North Corridor project soon

North Corridor project soon
This project will decongest traffic to a large extent along this belt
The Times of India

Ayear after its announcement, the North Corridor project at a cost of Rs 43 crores, will get started soon. The message is clear as the Bangalore City Corporation (BCC) finalised tenders for an underpass at the Cauvery Circle, which is a part of the main project that envisages a six-lane road from Minsk Square to Hebbal Flyover to allow uninterrupted traffic flow.

Says a senior official of the BCC, "as a first step towards the project the BCC recently finalsed tenders to take up the Cauvery Circle underpass to facilitate easy traffic flow from High Grounds police station till the Hebbal flyover. The project will allow vehicles coming from Sankey Road to enter the Bellary Road through a three-lane unidirectional underpass". Further, he says, the development of this particular road is one of the important issues the authorities have on hand. The conversion of four-lane road from Minsk Square till the Hebbal flyover is inevitable considering the development Bangalore north would be witness to. We are thinking of introducing deferred payment mode for this project. "The underpass project is going to cost the BCC Rs 10 crores and once we finish all the technical, legal and financial formalities, which will take about a couple of months' time, the work will begin".

The Cauvery Circle is one of the major junctions in the north-south corridor of the city. It is an important junction in the proposed expressway linking the city and the proposed international airport at Devanahalli. This circle has a traffic density of 7,919 PCU/hour. This intersection is a three-armed intersection of Bellary Road and Sankey Road. The southern arm links areas in the north of Bangalore such as R T Nagar, RMV Extension, and Hebbal with the Central Business District, while the western arm (Sankey Road) links Sadashivanagar, Malleshwaram, and Yeshwanthpur.
Linking north

The project will involve a six-lane road with pedestrian subways, bus bays, auto bays, cobble block footpaths, synchronised automatic signals, ground water chargers along the drains, green spaces along the road, sign boards of international standards and metal alloyed street lamps for greater visibility.

Key features
Upgrading the road from Minsk Square to Hebbal flyover to six lanes Grade separator at Cauvery Junction Widening of underpass at Windsor Manor Pedestrian subways at Sanjay Nagar Cross, Palace Road, GPO, and Mysore Bank Circle Bus bays, auto bays, and parking bays at strategic points to allow a smooth flow of traffic Automatic and synchronised traffic signals Signboards of international standards Metal alloyed street lamps of 400 lux Footpaths of cobble blocks with uniformity in width Service roads wherever possible Ground water charges along the drains