The project will enable inter-district and other vehicles to avoid the congested and accident-prone Aroor-Edappally NH 66 Bypass, the Edappally-Angamaly NH 544 stretch, and the more than a dozen bottlenecked junctions along the route, saving considerable time and fuel. A scene from Edappally. | Photo Credit: File Photo The long-overdue Kochi Bypass project has got a fillip, with the Centre sanctioning a 50-km-long, eight-lane-wide greenfield corridor linking Aroor on NH 66 with Angamaly on NH 544. This would enable inter-district and other vehicles to avoid the congested and accident-prone Aroor-Edapally NH 66 Bypass, the Edapally-Angamaly NH 544 stretch, and the more than a dozen bottlenecked junctions along the route, saving considerable time and fuel. The Kochi Bypass had been mooted a decade ago as a 44-km-long, six-lane-wide corridor linking Nettoor on the NH 66 Bypass with Karayamparambu, located north of Angamaly. The project remained mired in uncertainty following the expiry of its 3A notification in 2024. “A fresh 3A notification for the proposed eight-lane-wide NH project would be issued shortly. The Centre has permitted the …