Next year, Bangalore will see another (incomplete) flyover

Flyover at Yeshwanthpur Circle planned
Next year, Bangalore will see another flyover
The Times of India

The Bangalore City Corporation (BCC) is venturing into yet another infrastructure project - a flyover at Yeshwanthpur Circle. Estimated at a cost of Rs 14 crores, the project is aimed at decongesting heavy traffic movement at this five-arm junction.

The Technical Advisor to BCC Jaiprasad said: "This project is one of the 19 grade separators suggested by the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL) in 1991. The tenders have been called and soon the BCC will shortlist the appropriate firms for the project. Once the flyover is complete relief to the junction will be 33 percent. The construction time for the flyover will be 12 months while service roads will take three months for completion.

A flyover here will ease traffic on Tumkur Road (NH4), C V Raman Road, Malleshwaram Road, and Mathikere Road, says Jaiprasad and adds that this junction is one of the old and crucial intersections of the city. The peak traffic at the junction is 7,533 PCU per hour in the mornings and 8,028 PCU per hour in the evenings with around 55 percent of the traffic being twowheelers and auto rickshaws, around 37 percent being cars and trucks, and seven percent buses. "In view of this, we have proposed a bidirectional four-lane divided flyover on Tumkur-C V Raman Road. This flyover can carry peak traffic of 3,600 PCU per hour. Also, presently the buses heading to Yeshwanthpur bus station from C V Raman Road, Malleswaram Road and Yeshwanthpur Market Road are moving up to 1.5 km from the junction towards Tumkur and taking a U-turn to the bus station. In the proposed traffic arrangement the bus movement will be at grade. In order to have service roads and footpaths on both sides, the BCC has planned to go for land acquisition of 3,000 sqmts on Tumkur Road and C V Raman Road".

With the construction of the flyover, the signals-related delay for the traffic on C V Raman Road to Tumkur Road will reduce from the present 42 seconds per PCU to no time. Similarly, the signals-related delay for traffic from Tumkur Road to C V Raman Road will reduce from the current 44 seconds per PCU to no time. The signals-related delay for traffic on Malleswaram Road to C V Raman Road, Yeshwanthpur Market Road and Mathikere Road will reduce from 52 seconds per PCU to 26 seconds per PCU and increase to 31 seconds per PCU in the year 2012 in view of increasing traffic. The signals-related delay for traffic on Yeshwanthpur Market Road to C V Raman Road, Tumkur Road and Malleswaram Road will reduce from 45 seconds per PCU to six seconds per PCU and increase to 12 seconds per PCU in the year 2012. The traffic on Tumkur-C V Raman Road will move smoothly on the flyover.

It is proposed to have a bidirectional four-lane divided flyover along Tumkur Road and C V Raman Road since the option is cost-effective and does not interfere with the ELRTS. The flyover will have a width of 16.8 metres, said the Technical Advisor.

On the anvil…
Plans of constructing 12 new flyovers are being mooted by the civic authorities and government agencies in the city. Here is a look at the status of other flyovers that are yet to be completed:

BDA
Anand Rao Circle: Work underway, 30 percent over, will take another eight months
Indiranagar-ORR intersection: Stalled because of litigation, 60 percent complete
Jayadeva Hospital:
Stalled because of litigation, 60 percent complete

BCC
Modi Hospital: Work underway, 80 percent complete, will take another two months
Rajajinagar Entrance:
Work underway, 70 percent complete, will take three months to complete
Basavanagudi: Work underway, 60 percent complete, will take another four months