VIJAYAWADA
Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana said in the Legislative Assembly (LA) on Wednesday that the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) has identified 15 roads for development to ease the traffic congestion in the port city, particularly from Gajuwaka to Bhogapuram airport via Maddilapalem and Madhurawada.
Answering a question asked by Jana Sena Party MLA L. Naga Madhavi (Nellimarla) about reducing the traffic congestion in the said corridors, Mr. Narayana replied in the affirmative and said the works were in various stages of completion.
The roads identified for development are Boddavalasa-Vizianagaram Ring road ice factor (Denkada mandal in Vizianagaram district), Sivasakthi Nagar to VUDA Road at Haritha projects (Visakhapatnam Rural mandal), Paradesipalem-Marikavalasa Junction to Kapulauppada-Thimmapuram (Visakhapatnam Rural and Bheemili mandals), Paradesipalem-Boyapalem Junction to Kapulauppada-Mangamaripet (Visakhapatnam Rural and Bheemili mandals) and Pinagadi-Vepagunta (Pendurthi mandal), Vepagunta- Juthada (Pendurthi mandal), Paradesipalem AH-26 to Gambheeram (Anandapuram and Visakhapatnam Rural mandals), S.No.125 of Gambheeram to S.No.9 of Gambheeram (Anandapuram mandal), Adavivaram-Sontyam Road to Gandigundam (Anandapuram mandal) and Nerellavalasa to Thallavalasa-Kothavalasa Road (Bheemili mandal).
Tagarapuvalasa- Chittivalasa Road to Mulakuddu (Bheemili mandal), Vellanki-Dorathota Road to Kummaripalem (Anandapuram and Bheemili mandals), Gandigundam to Kothavalasa and Chintalapalem (Anandapuram and Pendurthi mandals), Chippada to Divis Road-Polipalli (Bheemili mandal) and Mopada to Savaravalli (Bhogapuram and Denkada mandals) have also been identified.
Published - March 06, 2025 08:58 am IST
