Project update: Tumkur Road Expressway

TUMKUR ROAD EXPRESSWAY
Metro alignment sorted out


The elevated-cum-surface expressway on Tumkur Road has taken off, and could bring relief to those working and living in Peenya and Jalahalli in two years. An official with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said the project will be implemented by Nagarjuna Construction and the issues related to the metro rail alignment have been sorted out.
The official said that work related to shifting of electric and water lines and widening of a bridge is currently under way. “By the first week of January, we expect the expressway work to begin in full
swing,” he said. The expressway, to carry toll charges, will start from near the Ring Road junction on Tumkur Road and end at Nelamangala, a stretch of 19.5 km. The elevated portion of about 4.5 km will start near the Ring Road junction.
The NHAI official said the Rs 750-crore project is scheduled to be completed by November 2009.
The project ran into delays on account of the state government raising concerns about the expressway interfering with the alignment of the Metro Rail. It has now been decided that the Metro will run along the right side of the expressway (as seen from the Bangalore city side).