RPF handed over to promoters for Monorail project
Posted on: 31/May/2013 6:48:33 PM
The Request for Proposal (RPF) document was given to two promoters who will now submit financial bids for the long delayed Chennai Mono Rail. The promoters, Scomi Engineering and IL & FS will submit their proposals before the tenders are finalised.
The monorail project is expected to cover 3 corridors – the 23 km Vandalur to Velachery, 16 km Poonamallee to Kathipara and 18 km Poonamallee to Vadapalani. The RPF that the promoters have received covers areas such as specifications, requirements and the expectations of the State Government.
‘The RFP document was handed over to the two developers who had expressed interest to stay with the ambitious project. As per the document, the three corridors will have a total of 450 monorails and frequency of trains will be one every four minutes in both directions… The RFP document runs into over 900 pages was handed over to the two prospective developers Thursday by the project director. They will
have to submit their financial bids by July end’, said an official
