Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway sees some hope as bids likely soon

Bengaluru: The long-delayed Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway project that runs through Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu will take some time before the road construction work actually begins. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which is implementing the project under the public private partnership (PPP) model, is expected to soon invite bids after vetting the papers.

“Once the bidding process is completed and the contract is awarded, we will give five months to the concessionaire to do the financial closure. In the meantime, we will get the required forest clearances,” said SP Somashekar, director of project implementation at NHAI, without mentioning the timeline to begin the road work.