AAI approves Metro Rail's elevated alignment near airport

Chennai: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has approved Metro Rail's plan to build an elevated corridor to the airport along the GST Road.
The stretch near the Trident Hotel on the GST Road was a risky spot as the corridor was close to the approach of the secondary runway. Earlier, the proposed height of the elevated corridor was 27 metres. But when the AAI opposed it, the Metro Rail submitted a revised proposal for 6.5 metres.
"We conducted studies and found that the height they are planning to build will not affect the safety of the operations. So the issue has been resolved," said AAI chairman V P Agrawal, who reviewed airport expansion works and inaugurated an extended security-hold area at the airport on Friday. Senior AAI and Metro Rail officials at a meeting on Thursday discussed the details of construction of the Metro Rail corridor and also the station on the airport premises.
Construction of the elevated corridor to the airport was delayed after the AAI objected to the elevated route citing flight safety. Following the objection, the Metro Rail authorities submitted a revised plan reducing the height of the elevated corridor near the stretch of the GST Road close to the flight approach path of the secondary runway.
17/07/10 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010, New Jul 2010