VISAKHAPATNAM: The Rs 113-crore flyover which is under construction at NAD Junction will be partially thrown open to traffic here on Tuesday. Traffic will be allowed on flyover arm from airport to Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) from Tuesday.Another arm from NAD Junction to Gopalapatnam will be thrown open to traffic on August 15. The partial inauguration of the flyover will ease traffic congestion on the route.
Municipal Administration Minister Botcha Satyanarayana, along with Tourism Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao, Visakhapatnam Metro Region Development Authority Commissioner P Koteswara Rao and GVMC Commissioner G Srijana inspected the flyover works on Monday. Trial run on flyover from airport to NSTL was over and it will be thrown open to regular traffic from Tuesday. Four arms of the flyover — airport to NSTL, NSTL to airport, Gopalapatnam to 104 area, 104 area to Gopalapatnam – will culminate at the circle where the work on pillars was going on. The flyover works resumed from May 21 following the permission given for resuming projects.
