02-03-10-22 Daily -Goa- GPSC Current Affairs

CM Pramod Sawant said that road projects worth Rs 2,228 crore have been sanctioned for Goa by the Union ministry for road transport and highways (MoRTH). The projects approved include a six-lane highway on stilts at Porvorim, a four-lane highway expansion from Navelim to Cuncolim, and a four-lane bypass from Mashem to Pollem in Canacona.

The Navelim to Cuncolim highway has received a sanction of Rs 361 crore, while the Mashem to Pollem bypass will be constructed at a cost of Rs 177 crore.
The Porvorim highway on stilts is a long-awaited project.

Work of highway expansion that began in late 2016 is expected to be complete from Patradevi up to Karaswada and Verna (including one lane of the new Zuari bridge) by December 2022. Only a stretch of around 3km in Porvorim remains to be expanded.

Presently, due to this pending work at Porvorim, traffic movement continues to be affected at the bottleneck between the Sangolda junction and Mall de Goa.