Five extra roads in Kerala to be upgraded to nationwide freeway standing

Enhancing highway connectivity in Kerala, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has commenced work on creating 5 extra nationwide freeway tasks within the State.

In a communication to the State, the NHAI has knowledgeable that the procedures for getting ready the venture doc for creating 5 extra new nationwide highways have been initiated, stated Public Works Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas right here on Saturday.

The venture doc will likely be ready to improve Ramanattukara-Kozhikode Airport Road, Kannur Airport Road (Chovva-Mattannur), Kodungallur-Angamaly, and Vypeen-Matsyafed Tourist Office Road to nationwide freeway standing.

Along with this, a venture doc is being ready for the development of the Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha bypasses on the Kochi-Madurai National Highway.

Tender course of

The NHAI has began the tender course of to pick an company to organize the venture doc. The venture doc for the brand new nationwide highways is being ready, contemplating the demand of the State authorities, stated Mr. Riyas.

A latest assembly led by the Chief Minister has requested the NHAI to improve extra roads to the nationwide highways-standard within the State. An in depth proposal for this was additionally submitted.

The growth of those roads has been a long-pending demand of the folks within the respective areas.

The venture doc is ready to improve the 12-km Ramanattukara-Kozhikode Airport Road and the 20-km Kodungallur-Angamaly (Western Ernakulam Bypass) Road to a four-lane highway. The 30-km Kannur Airport Road and the 13-km Vypeen-Matsyafed Road are deliberate to be developed right into a 2-lane paved shoulder. The Kothamangalam and Muvattupuzha bypasses may also be developed as two-lane paved shoulders. There will likely be steady interventions of the State to make sure these tasks are carried out on the earliest, the Minister added.