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Work on Goa expressway to begin shortly
Our Regional Bureau / Mumbai/ Panaji May 03, 2006
The proposed six-lane expressway connecting north and south Goa will be
built parallel to the Konkan Railway tracks, about 200 metres away, on
the eastern side.=20
Detailed survey and planning for the project will start in a fortnight.
Earlier this month, the Goa Chief Minister, Pratapsing Rane, and state
chief secretary, J P Singh carried out an aerial survey of the proposed
highway.=20
Sources said that special care would be taken to ensure displacement of
people in residential stretches around the proposed road be kept to a
minimum. After completion of the survey and planning for the project,
the picture would be clear as regards number of families to be
rehabilitated, the sources pointed out.=20
The expressway would begin from Amerem village situated along the
boundary of the Pernem taluka, and move through Khaznem, Amai, Nagzar,
Dhargal, Tivim, Shirgaon, Mayem, Old Goa, Carambolim, Neura up to
Cortalim.=20
It would further pass through Verna, Cansaulim, Margao, Navelim,
Cuncolim, Balli and Barsem, right into Canacona taluka. In Canacona
taluka, the expressway will pass through Mashem and Lolyem villages and
connect with the existing national highway.=20
The six-lane proposed expressway has made the government acquire 90 mt
wide stretch of land running parallel to the railway track. The length
of the expressway will be 105 km.=20
Three new bridges, one each at Colvale, Old Goa and Cortalim, will form
part of the expressway.=20
The work for the project will commence with construction of a
single-lane road, to be expanded subsequently.=20
As the expressway is being constructed under the public-private
partnership on build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) basis, toll would
be charged from vehicles for plying on the same so as to reimburse
expenditure incurred on the construction.=20
The minimum speed with which the vehicles will be allowed to travel on
the expressway will be 80 km per hour and it will not be open for
two-wheeler vehicles. There would be no inter-sections along the
expressway since the vehicles running on it would be travelling at a
very high speed.=20
A number of construction companies have shown interest in this project
and the government will invite expression of interest within next two
weeks. The land acquisition process would also begin soon.=20
If the Mopa airport project takes shape then the travellers commuting
between the new international airport at Mopa in the north Goa distrcit
and south Goa will also be greatly benefited from the expressway.
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