Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain and GHMC commissioner Somesh Kumar said on Saturday that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to put up 14 welcome gates with a cost of around Rs 1 crore each.

The welcome gates would be developed at NH-7 Kurnool Road, Srisailam Road, Sagar Road, Vijayawada Road, Uppal-Warangal Road, Keesara Road, Dammaiguda X Road, Alwal- Rajeev Rahadari Road, NH7-Medchal-Kompally Road, Jeedimetla-Narsapur Road,  Ramchandrapuram-Patancheru Road, Express Way-Nanakramguda Road, Osmansagar Road and Himayathsagar Road.

There will be concept items at each entry like signage indicating commencement of GHMC border, footpath for 1 km inside,  landscaping, BT re-carpeting up to 1 km, road marking paint and street lighting.

Nine stretches will be of 200 ft wide roads and four 100 ft wide roads.

The signage design will provide Gantry/ Portal Frame across the road, wherever possible or providing of Cantilever signage structure for 4 meter span on both sides of road or providing of Butterfly Cantilever structure in the central median.

The landscaping and greenery will have good perennial greenery plants on shoulders, flowering plants at median and adjoining footpath, fountains at 2 or 3 places on 1 km span and providing city’s thematic displays along the 1 km corridor.

There will be road marking paint on both carriage ways for central line, divider line, broken lines, edge lines and zebra crossings wherever required. There will also be night reflectors with solar studs along the road up to 1 km for automatic sparkle during night.

It was proposed to have modern street lighting on shoulders in central median and special lighting for pedestrian walk way with lower height.