Source : The Hindu Date : 20.06.2009

Blue-print for four-lane road ready: Jagadish Shettar

Staff Correspondent

HUBLI: Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar has said that a blue-print for developing the old National Highway between Hubli and Dharwad into a four-lane road, at a cost of Rs. 140 crore, had been prepared and steps were being taken to get Cabinet approval for the same.

He was addressing a gathering after performing Bhoomi puja for the improvement of the 1.57-km stretch between Bidnal Cross and Gabbur on the outskirts of Hubli. He said the Public Works Department was executing the work estimated at Rs. 1.9 crore.

Grant

The grants to the work were provided under the Rs. 100-crore special grant given by the State Government to the Hubli Dharwad Municipal Corporation. After development, the road would connect National Highway no. 4 and the Hubli-Dharwad Bypass Road and would ease the traffic congestion, he said.