Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh state government has invested more than Rs 861 crore in repairing and restoring roads spanning 20,060 kilometres across the state within nine months of assuming power. Additionally, the Roads & Buildings (R&B) Department has undertaken 922 projects covering 6,054 km, valued at Rs 2,500 crore, over the past two years. Of these, 221 projects spanning 1,326 km have been completed at a cost of Rs 417.30 crore, according to Roads & Buildings and Infrastructure & Investments (I&I) Minister BC Janardhan Reddy on Wednesday.
Advanced Technologies in Road Construction
Highlighting the various large-scale developmental and road infrastructure works executed by the government over the last two years, Janardhan Reddy stated that the R&B Department has increasingly adopted advanced technologies for road construction and maintenance. The department has executed pilot projects involving Artificial Intelligence-based road inspections, Eco-Fix pothole repair technology, nano-concrete roads developed by IIT Tirupati, and the use of fly ash, plastic waste, and steel slag materials to improve durability and reduce costs.
Guinness World Records for Highway Construction
Addressing media persons on Wednesday, Janardhan Reddy noted that Andhra Pradesh entered the record books when NHAI and Rajpath Infracon Private Limited created two Guinness World Records in January 2026 during the construction of the Bengaluru-Kadapa-Vijayawada six-lane corridor. The project achieved a record by constructing 28.95 lane kilometres of continuous bituminous concrete road and laying 10,675 metric tonnes of bituminous concrete within 24 hours, the minister added.
National Highway Projects and Investments
Elaborating on National Highway project works, Janardhan Reddy said Andhra Pradesh has emerged as one of the leading states in terms of infrastructure investment. During the last two years, projects covering 1,549 km of National Highways, involving an investment of Rs 23,325 crore, have been taken up under NHAI and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). The state has also completed 61 national highway projects spanning 1,515 km at a total cost of Rs 35,799 crore during the period. He said Andhra Pradesh ranks third in the country, after Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, in terms of National Highway funding.
Future Targets
For the coming year, the government has set a target of constructing 784 km of National Highways with an estimated investment of Rs 12,000 crore and completing 79 projects covering 1,467 km, worth Rs 30,781 crore.
