Cleared for TAKE-OFF

Cleared for TAKE-OFF
Finally, there’s some concrete action on the ground. Magic boxes are coming in handy to ensure smooth connectivity to the Devanahalli airport
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Bangalore: Improving road connectivity now seems to be only quick-fix solution to the pressing problem of connectivity to the upcoming international airport at Devanahalli. Now, the government has zeroed in on the outer ring road stretches to make them free of signals.
By February 2008, widening and development of National Highway 207 — from Hosakote to Devanahalli — and State Highway 104 — Hennur ring road to Anenahalli — will be completed to provide
Men at work
Work is on to prepare pre-cast boxes at three casting yards — Okalipuram, Peenya and Hebbal. Each underpass will require 25 boxes which will be interlocked Where: Windsor Manor Bridge, BDA junction, Cauvery junction, CBI junction, Sanjaynagar junction, Maharani’s College, KR Circle
How does it work?
Excavating the earth takes just a day, laying concrete base will take another two days. Next will be lowering the precast elements, which will take two days. Following that, each block will be interlocked. Then earth nailing will be carried out by putting weld mesh to put a check on earth from caving in. Later, earth will be reinforced and concrete panelling for embankment will be carried out. Earth will northern and eastern approaches to the airport.
Making a presentation on the new infrastructure policy for the state at the FKCCI on Friday, principal secretary (infrastructure) V P Baligar said decongesting the new international airport road would be the administration’s priority. For this, the PPP model had been envisaged to transform the outer ring road-BAIL as an expressway. The National Highway Authority of India has proposed some flyovers along the route in this model, he said.
be filled up on top of the box and ramps will be constructed
However, while minimum time taken to completely finish the work is 72 hours, it will take 3 to 7 days to complete underpasses wherever embankment is required
Time & Money
Work will begin on December 15 and end before March. Underpass at BDA junction will take about 45 days as it requires up and down ramps and an embankment. Here, an arch technology is being used Cost: While the cost of precast elements is Rs 60 lakh, fixing it, making the ramp and bringing back the road to its original shape will cost just Rs 40 lakh.
Project cost is Rs 18 crore VITAL STATISTICS
Load-bearing capacity of these underpasses is a whopping 120 tonnes. In other words, a battlefield tanker can pass on these structures
Dual carriageway — each underpass will be of 15 metres wide that can allow two buses to pass through simultaneously. All underpasses will be uni-directional and of two types. Arch segment will be used where height of underpass needed is 9 metres
Solar lighting, vents for rainwater and also pedestrian walkway will be the features of the elements
IN THE PIPELINE
Anandnagar Road junction and Hebbal Police Station junction on Bellary Road; Cunningham Road junction, Ramanashri Road; RPC Layout junction, Chord Road; Hudson Circle; Kamakya Theatre junction; Hosakerehalli Junction; JP Nagar VI Phase near Delima company; Vidyapeeta junction on Ring Road; GPO; Infantry Road; Goodshed Road; Khoday’s Factory; Elite Hotel junction, Majestic; Upparpet Police Station junction; Advaith Petrol Bunk,k BTM Layout; Magadi Road, KHB Colony; Vidyavardhaka School, Rajajinagar; Bannerghatta Road junction.
TRAFFIC SITUATION
BBMP is doing service roads till Hebbal from Mehkri Circle. By December 15, these roads will be ready and project sites will be barricaded. While a single lane will be opened for traffic movement on main Hebbal Road, service road will take some portion of the traffic. Excavation work at Balabrooie will take two days, so traffic will be diverted near the Highgrounds police station