Close on the heels of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) approving the alignment for the 47-km partially-access-controlled Kundannoor-(*17*) greenfield NH (Ernakulam Bypass) a month in the past, it’s estimated that 280 hectares of land is required for the mission.
The greenfield hall that will start south of the NH 66 Bypass at Kundannoor and finish at Karayamparambu on the northern aspect of (*17*) on NH 544 has been mooted to decongest the Aroor-Edappally NH 66 Bypass and the Edappally-(*17*) NH 544 stretch, passing by means of 17 villages.
With NHAI handing over to the Revenue division a draft of the survey numbers of the land that needs to be acquired, a Hyderabad-based consultancy agency has been tasked with vetting this and different pertinent particulars. The publishing of three(A) notification and a month-long social-impact evaluation (SIA) research are anticipated to observe swimsuit, in April. Laying of boundary stones will observe, whereby there might be readability on the precise quantum of land wanted for the NH hall. Publishing of a 3(D) notification and the award of compensation primarily based on paperwork in possession of landowners will subsequently be completed, official sources mentioned.
A compensation bundle just like that was awarded for NH 66 improvement – primarily based on the essential land worth (the common worth of land transactions completed through the previous three years) with 12% curiosity and solatium equal to the essential land worth, is within the offing. This is along with the worth of buildings that should be demolished and that of timber that must be felled. Their worth might be determined by a non-public company, which can subsequently be vetted by NHAI. The course of is anticipated to be accomplished by yr finish or early 2024. Once 90 % of the land is acquired, the NH building work can start – likely in early 2024, it’s learnt.
The greenfield NH Bypass will most likely merge with Kochi-Theni NH 85 stretch in Puthen Cruz at a trumpet intersection, from the place autos from each the stretches are anticipated to take a standard six-lane NH hall all the best way as much as Edapally-Aroor NH Bypass, south of Kundannoor. A trumpet intersection (an elevated construction in between a traditional flyover and a clover-leaf flyover) has been mooted right here as nicely.
In the meantime, the NHAI is learnt to have agreed to deploy a advisor to do a feasibility research for widening the congested 16-km Edapally-Aroor NH bypass right into a six-lane stretch, or to alternatively construct an elevated NH on the hall, relying on the supply of land. A DPR on this connection is anticipated to be readied by May.
