Coimbatore: KG Sathyaprakash, chief engineer, highways (construction and maintenance wing), on Saturday inspected the formation of the Western Ring Road in Coimbatore district.
H Ramesh, superintending engineer (C&M) Coimbatore, and A Gnanamoorthy, divisional engineer, accompanied the chief engineer.
The chief engineer also inspected the vehicular underpass (VUP) on the Salem-Kochi Road and reviewed the upcoming VUP. He inspected 11km of roadwork, checked DBM (Dense bituminous macadam) thickness and instructed officials to expedite work.
The entire length of the Western Ring Road would be 32.42 kms. The project requires acquisition of 143 hectares comprising 119.97 hectares of private land and 23.03 hectares of govt land. The state govt has sanctioned Rs 320 crore for land acquisition. The road construction work would cost the govt another Rs 525 crore.
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