We are expecting that once completed, it will significantly reduce traffic congestion within the city as the vehicles from rural hinterland will not need to enter the city.
Once completed, the ORR will connect the Mysore-Hunsur Road, Bangalore-Mysore Road, Mysore-Bannur Road, Mysore-Nanjangud Road, Bogadhi and Mysore-H D Kote Road.
The idea for the 6-laning of the ORR was conceived after the reports of a survey projected that by 2029, there will be 65,000 cars plying through this road per day.
At present the ORR is 5 metre wide, with the main road being 4 metre on either side and 5.5 metre wide service roads on either side, apart from the 3 metre median with street lights installed every 30 metres.
The only problem is that a piece of land at Bandipalya is coming in the way of the expansion. It belongs to the APMC, and a land exchange is being planned. Lets hope that it happens.