According to P A Hashim, the nodal officer for flyover projects, the piling for the flyover will begin after the completion of preparatory works. “We plan to re-route traffic through the service roads and new bridges to facilitate the construction of the flyover on the national highway,” he said. The service roads on either side of the bridge over Edappally canal on the national highway will have a width of 7.5 meters. They will be 25 meters long.

The state government and the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) have inked the Rs 108-crore Edappally flyover project with the PWD. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will execute the project, Hashim said. While KMRL will contribute Rs 30 crore, the Kerala Road Board Fund will provide Rs 50 crore and state government the remaining amount. The flyover project is expected to be completed in 18 months.

For the entire project, 175 cents of land will have to be acquired. Metro officials said that the land has not been handed over. “The urgency clause has been evoked and 4 (1) notification has been published to facilitate land acquisition. The construction work will gain momentum after the same,” said a Metro official. According to sources, DMRC’s contractor Larsen and Toubro (L&T), which has been awarded the contract for Metro viaduct between Aluva and Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, has been awarded construction works of Edappally flyover as well as preparatory works.

The PWD department has begun land levelling works at near Edappally bridge as part of preparatory works to be undertaken for construction of the Edappally flyover. The road authority expects to complete the construction of two service roads and new bridges on either side of the existing bridge within three months.

P A Hashim nodal officer for flyovers in Kochi said that piling works for constructing Edappaly flyover would begin after completing preparatory works. “The plan is to reroute traffic through the service roads and new bridges to facilitate construction works of flyover on the national highway,” he said. The service roads on either side of the national highway will have a width of 7.5 meters. The new bridges that will come up on both sides of existing bridge will have a length of 25 meters and will be 7.5 meter wide.

The state government and Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) inked the Rs 108-crore Edappally flyover project with the public works department (PWD). The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will implement the work. “The preparatory works are also part of the project,” added Hashim. KMRL contributes Rs 30 crore, the Kerala Road Board Fund provides Rs 50 crore and the state government will chip in the remaining amount. The flyover project is expected to be completed in 18 months.

The entire project requires acquisition of 175 cents of land. Meanwhile, officials with Kochi Metro said they are yet to be handed over the land. “The urgency clause has been evoked and 4 (1) notification has been published to facilitate acquisition. The construction activities will be in full-swing when the land acquisition is completed,” said a metro official.

It is also stated that DMRC’s contractor Larsen and Toubro (L&T) which has been awarded the contract for constructing Kochi metro’s viaduct between Aluva and Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium has been awarded construction of Edappally flyover as well as its preparatory works.