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The new Korappuzha bridge will be thrown open to traffic on February 17. According to a release on Sunday, the bridge is expected to solve traffic jams on the Kozhikode-Kannur Road. The old bridge, constructed in 1940 under the aegis of Gandhian K. Kelappan, was in a dilapidated state for long. As a huge sum had to be spent on its maintenance, the authorities decided to build a new bridge and the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) released funds for the purpose. The new bridge was built by the Kerala Road Fund Board and the National Highway division of the Public Works Department. It is 12-metre-wide, has a 7.5-metre carriageway, and a 1.5 metre-wide footpath on both sides. There are 150-metre-long approach roads on both the banks of the river. ....
Greens oppose roads through forestland; locals call for completion of project Even though the Public Works Department is seeking to speed up the work on the Hill Highway project, the delay in getting the approval to lay the road through forest regions is holding up the work. The 1,251-km Hill Highway, which is being constructed at a cost of ₹3,500 crore, will pass through 13 of the 14 districts, the exception being Alappuzha. The PWD is facing major problems in places such as Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Muvattupuzha, Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kozhikode, and Kasaragod where the proposed highway will cross forest land. Five requests submitted by the Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) were rejected by the forest department stating that it could not approve the existing alignment, said Darlene Carmelita d’Cruz, Project Director of KRFB. The KRFB, entrusted with getting the approvals for the acquisition of the land and completion of the highway, had submitted 11 requ ....
Korappuzha bridge to be opened in February Updated: Updated: 12-metre-wide structure has footpaths on either side Share Article AAA Work in progress for the new Korappuzha bridge. The structure is being built at a cost of ₹26 crore. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh 12-metre-wide structure has footpaths on either side Work on the new bridge across the Korappuzha connecting Kozhikode and Kannur districts is in final stages and it is expected to be thrown open for traffic in February, Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran has said. The Minister held a meeting here on Monday to review the work and later visited the site. Mr. Saseendran directed the officials to solve the dispute over removing silt from the river. It was also decided to convene another meeting on February 28 to discuss a detailed plan to finish the work on the bridge. ....
Road widening project excluded from second phase of Kozhikode City Road Improvement Project The Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road Action Committee has come out against Kozhikode North MLA A. Pradeepkumar, seeking clarification on the exclusion of the road widening project from the second phase of the Kozhikode City Road Improvement Project. The committee leaders, including historian M.G.S. Narayanan, Gandhian Thayat Balan, Mathew Kattikkana and M.P. Vasudevan, in a statement here, said the 8-km stretch of Mananchira-Vellimadukunnu Road that needed to be widened had not been included in the recently announced projects. However, it welcomed the decision of the State government to improve eight roads in the second phase. ....