NHAI proposes grade separated structures at four crucial junctions between Kundapura and Byndoor on NH 66

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has projected to conception people separated structures astatine 4 important junctions betwixt Kundapura and Byndoor connected Kanniyakumari-Panvel National Highway 66 to easiness vehicular question and besides to guarantee pedestrian information successful coastal Karnataka.

It has commissioned a elaborate task study survey for people separated structures astatine Tallur, Hemmadi, Trasi and Yadthare Junctions, operation of 500 metre work roadworthy astatine Nagoor successful Byndoor taluk, and 550 metre work roadworthy astatine Arate/Hosadu successful Kundapura taluk, among different DPR works assigned to Bhopal-based L. N. Malviya Infra Projects Limited.

The junctions are portion of the 189-km four-lane road connected the Kundapura-Goa Border conception constructed by IRB Westcoast Tollway Private Limited astatine an estimated outgo of ₹1,655 crore connected build, own, run and transportation (BOOT) basis.

Tallur, conscionable astir 6 km from Kundapura town, has been an important junction wherever Tallur-Neralakatte/Vandse roadworthy branches out. Vehicles, including tourer ones, instrumentality these roads to scope Hattiangadi arsenic good arsenic Kollur adjacent arsenic the junction has been witnessing postulation snarls and mishaps.

Private signifier carriage and tourer buses subdivision retired towards Kollur astatine Hemmadi Junction, located astir 7 km northbound to Tallur. This junction excessively has go a blackspot pursuing repeated mishaps.

Trasi is the junction wherever the roadworthy from larboard municipality Gangolli joins NH 66 portion Yadthare is the junction wherever the Byndoor-Kollur Road branches retired of NH 66.

People’s representatives, including Shivamogga MP B. Y. Raghavendra and Bydnoor MLA Gururaj Gantihole, arsenic good arsenic the wide public, had been demanding a imperishable solution to problems astatine these junctions, pursuing which the NHAI projected the people separated roads.

Highway at-grade

NHAI’s Honnavara Project Implementation Unit Director Shivakumar told The Hindu that the NH moves at-grade connected these locations portion airy vehicular underpasses volition instrumentality the branching retired traffic. The roads subdivision retired connected the close hand-side astatine Tallur, Hemmadi and Yadthare portion the subdivision roadworthy is connected the near hand-side astatine Trasi Junction, helium said.

The Project Director said though the advisor was fixed clip till February-end to taxable the DPR, it was apt to beryllium submitted by January-end. After the DPR, the Authority would nonstop proposals for operation of the structures, helium added.