Nettoor that is located south of Kundannoor Junction on the Edappally-Aroor NH 66 bypass is set to emulate Edappally, by becoming a converging point for four NH corridors.
A 6-km port connectivity NH corridor (NH 966-B) proposed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) linking the NH bypass and Willingdon Island will take off from Nettoor. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) approved the alignment for the four-lane NH in November, while the 3(A) notification to commence land acquisition would be issued within a week, informed sources said.
The Kundannoor-Angamaly NH 66 bypass and the Kochi-Theni Greenfield NH 85 corridor too are slated to take off from Nettoor, where NHAI has mulled a trumpet flyover to seamlessly streamline the flow of vehicles from the highway stretches. Once ready, container lorries and other vehicles from the port would thus converge at Nettoor and proceed to northern districts and to Tuticorin Port through the two other highway corridors that take off from there. The NHAI chose Nettoor as the take-off point for the proposed highways due to paucity of land at Kundannoor Junction from where the existing two-lane port connectivity highway and the two-lane Kochi-Theni highway begin.
