Announcing this here today, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said these new schemes, which include 392 km of national highways, are in addition to similar projects worth more than Rs 15,000 crore which are already going on in the State ruled by TDP-BJP alliance.
He was speaking after laying the foundation stone for a six-lane fly-over at the famous Kanaka Durga temple here and three other ventures.
He declared different road projects in AP as national highways. "Today, you are expecting some new announcement from me. A 180 km Outer Ring Road around Vijayawada will be built with tentative cost of Rs 20,000 crore."
Lauding the vision of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, he said the CM is planning the ORR as an eight-lane highway.
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"When I took charge as Minister (in mid-2014) only 2km per day road construction was being done. It gives me great pleasure to say that today that has gone up to 18km a day. Our target is to take this to 30 km per day before the end of March," he said.
Gadkari also announced setting up a new regional office of his Ministry in Vijayawada in the wake of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh last year.
Speaking on the occasion, Union Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the NDA Government is helping AP like no other State was ever helped.
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Meanwhile, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu appealed to Gadkari to construct a new road on the sea coast of Andhra Pradesh from Ichapuram to Tada parallel with the Kolkata - Chennai National Highway.
Naidu was speaking after inauguration of the Kanaka Durga flyover in Vijayawada.
Naidu further said the newly proposed road on sea coast would link the ports and would also improve tourism.
He also appealed to Gadkari to construct new road connecting all district headquarters of Rayalaseem to Amaravati, the new capital of the state to reduce the travel time and distance.