The Chennai Municipal Corporation is planning to commence work on the widening of eight roads after the process of land acquisition gets completed.
The eight roads are: LB Road; Sardar Patel Road; Santhome High Road; Paper Mills Road; Kodambakkam Salai; NSK Salai; Nelson Manickam Road; and Kaliamman Koil Street. These road are likely to be more than 22 mtr wide after the expansion, and some stretches will even be more than 27 mtr wide.
The land acquisition will be carried out in all the eight stretches. Following the preparation of the land plan schedule, the district collectorate is likely to appoint a special officer for the land acquisition process along some of the eight roads. Widening of roads will be carried out without affecting heritage buildings on the stretches.