Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy will virtually inaugurate projects and lay foundation for new ones costing ₹15,622 crore on October 16, according to an official release.
Foundation is being laid for projects costing ₹7,584 crore. The cost of works that were completed stood at ₹8,038 crore.
The projects to be dedicated to the nation are the Kanaka Durga and Benz Circle flyovers, four-lane Vijayawada - Machilipatnam section of NH-65, Kadapa-Mydukur-Kurnool section of NH-40, six-lane Ranasthalam- Anandapuram section of NH-16, four-lane Nalagampalli to AP-Karnataka border section of NH-4.
Some projects for which foundation will be laid are the six-lane Chinnavutapalli - Gollapudi stretch of Vijayawada bypass, six-lane Renigunta-Naidupet section of NH-71 and a three-lane flyover from Jyothi Mahal to Ramesh Hospital Junction in Vijayawada.