Quick-fix solutions for traffic snarls

Quick-fix solutions for traffic snarls
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bangalore: The BBMP’s Rs 1-crore underpass project will move from the casting yard to on-site locations next week. Excavation work and other preparations like shifting utilities on the stretch between Windsor Manor and Hebbal flyover will begin from Monday.
This quick fix solution is a move to replace underpass and flyover projects, which cost at least Rs 20 crore per project and take 2-3 years for completion. Instead, casting elements — RCC arch segment box and square boxes — will be fitted in just a day at a cost not exceeding Rs 1 crore. BBMP sources said work at the three casting yards — Okalipuram, Peenya and Hebbal — is proceeding briskly and elements for three underpasses will be ready by this weekend. This project will be used to clear bottlenecks near Windsor Manor Bridge, BDA Junction, Cauvery Junction, CBI Junction and Sanjaynagar Junction.
In effect, all traffic signals between two locations will be removed to facilitate free flow of traffic. And all this will be done within 60 days.
The BBMP has also identified 26 bottlenecks, which will be cleared using this quick fix measures. “Drawings are ready for KR Circle, which will be taken up next. All traffic signals on the Outer Ring Road will be removed and a study is already underway,’’ said the BBMP officials.