₹54 thousand crore for smooth traffic in the city

 ‘Feasibility Report’ ready under ‘Bengaluru Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan’; 30-year long projects

₹54 thousand crore for smooth traffic in the city

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್

Bengaluru: A feasibility report has been prepared for the construction of 16 flyovers/underpasses, two double-decker corridors and two tunnel roads at a cost of ₹54 thousand crore to control traffic congestion and facilitate smooth traffic in the city.

Delhi-based Altinoc has submitted a feasibility report to the BBMP to implement works to reduce traffic congestion and provide road facilities for management under the ‘Bengaluru comprehensive Traffic Management Plan’.

The projects announced by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the 2024-25 budget,  frequently announced by  Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar  and projects that have been pending in the BBMP for many years are included in this report with ‘work-in-progress report’ covering the cost, route, implementation and environmental impacts of projects.

The objective of the ‘Bengaluru Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan’ is to provide better traffic, connectivity, smooth and comfortable facilities to all users in the city. Thus, the report states that long-term plans have been formulated to provide connectivity, safety and convenience for cross-border travel after evaluating the existing road infrastructure.

Apart from new projects, the report also gives several suggestions for smooth traffic on existing roads and junctions and intersections. The report identifies 5 intersections with high traffic volume, 2 areas on Mysore Road, Tumkur Road, Old Madras Road, 5 intersections that are inconvenient for pedestrians, 11 km long road where the speed of buses and cars is low, and 5 intersections with traffic signals. Recommendations have also been given to resolve these problems. It has been said that solutions can be found in many ways such as bus stops, redesign of stops, removal of obstacles on footpaths, and widening of roads at some roads and junctions.

Recommendations in the report

• * Traffic congestion has reached a very high level in all the corridors of the city and will increase further in the coming years.
• * All the identified corridors have a very high number of vehicles plying, and there is congestion at all times of the day.
• * The existing traffic signals are not capable of controlling the traffic of high traffic vehicles. There is an urgent need to adopt systematic traffic signals to facilitate vehicular movement.
• * Many intersections need to be redesigned and upgraded to be able to handle traffic congestion.
• * Vehicles currently travelling at a speed of 10 kmph can travel at a speed of 40 kmph by 2051 after the construction of elevated corridors.
• * The feasibility report has been designed to control and manage traffic congestion for the next 30 years.

₹54,964 crore; Total project cost

₹40,000 crore; Cost of 46 km tunnel road

₹14,964 crore; Cost of 124.7 km long flyover – double decker

46 km; Total length of two tunnel road corridors

124.7 km; Total length of elevated corridors – underpass

1,600; Average number of vehicles registered in the city daily

1,100; Two-wheelers

300; Four-wheelers

200; Other vehicles

240%; Increase in vehicle count in the last two decades

10 km; Speed ​​of vehicles per hour during peak hours

Where is what?

Split flyover at MEI junction; 0.5 km 60 crore

Flyover: Yeshwanthpur – Mattikere Cross to IISC – Mekhri Circle – Jayamahal – St. John Church Road, Halasiru Lake – Old Madras Road – KR. Pura; 27km 3,240 crore

Integrated Elevation: Hudson Circle to Minerva Circle (Minerva Circle, Bharat Talkies, Shivaji Talkies, Town Hall, LIC, Halasuru Police Station, Hudson Circle, Cubbon Park);2.7 km 324 crore

Flyover/Underpass: Kanakapura Road to Banashankari via Konanakunte Cross;0.9 km 108 crore

Flyover: Adyar Ananda Bhavan, Raghuvanahalli, Kanakapura Road;0.8 km 96 crore

Flyover Extension: From Anandrao Circle to K.R. Nrupatunga Road via Circle;1.7 km 204 crore

Underpass Extension: From Madiwala Underpass to Traffic Police Station Junction;0.5 km 60 crore

Elevated Corridor: Hosur Road to Shule Circle (Vellara Junction – Anepalya, Forum, St. John Church, Madiwala, Silk Board Junction);7.4 km 888 crore

Elevated Corridor: From Sirsi Circle to Mysore Road via Nayandahalli;3.5 km 420 crore

Elevated Corridor: From Old Madras Road to Swami Vivekananda Metro Station on Hosur Road to Indiranagar, Domlur – Silk Board Junction via Madiwala;10 km 1,200 crore

Elevated Corridor: Nagawara Junction to Ramakrishna Hegde Nagar, Sampigehalli, Thirumenahalli, Bellahalli, Bagalur Main Road;15 km 1,800 crore

Elevated Corridor: Marenahalli Main Road (7th Main Road Junction from Ragigudda) to Kanakapura Main Road (Thalaghattapura Nice Road via Pipeline Road);10.5 km  1,260 crore

Additional link road to airport: Elevated corridor from Outer Ring Road to Hennur Main Road Junction to Balaguru Junction; 15 km 1,800 crore

Elevated corridor: Tannery Road to Madava Mudaliar Road to Nagawara Junction; 3.5 km 660 crore

Elevated corridor: Yelahanka Newtown to Kempegowda International Airport; 4 km 480 crore

Elevated corridor: West of Cord Road to Pipeline Road (Nandini Layout) via Outer Ring Road; 4.5 km 540 crore

Double Decker (DD1): Elevated corridor – On our metro route from Hosahalli to Magadi Road via Outer Ring Road, Nice Corridor to Kadabagere Cross; 13 km  1,560 rore

Double Decker (DD2): Corridor via Mohan Kumar Road behind Yeshavampur Railway Station connecting BEL Road in collaboration with Indian Railways;2.2 km 264 crore

Tunnel Road 1: South Tunnel Road Corridor – Hebbaladimada Silk Board;18 km 15,000 crore

Tunnel Road 2: East-West Tunnel Road Corridor – K.R. From Pura (ITI Colony) to Nayandahalli Nice Intersection; 28 km 25,000 crore