cost of Rs 500 crore utilising the resources of the CMDA was announced in the 2010-2011 budget. The proposal is based on the recommendations of a study conducted by the CMDA on the transport scenario in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.

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