Works for four laning of Bhavnagar – Somnath highway to be launched next week
May 27, 2016
Gandhinagar
Union Road Transport and Highway minister Nitin Gadkari will launch works for widening of four laning of about 260 km long Bhavnagar-Somnath coastal highway NH8E in Gujarat on May 30 at Veraval.
Gadkari will lay foundation stone for this project. The highway is presently two-lane. It will be converted to four-lane. The widening work is likely to complete in two and half years period.
The Government of India has approved nearly Rs 5,000 crore for this project.
National Highway Authority of India(NHAI) will keep the 45-km stretch connecting Bhavnagar and Talaja expandable for conversion to six-lane in the future. NHAI will build 24 big bridges, 129 small bridges, 330 causeways, 4 railway bridges, 5 flyovers, 19 bypass roads.
Alang ship breaking yard, Talaja, Mahuva, Pipavav, Una, Kodinar and Veraval are located on this route.
– DeshGujarat
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