The board of Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (APMRC) has approved engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) model for the Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada metro projects. The process for appointment of general consultant is likely to commence soon.
Besides, about 99 acres of land is required for phase I of the Visakhapatnam metro project and 82 acres for the Vijayawada metro project.
The Visakhapatnam project involves development of a 46.23 km metro rail transit in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. It spans across three corridors namely, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant to Kommadi (corridor 1, 34.40 km), Gurudwara Junction to Old Post Office (corridor 2, 5.08 km), Thatichetlapalem to China Waltair (corridor 3, 6.75 km). The project entails investment of Rs 114.98 billion.
The Vijayawada project involves development of a metro transit in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. It spans across 38.40 km and has two corridors i.e corridor 1A (Gannavaram- Pandit Nehru bus station (PNBS)) and corridor 1B (PNBS-Penamaluru). The project entails investment of Rs 110.09 billion.