Green signal for Chennai's second airport likely by April-May

New Delhi: Chennai could become the third city after Goa and Mumbai to have two airports. The new airport is likely to be completed by 2016-17 and is about 30 km from the existing one.
An announcement for a second airport in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, could be expected as early as April this year, official sources in the know told Business Line.
“We expect to have the inauguration ceremony for the modernised existing airport in April or latest in May. At that function, there is a strong possibility that an announcement will be made giving the green signal for the second airport in Sriperumbudur,” official sources said.
The cost of the project is estimated at Rs 6,000 crore.
About 5,500 acres of land for the project has already been identified and a project report on the viability of the Sriperumbudur airport is already with the State Government.
Currently, it is proposed that the existing airport will operate alongside the new greenfield airport. “It will be left to the airlines to decide where they want to fly.
12/02/12 Ashwini Pahdnis/Shishir Sinha/Business Line

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