Coimbatore:
The 82-km-long National Highway-47 from Chengapalli to Walayar will be widened into six lane. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is in the process of receiving public opinion on issues relating to land acquisition and the need for bypass roads.
At present there are plans for bypass roads at Perumanallur, Avanashi, Karumathampatti and KG Chavadi.
The total outlay for the project was likely to be around Rs. 900 crore to Rs 1,000 crore.
The NH-47 connects Coimbatore with Tirupur, Erode, Salem besides Chennai and Bangalore.
It accounts for heavy traffic and considering the increasing number of accidents, there was pertinent need to widen this road. The authorities propose to have flyovers at the point of commencement of the L&T bypass road at Neelambur and at the end of the bypass road at Madukkarai.
In addition, there would be flyovers where the bypass road cuts across the NH-67 (Tiruchi Road) and NH-209 (Pollachi Road).
Works are underway for the preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR).
The Ministry is yet to decide on whether the work should be given to a a private infrastructure service provider on a Build Operate Transfer (BOT) basis.
Authorities have planned to make the road from Chengapalli to Neelambur into a six lane road while the bypass road and the stretch from Madukkarai to Walayar four-lane.
Authorities expect the preliminary works to get over in four to six months and the project execution time would be around 30 months
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