The Chennai Corporation aims to reconstruct or upgrade 38 arterial roads and accelerate the reconstruction of roads recently excavated by departments such as Metro Water and Tangedco. This is amid complaints of potholes and battered roads in many parts of the city.

The council has considered about 2,000 roads, both arterial and inland, 400 of which have been selected for the first phase of the work, and the renovation will be carried out at an estimated cost of Rs 2 billion. “The remaining 1,600 roads are under investigation and work will resume at a later date. The roads have been chosen based on use priority, urgent attention, long-awaited need and public demand," said a company official.

Roads with bus routes are to be improved/reconstructed at an estimated cost of Rs 300 million. Tenders have been made for Ennore High Road, part of Ilaya Street, Haddows Road, TTK Road, Surapet Main Road, Seeyalam Canal Road, Barnaby Road, Doveton Flyover Road, Anna Main Road (from the intersection of Ponnambalam Salai to the intersection of Munusamy Salai), Sastri Nagar Main Road (from the intersection of Lake View Road to the intersection of Kakkan Nagar Main Road), LIC Colony 1st Cross Street, Eswaran Koil Street and Kumaran Kudil Main Road. The Marina Loop Road is getting a facelift for an estimated Rs 24 million.