Flyover at Yeshwanthpur Circle proposed

Flyover at Yeshwanthpur Circle proposed
This new flyover will ease traffic at this crucial junction
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.

Rame Gowda, Chief Engineer, BCC 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 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, Malleswaram Road, and Mathikere Road, said the Chief Engineer, and added that this junction is one of the oldest and most crucial intersections of the city. The peak traffic at the junction is 7,533 (passenger car unit) PCU per hour in the mornings and 8,028 PCU per hour in the evenings with around 55 percent of the traffic being two-wheelers and autos, around 37 percent being cars and trucks, and seven percent buses. "In view of this, we have proposed a bi-directional four-lane divided flyover on Tumkur Road-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 separator. In order to have service roads and footpaths on both sides, the BCC has planned to go for land acquisition of 3,000 square metres on Tumkur Road and C V Raman Road".

With the construction of the flyover, the signal-related delay in the traffic on C V Raman Road to Tumkur Road will reduce from the present 42 seconds per PCU to no time. Similarly, the signal-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 signal-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 signal-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 Road-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 metro rail. The flyover will have a width of 16.8 metres, said Rame Gowda.