Status: Under Construction North-West end: Tangasseri in Kollam | History: Planned in 2009 Length 2.863 km | |
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South-West end: Kochupilamoodu in Kollam | ||
Kollam Port Road (Malayalam: കൊല്ലം പോര്ട്ട് റോഡ്) or Port Road, Kollam is a four lane road currently under construction in the city of Kollam, India. The 2.8 km long road connects historic Port of Quilon(Kollam Port) and Tangasseri with Kochupilamoodu in the city through Kollam Beach.
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History
A detailed plan for constructing a four lane road to connect century-old Port of Quilon with Kollam city was first suggested by P. K. Gurudasan, the then Labour minister of Kerala state, in 2007. V. S. Achuthanandan lead LDF ministry had sanctioned fund in 2009-2010 Kerala budget, to take over 71.5 cents of land from Kochupilammoodu bridge road to the Port road from private parties and also sanctioned Rs.2.43 crore for road construction works.
The road project
The first phase of the road, between Tangasseri and Kollam Port had been completed in 2010. The total estimated project cost including phase-II is Rs.13.52 crores.