Team Herald
PANJIM: In a major boost to road infrastructure, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has approved a whopping Rs 2,228 crore for various projects in the State.
The MoRTH has approved Goa’s annual plan 2022-23 for national highway works with a total outlay of Rs 2,228 crore.
The projects include a six-lane, Rs 600 crore flyover from Guirim to Teen Building, Porvorim. Earlier, a similar project, proposed in 2020 had hit the roadblock after the contractor expressed unwillingness to continue with the project.
The projects also include the construction of four-laning with paved shoulder from Navelim to Cuncolim section, a 6.5km-stretch at a cost of Rs 361 crore, from the end of the Canacona bypass (Mashem) to Pollem, an 8km-stretch along the Goa-Karnataka border at a cost of Rs 177 crore.
Also, decks have been cleared for the expansion of the NH 17 at Karmalghat as the Union government sanctioned Rs 79 crore towards land acquisition. The project is four-laning of around 4 km road stretch.
