Tamil Nadu has asked all municipal corporations to submit detailed project reports for ₹275 crore of road safety and street improvement works, including safer access to schools, upgraded traffic islands and people-friendly streets. The reports must be submitted to the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department by November 15, 2026, for administrative approval.
The projects are being taken up under the State’s 2026-27 budget announcements. A communication dated October 7 from R. Sukumar, Joint Director of Municipal Administration, asked municipal corporations to prepare plans under three categories of work and submit them within the prescribed timeline.
In Chennai, ₹110 crore has been earmarked for the proposed works. This includes ₹10 crore for developing 45 km of people-friendly modern streets, ₹35 crore for improving a 1-km stretch of streets to provide safe access to schools, and ₹65 crore for improving 105 traffic islands.
The school-access component is intended to address the safety and usability of streets used by children and other road users. The communication does not specify the individual locations of the proposed school-access projects, but municipal corporations will be required to prepare detailed project reports before the works can receive administrative approval.
The people-friendly streets component will cover 45 km in Chennai under the ₹10-crore allocation. The proposal refers to modern streets designed to improve road usability, while the communication does not provide further details on the proposed design features, construction standards or implementation schedule.
A separate ₹165 crore allocation has been earmarked for similar works in other municipal corporations across Tamil Nadu. These works will cover people-friendly streets, safer access to schools and improvements to traffic islands. The input does not identify the allocation for each corporation or specify the number of projects outside Chennai.
The scheme places the next responsibility on municipal corporations, which must translate the broad budget announcement into project-level plans. Those reports are expected to provide the basis for departmental scrutiny and administrative approval before implementation begins.
The State’s three-part approach links road safety to both specific locations, such as school approaches and traffic islands, and broader street upgrades. The immediate milestone is the November 15 deadline for submitting the detailed project reports to the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department.
