Hyderabad Urban Development Authority
(Huda), is investing Rs.6,000 crore for an eight-lane access-controlled
expressway. Part of the outer ring road (ORR) project, will be taken up in
three phases.
In the first phase, a 24 km road will
be laid from Gachibowli to Shamshabad, which is scheduled to be completed by
February 2009. In the second phase, a road from Shamshabad to Pedda Amberpet in
one stretch and from Narsingi to Patencheru in another, in all 60 km, will be
laid at an estimated cost of over Rs.2,440 crore.
The third phase will see laying of a
70 km road connecting Patencheru and Pedda Amberpert. The government will take
financial assistance from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)
and will soon call for tenders for the project.