The NHAI is likely to built five new bypass roads as part of the development of the Trichy-Karaikudi National Highway under NHDP Phase III-A in Tamil Nadu.

About 421.5 ha is to be acquired for developing the highway. Nearly 80 per cent of the land acquisition process has been completed and pre-construction works have already begun. The highways will run for a distance of about 110 km when completed. It is to be developed on an annuity basis at a cost of Rs 374 crore with two lanes and paved shoulders. The project has been awarded to Transstroy-OJSC Consortium.

The project involves construction of a new bypass road connecting three major national highways, the Trichy-Thanjavur NH 67, the Trichy-Pudukottai-Karaikudi NH 210 and the Trichy-Madurai NH 45B on the outskirts of Trichy. This bypass will be a semi-ring road which will be connecting Thuvakudi, Mathur and Panchapur on the three highways.

This apart, four other by-pass roads will be built as part of the project at Keeranur, Pudukkottai, Tirumayam and Karaikudi.

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