Chennai: Metro rail construction work have reached closer to the airport. Work will soon begin to cut a trench by the side of GST Road where the line will go underground as it crosses the flight path to the secondary runway.
The Saidapet-Little Mount-airport elevated line that will deviate into the airport campus after Officers Training Academy (OTA) will run below the surface for more than 400 metres in front of Trident Hotel to prevent it from becoming an obstacle to flights landing on the secondary runway. Machines have moved in and the old perimeter wall of the airport is being demolished.
"The old perimeter wall will be removed and the land will be levelled to begin trench work. The stretch will not be as deep as tunnels bored for underground corridors," said a senior metro rail official. The line was earlier planned to be elevated, but it was later changed after the Airports Authority of India objected to it. An extra 50 crore will be spent to take the line below the surface along this stretch.
10/12/12 Times of India
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The Saidapet-Little Mount-airport elevated line that will deviate into the airport campus after Officers Training Academy (OTA) will run below the surface for more than 400 metres in front of Trident Hotel to prevent it from becoming an obstacle to flights landing on the secondary runway. Machines have moved in and the old perimeter wall of the airport is being demolished.
"The old perimeter wall will be removed and the land will be levelled to begin trench work. The stretch will not be as deep as tunnels bored for underground corridors," said a senior metro rail official. The line was earlier planned to be elevated, but it was later changed after the Airports Authority of India objected to it. An extra 50 crore will be spent to take the line below the surface along this stretch.
10/12/12 Times of India
