Marathahalli to get another RoB

Marathahalli to get another RoB
The Times of India

Bangalore: The Bangalore Development Authority will take up the construction of another Road Over Bridge (RoB), parallel to the existing one, at Marathahalli at a cost of Rs 5.2 crore. A detailed design will be ready by the monthend.

The Empowered Committee on Infrastructure and Traffic management, chaired by chief secretary B K Das, discussed the issue on Saturday. The new RoB will decongest the other overbridge. Four-laning: The BDA has also called for tenders to construct a four-lane road between Airport and Marathahalli at a cost of Rs 5.8 crore. The work, which will commence by November 2005, will be completed by July 2006. WB-aided project: The BCC will take up first of the Karnataka Municipal Rehabilitation Programme (KMRP1) under the World Bank project. BCC additional commissioner (finance) and engineer-in-chief P K Srihari said the BCC is awaiting a written sanction from World Bank.

Under the programme, works will be taken up on seven important roads, including the Koramangala 80 Feet Road. The work is expected to start by the monthend. The KMRP1, 2 and 3 cover 140 km of roads and will be executed at a cost of Rs 146 crore.

PWD can’t start work: The public works department has not taken up the work on Attibele-Sarjapur-Varthur-Hoskote (NH4) Road, Attibele-Bannerghata Road and Parappana Agrahara-Naganathapura-Sarjapur Road as the finance department has denied funds saying the government does not have the Rs 39 crore required for the projects, sources said.

Flyover completion: BDA commissioner M N Vidyashankar said the Jayadeva Hospital flyover will be fully functional by April 2006. All potholes under the flyover will be filled if no rain occurs for 48 hours, he said.

The Anand Rao Circle flyover should be completed by December 1, sources said.

Hi-tech City: Since the Arkavathy Layout issue is before the high court, the government has filed petition seeking permission to at least take up road works as it is causing traffic problems, the industry representatives said.