CHENNAI: The State Highways Department recently sanctioned in-principle approval to widen 2,200 km of State Highways into four-lane roads and 6,700 km of single and intermediate lane roads into double-lane roads in the next 10 years under the Chief Minister’s Road Development Programme.
A government order issued to this effect revealed that the work will be undertaken in a phased manner under the Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project - II, Central Road and Infrastructure Fund (CRIF), and a few other schemes.