Chennai port opens parking yard to ease traffic jams

To ease traffic congestion of container-laden vehicles going to the Chennai harbour, the
Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) will operate a parking yard at Tiruvottiyur in north Chennai.
First the container trucks will have to visit the yard, get all documents verified and proceed to the port. This procedure will prevent vehicles waiting at Ennore Expressway from holding up traffic.

The Chennai port has spent Rs 5.81 crore on the yard, which can park 250 trailers. The Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan inaugurated the yard operation by flagging off the first container-laden trailer. It has taken the land on a 30-year lease from Chennai Corporation.