Bangalore-Chennai Expressway

Q: When is the expressway getting completed and from where till where the expressway will connect Bangalore and Chennai?

Mritunjoy Deb,

3rd July 2013

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where it starts exactly in the highway (in sriperumbudur or in kanchipuram ) a rough map will be helpful thanks

chandramouli, Chennai

8th July 2013

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Proposed Toll Rates on the Bengaluru Chennai expressway:

1) Re 0.65 per km for cars, light weighted vehicles and jeep

2) They are charging Rs 1.05 for large goods vehicles and Minibus

3) Rs 2.20 for bus and trucks

4) Three- axle trucks will have to pay Rs 2.40 as toll charge.

5) Rs 3.45 per km toll rates for multi axle trucks.

6) For over sized vehilce over seven axles will have to pay Rs 4.20 as toll.

These toll rates are much cheaper than the toll charges on the Yammuna Expressway

Jackie,

3rd July 2013

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The estimated cost of the project is around Rs 76.83 billion. Out of which Rs 57.1 billion is expected to be incurred on civic construction activity and the remaining amount will be required for land acquisition, project administration, toll collection system, traffic control system, vehicles and other activities.The cost for land acquisition is estimated at about Rs 6 million.

Krupa Vasavaraj, Bangalore

3rd July 2013

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What about the toll rates for the vehicles? Will the tolls be costly like Yammuna Expressway?

Amreesh Murugan,

3rd July 2013

The Bengaluru Chennai expressway design study is completed. The length of the expressway is 260 kms has seen significant progress in the past few months. The preliminary design report was submitted in March 2013. This six lane project is a part of the 1,000 km expressway pan under Phase VI of the National Highways development programme. Currently the land acquisation and environmental clearance are under progress.

Harsha Mahipal , Bangalore

3rd July 2013

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What is the estimated cost of the project?

Puneet Laskar,

3rd July 2013

The expressway will start at Hoskote near Bangalore and finishes at Sriperumbudur near Chennai. There are already existing roads connecting the two state which are longer than the proposed expressway. The alignment of the greefield expressway passes through three states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. All the higher authorities helped to finalise the alignment in their respective states.

Abhijit More, Bangalore

3rd July 2013

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The corridor passes through five important business hubs Hoskote and Bangarpet in Karnataka, Palamaner and Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh and Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. Out of the total length of the proposed corridor, 14 percent falls in mountainous terrain, 19 percent in plain terrain and the remaining 67 percent falls in rolling type of terrain. The alignment also passes through many irrigation wells, canals, water bodies and tanks.

Srikumar Nair,

3rd July 2013