5 Elevated Corridors to rid Bangalore of its Traffic woes
With traffic woes causing endless nightmares to Bangaloreans, the State government along with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to embark on a major infrastructure initiative that will help in decongesting the core city. The proposal involves the construction of five elevated corridors connecting various parts of the city spread across about 75.5 km, at an estimated cost of about 14,381 crore. A considerable amount of funds is expected to be earmarked towards this mega project in the impending State Budget for 2015-16. It is expected that the project once completed would address the connectivity shortcomings that the city is currently facing.
Proposed Elevated corridors
According to the proposal envisaged, south Bangalore would be connected to north Bangalore through an elevated corridor between Silk Board junction and Hebbal (16 km). Two more elevated corridors connecting east and west Bangalore between Goraguntepalya and KR Puram (21 km) and Jnana Bharathi campus and Whitefield (27 km) have also been proposed in the project. Besides, two linking corridors connecting the three elevated corridors have also been proposed. One of these would be between Agara and Kalasipalyam, which would link the north-south corridor with the east-west corridor between Jnana Bharathi campus and Whitefield. The second one is proposed to come up between Richmond Road and Ulsoor, which would link the two east-west corridors.
Expectation from the project
A feasibility study for the project was conducted recently and it is expected to get a substantial allocation in the upcoming State budget. The lack of connectivity between the south and north corridors as well as the east and west corridors of the city has forced commuters to pass through core city areas, thereby resulting in traffic snarls. It is expected that the development of the interlinked elevated corridors across different zones would enable in decongesting core city areas, and free commuters from inordinate delays due to traffic congestions.
