The Govt. of AP, proposed major infrastructure facilities in Hyderabad city and one of them is the orbital linkage to decongest the traffic flow on the existing major arterials. The Outer Ring Road should be viewed as road -cum- area development project since the aim is the development of well planned and and well connected Urban settlements around the Hyderabad Metropolitan area. The 159 km long ring road connects Patancheru- Shamshabad- Hayathnagar- Medchal Patancheru providing connectivity to various State Highway and National Highways, to by pass the city of Hyderabad. The importance of the proposed corridor being:
- Relieves congestion on metropolitan area and inner ring road and meets the future demand.
- Provides orbital linkage to radial arterial roads
- Creates options for development of the further satellite townships
- Provides linkage to the proposed MRTS and Bus system
- Provides quick access to the International Airport from Strategic parts of the city
- Connects various new urban nodes outside the city like Hi- Tech city , Games village, lIlT, ISB, Hardware Park, Singapore Township Financial district etc.,
The traffic studies conducted on NH-7 and NH-9 show that the road is due for 4/6 lane. The traffic movement on the existing inner ring road shows that the existing 4- lane road is inadequate for the movement of the traffic at the design level of serviceability.
Considering the anticipated growth in the region and development of the proposed satellite townships around the ring road and beyond, and the traffic thereby generated, an 8-lane divided carriage way is planned for a design life of 20 years.
The conclusion to develop a highway with full control of access warrants providing highway grade separations or interchanges for all intersecting highways. Once it has been decided to develop the route as an expressway all intersecting highways should be terminated, rerouted or provided with a grade separation. The proposed corridor is designed to be fully access controlled and limited access is to be provided at NH/SHI Major road crossings. 2-lane service roads designed to carry two way traffic, are proposed on both sides of the corridor. Low level underpasses are to be provided for connecting both the service roads at every 1-2 Km, where the terrain permits.
The project is proposed to be implemented in 2 phases and is estimated to cost Rs 3000 Crores.
- Construction of 22 Km of Phase-I from Gachibouli In to Shamshabad NH 7 In. (Rs 500 Crores).
- Construction of 140 km of Phase-II (Rs 2500 Crores).
Connecting: Narsingi- Kollur- Patancheru- Medchal- Shamirpet- Peddamberpet-Turkayamanjil-Tukkuguda-Shamshabad.
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