The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has partially completed the total renewal of the port connectivity road on the Surathkal-B.C. Road section comprising portions of National Highway (NH) 66 and NH 75.

While the total renewal of the 11 km stretch of the 37.42 km Port Connectivity Road, built by the New Mangalore Port Road Company Ltd., was launched on April 24 by Dakshina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta. Rains lashing the region from May third week hampered the renewal work and had to stop the work mid-way following torrential rains. Consequently, road users, particularly two-wheeler riders, had a tough time negotiating the stretch even as potholes and craters continued to haunt them along the stretch. The authority resumed the renewal work after the rains subsided from last one week and completed laying bitumen concrete on the milled stretch of about 1.5 km from Tadambail towards the city.

NHAI has now started clearing the drains, particularly on the New Mangalore Port stretch between Baikampady and Kulur. As the Authority would not be able to relay the roads immediately, it would fix potholes and craters on the Surathkal-KPT stretch on NH 66 to ensure road users would not get affected during the Monsoon.