The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will award the work to build a six-lane elevated highway over the 16-km Edappally-Aroor National Highway Bypass in March 2024, based on the outcome of the ongoing study to ready a detailed project report (DPR).
The ground-level study began in September, and the DPR is expected to be released in December. Based on this, the NHAI will take a call on whether to construct the elevated highway parallel to the flyovers at Palarivattom, Vyttila and Kundannoor junctions, or to build it over the metro viaduct that criss-crosses the NH Bypass at Edappally and Vyttila.
The elevated corridor that will begin from Edappally will in all probability run parallel to the flyovers at Palarivattom, Vyttila and Kundannoor junctions at approximately six-metre height from the NH Bypass beneath since the project cost would considerably increase if it were to be built over the metro viaduct, it is learnt.
