The State government has accorded administrative sanction for a total 27 works pertaining to road infrastructure in the city, under the Phase II of the Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP). The total estimated cost of the works is ₹4,305 crore. Orders according administrative sanction were hurriedly issued on September 27, less than a fortnight before the model code of conduct kicked in for the elections to the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
The SRDP is conceptualised with the aim of facilitating signal free traffic flow in the city, through construction of grade separators and widening of existing roads at various junctions.
In the first phase, a total 48 works were proposed at a cost of more than ₹8,500 crore, and majority of them have been completed, while a few more are under construction.
