Design consultants to be hired for bypass widening project
The Hindu
NHAI keen to have signal-less junctions on Edappally-Aroor stretch
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to invite design consultants to widen the 16-km-long Edappally-Aroor NH Bypass into a six-lane road as part of its endeavour to hew out the Kozhikode-Edappally-Aroor stretch of NH 66 as a six-lane corridor.
Special attention will be given to free the Edappally-Aroor Bypass of signal junctions, considering that motorists get caught in snarls at Edappally, Vyttila, and Kundannur, where traffic continues to be regulated by signals despite the presence of flyovers, it is reliably learnt.
The sole exception is at Palarivattom, where the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) — which rebuilt the Palarivattom flyover — introduced an innovative method to streamline traffic in the east-west direction by providing a U-turn each on the northern and southern sides of the flyover.