L&T Awarded Chennai Peripheral Ring Road’s EPC-02 Contract

In a BSE filing, Larsen & Toubro has announced they’ve been awarded 12.80 km Package EPC-02 of the 133.38 km Chennai Peripheral Ring Road‘s Section 2 by Tamil Nadu Road Development Company (TNRDC).

This 6 lane access-controlled segment of Chennai’s 4th ring road will connect Punnapakkam to Thiruvallur Bypass with paved shoulders and two lane service roads on both sides It will have a 60m right of way (RoW) with a 8.50m wide median.

TNRDC originally invited tenders in December 2020 financed by AIIB and OFOD through a combined USD 478 million loan. KNR Constructions was the lowest bidder in that round, but their bid was rejected as it was substantially higher than TNRDC’s estimate. Fresh bids were re-invited shortly after with a 36 month completion deadline.

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Contract: EPC 02

Brief Scope: Formation of New Six lane road from Punnapakkam (Design Chainage : Ch 35+000) to Thiruvallur Bypass (Design Chainage : Ch 47+800) with paved shoulders and two lane service road on both sides in Section-2 of Chennai Peripheral Ring Road Project under Package – EPC 02 on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Mode including maintenance for 7 years.

This new expressway will connect Singaperumalkoil, Sriperumbudur, Tiruvallur, Tamaraipakkam, Periyapalayam, Puduvoyal and Kattupalli at an estimated cost of Rs 12,301 crore.

The project’s Detailed Project Report (DPR) was created by STUP Consultants and can be viewed here.

With this development, at least 2 of the project’s 7 sections have been awarded with the last major one bagged by Tata Projects. A list of all 7 packages, their scope and status can be viewed here.

In the future, this project will be connected to the following upcoming expressways:

• 116.1 km Chittoor – Thatchur Expressway (NH-716B)
• 260.85 km Bengaluru – Chennai Expressway (NE-7)
• 277.30 km Chennai – Salem Expressway

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– TMRG