Work on the six-lane Vijayawada Western bypass from Chinna Avutapalli to Gollapudi, a National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) project, seems to be taking longer than expected due to pendency of cases in High Court and non-clearance of high-tension power lines.
At present, Chennai and Hyderabad-bound travellers from Visakhapatnam have to enter the city, which increases their travelling time due to the traffic congestions. Once completed, the project will bring much-needed relief to the travellers as one can bypass the city, thereby cutting down travel time by an hour or more.
Undertaken as part of the Bharatmala Pariyojana programme of the Centre, the 47.8-km bypass that connects both the National Highways, that is, NH-16 (Chennai-Kolkata) and NH-65 (Machilipatnam-Hyderabad) at Gollapudi, is divided into two stretches for the sake of convenience.
