Amaravati, Aug 12 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to inaugurate a key road, E3 seed access road, and a steel bridge in Amaravati on Thursday, which will ease access and reinforce connectivity to the greenfield capital city.
Beginning from Dondapadu village in Amaravati, the E3 road will traverse through Rayapudi, Venkatapalem, Penumaka, Undavalli and Tadepalli villages to connect with National Highway Number 16 (NH16) in Guntur district, an release said on Wednesday.
“Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to inaugurate E3 seed access road and the steel bridge built over Buckingham Canal on Thursday,” it said, adding that the southern state is spending Rs 1,520 crore on the 22 km road.
With a width of 60 metres, the E3 road with nine lanes is being built in three phases, which will also include a special Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridor and service roads.
Infrastructure required for facilities such as drainage, drinking water supply, gas and power are being simultaneously built with the road.
Equipped with a cycle track, footpaths and a green belt, the southern state is building the E3 road as an advanced one, said the press release.
To connect the road with Vijayawada-Mangalagiri highway, a four-lane and 478-metre-long steel bridge was built over the Buckingham Canal in Undavalli village.
With the construction of the bridge and the road, connectivity from Vijayawada to the greenfield capital city will improve and ease traffic congestion on the existing narrow ‘karakatta’ road near the banks of the Krishna River.
In Amaravati, the government is building 34 roads stretching up to 350 km in a grid pattern from N1 Road to N17 Road, all of which will be linked by the E3 road.
Obviating unnecessary curves and enabling easy access to the greenfield capital city, the government is building the road network, mindful of the incremental future traffic.
Following the inauguration of the road and the bridge, Naidu will travel through the E3 Road to Rayapudi to inspect MLA and MLC residences under construction, the press release added. PTI STH SA
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