100-feet street to Bhogapuram airport nonetheless on paper

The lengthy proposed 100-feet street connecting Vizianagaram to Bhogapuram worldwide airport stays solely on paper, although the airport is anticipated to start operations in June, 2026.

The Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) had proposed the 100-feet street from the Ice Factory junction in Vizianagaram to Bhogapuram, by way of Chintalavalasa, however the authorities couldn’t take up the mission because of reported paucity of funds.

Currently, the present street is hardly 40-feet huge and is insufficient to deal with the anticipated rush of site visitors sooner or later.

According to representatives of varied organisations, there’s a want for a devoted street community to facilitate easy, problem free journey for air passengers coming from Odisha, Saluru, Parvatipuram, Gajapathinagaram, and different locations. The present route between Vizianagaram to Bhogapuram by way of Denkada is congested since it’s the solely route obtainable to greater than 50,000 workers working in Pusapatirega and Pydibhimavaram industrial corridors. The buses of pharmaceutical and different firms ply this route recurrently selecting and dropping workers working in several shifts. Many college and school buses additionally use this route throughout peak hours.

Groups such because the Vizianagaram Chamber of Commerce, together with CREDAI, Forum for Better Vizianagaram and others had beforehand requested the federal government to develop a brand new street. Vizianagaram Powra Vedika president Bhisetti Babji has urged the federal government to develop the 100-feet street because it won’t solely ease site visitors however enhance financial exercise alongside the route. He requested additionally appealed to the federal government to make sure employment to locals on the airport. When contacted, Vizianagaram Collector S. Rama Sundar Reddy stated that growth of the brand new street could be dropped at the eye of the federal government.