OREANDA-NEWS. June 13, 2012. L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Limited (L&T IDPL) emerged as the successful project bidder to develop two contiguous road projects of length 484 km 4 lane road at a cost of approximately 4800 Crore. Separate Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), subsidiaries of L&T IDPL signed Concession Agreements with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Both the projects have concession period of 20 years, including a construction period of 30 months.

The two road sections are part of NH 6 connecting Surat to Kolkata, and are a prominent East-West connector. The projects are the longest stretches to be offered in Maharashtra on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. NH6 is also called the Great Eastern Road and passes through mineral rich states like Orissa and Chattisgarh and industrial states like Maharashtra and Gujarat.

The stretches extend from Amravati to Jalgaon (275 km, Project 1) and Jalgaon to Maharashtra, Gujarat border near Surat (209km, Project 2). Currently, the road is in two lane configuration and has to be widened to four lanes along with other facilities like bypasses, flyovers, over bridges across all railway level crossings, underpasses, bridges, toll plazas, etc. The project will be built to the latest safety standards and will have facilities like crash barriers, guard rails, bus shelters, ambulance, crane service, etc.

The projects will be built by the construction arm of L&T as EPC contractors. The Project would offer seamless, safer and faster commute between places like Surat, Dhule, Nagpur, etc. and shall pave way for development in Vidharbha region of Maharashtra.