Elevated roads on Bangalore-Mysore highway

Q: Why the State Public Works Department (PWD) is planning to construct elevated roads?

Navneet Gupta, Bangalore

22nd October 2013

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Yeah you are right but now it takes more than four hours to travel between Mysore and Bangalore. Now-a-days the traffic volume has increased during weekends and on holidays. According to sources, the KRDCL is currently conducting a detailed traffic study on the stretch.

Latika Yadav, Bangalore

22nd October 2013

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A proposal will be submitted to the State government in this regard shortly. Few months ago, the State government had planned to widen the highway and make it a six-lane road. But the PWD is learnt to have advised against widening the road as it requires acquisition of developed land on either side.

Darshan Shetty, Bangalore

22nd October 2013

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But as far as I know the road was widened in 2006 to ease the traffic problem and reduce the travelling time. The travel time was estimated to have reduced from three hours 30 minutes to two hours 30 minutes

Navneet Gupta, Bangalore

22nd October 2013

To smoothen and ease the flow of traffic on the Bangalore-Mysore State highway (NH-17) .The State Public Works Department (PWD) is planning to construct elevated roads at key junctions of Ramanagar, Channapatna, Maddur and Mandya on the highway.

Darshan Shetty, Bangalore

22nd October 2013

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In the recent times the traffic has increased considerably. Traffic is estimated to be 70,000 to 80,000 passenger car unit per day. The Karnataka Road Development Corporation Ltd (KRDCL) is working on a proposal to construct four-lane elevated roads at these major towns along the road.

Latika Yadav, Bangalore

22nd October 2013