The 162-km long outer ring road (ORR) which is the orbital linkage to the city’s arterial roads, will be completed by December 2009.

A sum of Rs 5,550 crore has been earmarked for the project. Of this, Huda will pay Rs 1,250 crore as compensation and the rest for construction.

In the first phase, works are in progress for the 24.3 km ORR worth Rs 700 crore and are likely to be completed by March 2008. Of the remaining 138 km in phase II, 61 km road network (phase II A) from Narsingi to Patancheru and Shamshabad international airport to Peddamberpet is under the BOT Annuity model. “In 64 villages, land acqusition needed for the second phase is on. Once the land acquisition for this phase is over, the works will begin,” ORR project director Peeyush Kumar said. By June 2009, phase II ‘A’ will be completed.

Construction for phase II ‘B’ from Patancheru to Peddamberpet under the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), will start in September 2007. It is likely to be completed by Dec 2009

-TOI