Outer Ring Road project to be completed 6 months ahead of schedule

Surat’s Outer Ring Road project is very important for the city, the work on the first phase of which is going on in full swing. Municipal Commissioner Shalini Aggarwal said that the first phase of Outer Ring Road will be opened in January 2024.

The first phase covers a total length of 17.31 km with a total cost of Rs 486 crore. The municipal commissioner said that the deadline to complete the project was June 2024, but the project would be completed 6 months before that and would be opened for citizens. Giving further information, the municipal commissioner said that there are a total of five packages in the first phase of the Outer Ring Road. Out of which the roadwork of all the packages except 1-E package will be completed by June 2023. 1-E package will be completed by December 2023.

The first phase of Outer Ring Road includes a railway over bridge, a fly over bridge, a vehicular under pass, a river bridge and a 3 bay structure and the rest of the road works. Things are happening fast. Packages other than 1-E in which 1-A and 1-B will be completed in 15 days and 1-C and 1-D in 30 days.

Rs 350.05 crore has been spent so far on the Outer Ring Road. Out of which 100 crores have been spent in the last 4 months after the completion of the code of conduct for the assembly elections. Rs 10 crore till March 31, 2023 i.e. a total of Rs 110 crore will be spent during the last four months. Along with this, the work of soil investigation of the second phase of Outer Ring Road is going on. Whose total route is 10.45 kilometers and the total cost is Rs 275 crore. The work of soil testing will be completed in the next one month.

After the completion of this project Garhpur Road, Surat Kamrej Road will get new connectivity from Mota Varachha, Bharthana, Kosad. Apart from this, it will also reduce the distance of about 10 km by road and also reduce the amount of fuel and pollution.