Urban development forms the second pillar of the government’s economic vision. It also unveiled plans for a comprehensive master plan covering the expanded 5,904-square kilometre Chennai Metropolitan Area and proposed a new AI-enabled online planning approval platform, SPEED, integrating approvals across the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, Directorate of Town and Country Planning and local bodies. The first 14.64-km stretch of Chennai Metro Phase II, covering 11 stations from Poonamallee Bypass, is scheduled to be commissioned shortly. It also reiterated efforts to secure approval for the proposed Hosur-Bommasandra Metro, which would connect Tamil Nadu’s rapidly industrialising Hosur region with Bengaluru’s metro network. Their omission does not necessarily mean they have been abandoned, but it leaves their place in the new government’s development strategy unclear.