With the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA)
proposing to take up construction of master plan roads, grid roads and
improvements to the existing major arterial and radial roads around
Hyderabad, it has decided to empanel consultants for carrying out the
planning and designing for the master plan roads.
The total length
of different types of roads as per the Metropolitan Development Plan
(MDP)-2031 is around 4,500 km and in the rest of HMDA area it is around
1,500 km. The project comprises preparation of detailed project reports
for construction of master plan roads, grid roads within the Outer Ring
Road Growth Corridor and improvements to the existing major arterial
and radial roads in and around Hyderabad city.
The consultants
will be asked to carry out the planning and designing of the master plan
roads for the preparation of preliminary feasibility study using remote
sensing and GIS techniques and ground realities of the alignment and
preparation of DPRs for construction of master plan roads, grid roads
and improvements to the existing roads.
With the 158-km-long ORR
nearing completion, 33 radial roads have been identified to provide
improved connectivity between the inner and outer ring roads. Work on
seven of the 33 radial roads has been completed.
