Four-laning of NH-17 Kundapur in Karnataka with Goa to be completed by December

The project to turn the 187-kilometre-long stretch of the National Highway 17 between Kundapur in Karnataka and the state’s border with Goa into a four-lane highway will be completed by the end of this year, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, recently posted on Twitter.

Gadkari said that ‘four-laning’ of the 173-kilometre-long stretch of the highway or about 92.42 per cent of the project had already been completed. The remaining project would be completed by December 2022.

The stretch – an important coastal highway link between the western and the southern regions of the country – has Arabian Sea coast on one side and the Western Ghats on the other side, with a magnificent scenic view.