More flyovers for city

More flyovers for city
Some new ones have been planned
The Times of India


With traffic snarls everywhere and people talking about crumbling infrastructure in Bangalore, there can be some sense of relief that several projects taken up by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) last year, have reached completion. There are some new projects on the anvil too.
Projects on the anvil
The city is likely to get several new flyovers in the near future. A flyover is proposed to be built at the junction of Outer Ring Road and Magadi Road at a cost of Rs 35 crores. Another flyover is likely to come up at the Agara and Outer Ring Road junction, costing Rs 40 crores. There is also a proposal to construct a flyover at the Iblur and Outer Ring Road junction, costing Rs 30 crores. The Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project of a length of 117 km has been taken up by the BDA at a cost of Rs 3,600 crores to enhance smooth flow of traffic in the peripheral areas. This will be a 100 metre wide 8-lane road including service roads on either side.
The much talked about IT industry can also heave some sigh of relief as an 8.5 km stretch along the Hi-tech City corridor connecting Outer Ring Road to Electronic city has been taken up at a cost of Rs 140 crores.
Ongoing projects
The BDA has taken up road works on the Outer Ring Road that is likely to cut short the journey by 13 km, for commuters from Magadi Road to Mysore Road via Kengeri. Road improvement work from the HAL corporate office to Kundalahalli is also in progress. The Railway Over Bridge work is taken up at Marathahalli by the Railways. Both the Railway Over Bridge and approach road works will be completed by January 2007.
The much-awaited grade separator at Airport Road and IRR junction was taken up at a cost of Rs 34.9 crore. Although this was opened to traffic, one loop remains to be completed as it has encountered some hitches.
Two new under passes have been taken up at the busiest junctions of the city, one at the Outer Ring Road-Ramamurthyagar junction and the other at the junction of Magadi Road and Chord Road. The scheduled date of completion of this bi-directional 60 metre long underpass project on the Outer Ring Road and Ramamurthynagar junction is June 2007. The 530 metre long underpass with a four line divided carriage way at the Magadi Road-Chord Road junction is scheduled to be completed by June 2007.
According to BDA sources, several CMC roads like the Byatarayanapura and Bommanahalli roads are to be completed by March 2007.