Peripheral Ring Road plan may be ready by July

Peripheral Ring Road plan may be ready by July

The Hindu

New road will set outer limits for BDA

# Project estimated to cost Rs. 990 crores
# Work may begin by December
# A truck terminal planned
# 3,477 acres of land to be acquired

BANGALORE: When the Peripheral Ring Road of 108.9 km is completed, access to any of highways leading out of the city will become easier. For long distance travellers it will become possible to avoid passing through the city.

Work on the Rs. 990-crore project is likely to begin by December and the road is likely to be completed in two years, according to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). It will help those living on the outskirts to avoid heavy traffic on the Outer Ring Road. The BDA is expected to approve the plan by the end of June.

The authority has to go through the formality of notifying about 3,477 acres of land to be acquired by mid-July. Tenders for the project have been invited.

Once the technical details are finalised, work will start on packages of 9 to 10 km. each, hopefully by the end of this year.

The Outer Ring Road was designed to keep truck traffic away from the city, but the growth of the suburbs defeated this objective. The Peripheral Ring Road, along with the tuck terminal, is expected to be a better solution. The new road will set the outer limit for trucks to ply, the BDA has said. The peripheral road will eventually link all the highways leading out of the city such as Hosur Road, Old Madras Road, Mysore Road, Kanakapura Road, Tumkur Road, Bellary Road, Magadi Road, Sarjapur Road, and Bannerghatta Road. All these roads will be interlinked which will help long distance travellers from different parts of the city.

The original plans for the Peripheral Ring Road provide for 12 radial connections to the Outer Ring Road and seven underpasses where it intersects other roads.