: The State government is chalking out plans to construct an Outer Ring Road (ORR) for capital city Amaravati. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has asked the officials to prepare an action the plan for the construction of ORR.
The Chief Minister reviewed the progress of projects taken up by the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department on Sunday.
He asked the officials to prepare plans for the ORR so that the new Capital city would not face traffic snarls. The people in existing cities were facing hardship as the highway was passing through them, he pointed out.
Referring to the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam highway, Mr. Naidu set a time limit of 18 months for the completion of the same. Speed up the National Highway widening works between Aanadapuram and Anakapalle in Vishakhapatnam, district. Also complete road widening works between Vijayawada and Gundugolanu at the earliest, he said.
The Chief Minister asked R&B officials to submit land acquisition schedule to the Collector at the earliest.
Asking the officials to speed up the process of converting 1,205 km of State highway road into a National Highway, Mr. Naidu said, “Give priority to beautification of highways. Submit a detailed plan for the same.”
NHAI office
The Chief Minister said the State government was in continuous dialogue with the Central government on setting up of a regional office of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Vijayawada. It would help in speeding up of road widening and construction of new highways, he said adding about 680 km of two-lane national highways have to be converted to four-lane highways with assistance from NHAI..
R&B and Transport Minister Sidda Raghava Rao, Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, and Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana were among those present.
