Uncertainty prevails over the proposed 16-km Edappally-Aroor elevated highway on the National Highway 66 Bypass even as its detailed project report is expected to be ready by December.
This is because the Centre has yet to reinstate it in the Bharatamala project, reportedly due to delay on the part of the State government in taking a call on exempting it and the 44-km Kundannur-Angamaly Greenfield NH 66 Bypass from Goods and Services Tax (GST) and payment of royalty for raw materials, informed sources said.
The congested largely four-lane Edappally-Aroor bypass presently caters for over one lakh passenger car units (PCUs) every day and is considered the busiest NH stretch in Kerala. It would in all likelihood become a choking point on the Thiruvananthapuram-Kasaragod NH 66 stretch, the rest of which is slated for commissioning in March 2025, if there is any further delay in realising the elevated highway.
