NHAI Unlikely to Take Up ORR Project .

Though the state government has announced that it is planning to construct a 184-km outer ring road (ORR) covering Vijayawada, Guntur and Tenali, the proposal may take much time to become a reality.

It is said that NHAI, that constructs roads on the basis of the traffic on the existing roads, may not take up the ORR.

It may be recalled here that minister for municipal administration P Narayana has already made it clear that the new capital of the state would be located between Vijayawada and Guntur and an outer ring road spanning over 184 km also would come up covering Vijayawada, Guntur and Tenali.

There is no clarity on whether the state government will take up a new ORR in addition to the NHAI's Vijayawada bypass road, which is also known as ORR or scrap the NHAI's proposal.

The NHAI's outer ring road was proposed to ease traffic congestion on the two national highways (NH-16 and NH-9) that pass through the city.


THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS