Six-lane highway with service roads all along to come between B.C. Road and Surathkal

The four-lane B.C. Road-Surathkal Port Connectivity Road volition soon beryllium widened into a six-lane roadworthy with work roads each on the 38km agelong by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to easiness vehicular question done Mangaluru.

As a prelude to widening the Port Road —Bengaluru-Mangaluru NH 75 and Kanniyakumari-Panvel NH 66 — the Authority besides wants to conception a bypass road connecting NH 66 and NH 75 to divert the done postulation betwixt Bengaluru and Mangaluru Port/ Industrial Ara arsenic good arsenic Udupi.

These initiatives are being taken up aft Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta rigorously followed up the contented of improving the Port Road with the Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. Following the MP’s efforts, the New Mangalore Port Road Ltd., an SPV of New Mangalore Port Authority and the NHAI, got merged with the Highways Authority, thereby afloat empowering the Agency to instrumentality a telephone connected processing the highway.

NHAI Mangaluru Project Director Abdulla Javed Azmi told The Hindu that the Authority has floated tenders for preparing elaborate task reports (DPR) for some the initiatives — widening the Port Connectivity Road and Bypass Highway. The agencies are apt to beryllium finalised soon. NHAI is already successful possession of required lands to widen the highways up to 45 m, helium added.

Elevated road

The Authority, Mr. Azmi said, wants to person an elevated road betwixt Kulai and KPT Junction with optimum utilisation of existing flyovers astatine Kulai, Kottara Chowki and Kuntikana. There would beryllium nary contented to person an elevated road betwixt Kulai and Kuntikana; the contented arises aft A.J. Hospital wherever the existing road moves connected the steep ascent of Kadri Hills.

The DPR advisor would beryllium asked to supply a amended solution for this agelong arsenic constructing an elevated roadworthy connected a steep gradient would aggravate problems for dense vehicles.

Current proposals closed

Consequent to the larger scope of enactment concerning the Port Road, the NHAI has foreclosed the declaration for a vehicular overpass astatine KPT Junction sanctioned to beryllium constructed astatine an estimated outgo of ₹34 crore.

Similarly, the Authority would not spell up with the projected people separator astatine Nanthoor Circle estimated to outgo astir ₹51 crore. The ongoing enactment would halt aft the work roads are constructed betwixt Nanthoor and KPT Circles, the Director said. Meanwhile, NHAI has widened the Nanthoor Circle capable to accommodate free-left turns connected each directions.