in 2018, the chennai corporation proposed to construct six bridges across the canal, linking east coast road and old mahabalipuram road, along a length of 4.5 kilometers of the canal. they include venkatesapuram–elango nagar (costing 46.3 million), venkatesapuram–gandhi road (costing 46.2 million), kamarajar salai–veeramani salai (costing 60 million), maniammai street–dr. ambedkar salai (costing 96.6 million), pandian street–anna nagar (costing 62.1 million), and gandhi nagar–pandian nagar (costing 52.9 million).