http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article15863.ece
Mega-investment plan prepared for Bangalore infrastructure
Special Correspondent

The State Government has prepared a Rs. 22,000-crore investment proposal to address infrastructure bottlenecks and traffic congestion in the central part of Bangalore. Twelve projects will be implemented for the purpose during the next three years (2009-12).

The State Government will involve the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the Bangalore Development Authority and private parties.

The draft plan envisages making 12 important traffic corridors signal-free over a distance of 122 km (Rs. 2,500 crore); widening, strengthening and asphalting arterial and sub-arterial roads in newly added zones of the BBMP (Rs. 2,350 crore); construction of elevated viaducts and other infrastructure (Rs. 2,178 crore); construction of railway overpasses and underpasses (Rs. 355 crore); and construction of elevated roads over storm-water drains from Double Road (K.H. Road) to Koramangala and from Rajiv Gandhi Circle near Seshadripuram to Mysore Road along the Koramangala valley (5 km) and the Vrishabhavathi valley (10 km) respectively (Rs. 900 crore).

Other projects: Other major projects are remodelling of storm-water drains in newly added areas of the BBMP (Rs. 6,600 crore); construction of 200 skywalks along the signal-free corridors (Rs. 600 crore); construction of 200 pedestrian subways using pre-cast RCC segments (Rs. 200 crore); construction of an elevated north-south corridor (Madivala to Hebbal) and an east corridor via Vellara junction to Whitefield (Rs. 3,000 crore); improvement of lakes and parks (Rs. 1,000 crore); development of existing markets and construction of new markets in newly added zones (Rs. 1300 crore); and cost of land acquisition for the infrastructure projects in case the Transferable Development Rights (TDR) scheme has to be scrapped (Rs. 1,000 crore).

Minister for Transport R. Ashok told presspersons here on Saturday that the signal-free corridors, 40 railway overpasses and underpasses, 123 lakes, 272 parks, five markets, 200 underpasses and skywalks each, and many other projects would be implemented on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

The draft plan will be finalised in consultation with experts and the public in the coming days. It will be discussed with Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and placed before the State Cabinet for approval, the Minister said.

Resource mobilisation: Asked about the mobilisation of resources required for projects, he said
the BBMP would mobilise Rs. 5,700 crore and
the State Government and the BDA would contribute Rs. 2,000 crore each.
A sum of Rs. 2,000 crore would be sough from the Centre under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and
Rs. 8,300 crore raised from bonds and loans and Rs. 2,000 crore from the PPP.

The BBMP has collected Rs. 800 crore in property tax and Rs. 3,500 crore would be generated by implementing the Akrama-Sakrama scheme. There was no shortage of funds for implementing projects in Bangalore, Mr. Ashok said.

BBMP Commissioner Bharatlal Meena said the BBMP had initiated talks with the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) for a loan of up to Rs. 5,000 crore, for which the Government would provide guarantee.

He said these projects would not only beautify the City but also help maintain cleanliness. So far there had been no vision document for development of Bangalore. To a question on the relevance of magic boxes, he said work on such projects would be stopped soon.

12-km stretch of Ring Road to be widened for mutation corridor

T.S. Ranganna

BBMP will issue notifications to purchase land for the project soon

The mutation corridor will link Magadi Road with Mysore Road

Those losing land will be issued Transfer of Development Rights

BANGALORE: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has embarked upon a project to widen a 12-km stretch of the Ring Road, from Unani Hospital on Magadi Road to Mysore Road Junction at Kengeri, to facilitate building a 150-ft mutation corridor to link the two State highways. The BBMP will soon issue notifications to purchase land for the project.

Residents and shop-owners on the Ring Road, who were surprised by the markings made on their building walls, are now under the imminent threat of being thrown out of their property. The former president of the then Rajarajeswari Nagar City Municipal Council, Hanumantharayappa, alleges that the decision to convert the 80-ft road into a mutation corridor was taken after the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) issued the notification for widening 512 km of roads in the city in 2007.

According to a senior official of the BBMP — the licensing authority for acquiring property — those who stand to lose residential sites/buildings will be issued Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) which gives them saleable rights to property or property development in other parts of the city. If the TDR, which is voluntary, does not work, the official said that the BBMP would pay guidance value and acquire the property.

At present, a mutation corridor (Outer Ring Road) is under construction between Nayandahalli on Mysore Road up to Tumkur Road via Sumanahalli Junction on Magadi Road.

Another corridor linking Magadi Road and Mysore Road will be developed, according to the Disbursement of Traffic Management assessment done by the BDA.

However, N. Muninanjappa Reddy, president of the Kengeri Residents’ Welfare Association, said there were four parallel roads within a distance of one-and-half-km linking the highways. With the completion of the corridor, which passes through Sumanahalli and links Nayandahalli on Mysore Road, in a few months, there would hardly be any vehicular traffic on the other mutation corridor.

The former president of the then Kengeri Town Municipal Council, A. Manjunath, said that people had built complexes and houses on the many sites auctioned by the BDA. In fact, the site owners were waiting for the completion of construction of the existing 80-ft Ring Road along with storm-water drains, he added.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/13/stories/2009101359600400.htm

Six underpasses to be made signal-free in the first phase
Work on Rajajinagar corridor begins

The work on the first phase of Rajajinagar signal-free corridor began with the Minister for Urban Development, Suresh Kumar, laying foundation stone, on Wednesday.

The mega corridor connecting Yeshwanthpur with Okalipuram will run through Dr Rajkumar Road and is estimated to cost Rs 125 crore.

Three of the six proposed underpasses will be made signal free in the first phase. The Okalipuram underpass will be constructed in about eight months at a cost of Rs 10.5 crore.

The Vivekananda College underpass will be constructed at a cost of Rs 7.71 crore with the 10th Cross junction estimated at Rs 12.5 crore.

Present on the occasion, Congress leader D K Shivakumar, who parted nearly 3.5 acres of his land for the project, stated that the developmental work cut across party lines and is for a good cause in the long run.

As a bargain for parting with his land, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be constructing a pedestrian underpass and an overbridge for crossing the road in the vicinity where a complex constructed by Shivakumar has been approved.

Meanwhile, the BBMP will be propose an alternative road for public use from Magadi Road to Rajajinagar during the construction period.


SOURCE (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/31759/work-rajajinagar-corridor-begins.html)

The Okalipuram railway bridge will be brought down to make way for a swanky flyover and a pedestrian bridge, as part of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) plan to smoothen the journey of thousands of motorists from Rajajinagar, Vijaynagar and Yeshwantpur commuting to the central business districts of the city.

The flyover will be an extension of the Rajajinagar Signal Free Corridor proposed from Yeshwantpur to Okalipuram junction along Rajkumar Road and Vatal Nagaraj Road. The work on the corridor was inaugurated here on Wednesday.

"For the Rajajinagar signal-free corridor, the Okalipuram railway bridge has to be demolished. The new railway bridge will be built with a flyover below providing for free vehicular movement. At present, the road under the bridge is narrow and the space for vehicular movement is also less. Therefore, it has to be widened," said a senior BBMP official.

Earlier inaugurating the signal-free corridor works, Suresh Kumar, urban development minister, announced: "After a long wait, the Railways have given the green signal to go ahead with the flyover project. Both BBMP and railways will work together."

Studies have put the traffic density at Okalipuram junction at 9,000 passenger car units (pcu) per hour, most of which pass under the railway bridge as well.The traffic flow is expected to touch 15,000 pcu per hour by 2011.

The flyover project will, however, be taken up only after the completion of the work on the Rajajinagar signal-free corridor, which is the first of the 12 signal-free corridors proposed to be built in the city.

The Rajajinagar corridor comprises six underpasses at major junctions from Yeshwantpur to Okalipuram junction. "The underpasses will be constructed at a cost of Rs10.52crore and will be ready in eight months time. This project, which is a Deepavali gift to Bangalore West, will drastically cut down travel time," Suresh Kumar said and added that the project will come up in two phases: three underpasses will be built during each phase.

"In the first phase, we have started work on the Okalipuram junction underpass. We will then take up work at the Vivekananda junction and 10th cross," said another senior BBMP official. "We have called for tenders for the 11 other signal-free corridor projects as well," said the official.

The Rajajinagar signal-free corridor is located in the north-west quadrant of Bangalore and connects NH-4 on the Tumkur side with the city centre, covering the Government Soap Factory junction in Yeshwanthpur to Okalipuram junction in the city centre, along Dr Rajkumar Road and Vatal Nagaraj Road. The pre-cast grade separators will be set up at a total of eight junctions, out of which, six would have underpasses, while the other two would be set up at the Soap Factory junction, where the Namma Metro work is going on, and the Rajajinagar Entrance, which already has a flyover.


SOURCE (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_okalipuram-bridge-to-bite-dust_1301578)

Two pics of Tumkur Road Elevated highway under construction. Still a lot of work to go

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1601/1003906k.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/559/1003908o.jpg

55 more underpasses, flyovers on cards
Bangalore,Nov 4,Deccan Herald News Service:

Even as the citizens’ outcry against the Tagore Circle underpass is falling on deaf ears, the City’s planners are gearing up to construct at least 55 more underpasses and flyovers. It is a moot point whether the public will be consulted before these projects are taken up.



Many of the projects are bound to resemble the flyover at Windsor Manor and the underpass a few yards away at the Cauvery theatre junction. The only difference would be that the BBMP is likely to reduce the usage of the controversial magic box or the pre-cast element technology to almost zero.
According to BBMP sources, the Palike has proposed to build at least 55 more underpasses and fly overs at many bottleneck areas of the City including Minerva Circle, Shoole Circle, Kasturba Road, Shivananda Circle and near Commercial street. “Already we have planned to have a steel bridge from Minerva Circle to Hudson Circle. Work would start soon at Vidyapeetha Circle where an underpass is coming up. At Shoolay Circle we may require one project.

As the Metro Rail project is underway, we do not want to add more to the chaotic traffic in the City by starting new infrastructure projects. First we would like to have a clear picture of Metro Rail to take further steps in this regard,” said a top BBMP official.

BDA to take up five more road projects
Bangalore, Nov 7, DHNS:

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will take up five new projects at an estimated cost of Rs 189 crore to facilitate signal free flow of traffic along the 62-km length Outer Ring Road.


The approval was accorded at the Authority meeting held here on Saturday to take up a flyover at Bhadrappa Extension along the ORR between Hebbal flyover and Tumkur Road, construction of additional loop and improvement of junction at K R Puram flyover, creation of facility for free turn towards Bellary Road for the vehicles coming from Marathally and construction of a grade separator at Nayandahally at the junction of ORR and Mysore Road beside construction of flyover at Nagavara junction.

The total estimated cost of these works is Rs 189 crore. The break up is Rs 31 crore for the construction of flyover at Bhadrappa Extension along the ORR; Rs 15 crore for the construction of additional loop and improvement of junction at K R Puram flyover, Rs 36 crore for creation of facility for free turn towards Bellary Road for vehicles coming from Marathahalli and Rs 72 crore for the construction of grade separator at Nayandahalli at the junction of ORR and Mysore Road and Rs 35 crore for the construction of flyover at Nagavara junction.

The Authority also approved the tenders to take up junction improvement at Kadubeesanahally and Mahadevapura junctions at a cost of Rs 39 crore and Rs 36 crore respectively.

DH (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/34807/bda-take-up-five-more.html)

Two pics of Tumkur Road Elevated highway under construction. Still a lot of work to go

Wow - I had never even heard of this project!!

How long is this elevated road? Where does it begin?

Its about 4.3 km long from Jalahalli cross (After Yeswantpur on the NH 4 Pune highway) to Nelamangala.

The NICE expressway touches Nelamangala and the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) is there. I had seen the construction of this elevated highway about an year back when I had been to BIEC. That time the pillars were u/c.

I am not sure about the carriageway width, some ealier reports say it is 6 lane.

http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/08/stories/2006060820520300.htm

Wow - I had never even heard of this project!!

How long is this elevated road? Where does it begin?

Guess BBMP has installed LEDs for streetlights on the Richmond circle flyover... Way to Go :banana:

I have made a map of map of Bangalore's flyovers and underpasses using Google maps and Google earth (as I did for Delhi and Mumbai maps). I had no idea of Bangalore's roads before, the only things I knew were Hebbal interchange, NICE, BETL and that NH-4 and 7 pass through Bangalore. I just scanned whole of the city with Google earth to hunt for flyovers.

I might have missed some of them or some flyovers might have been built after Google earth images were taken. So you can help in adding the missed ones. I haven't included rail over bridges (ROBs) as the map is for grade separators only. However, I have added "flyover cum ROBs".

I have used red colour to mark flyovers and blue to mark underpasses. I have also prepared a spreadsheet listing all the grade separators.


Grade separators of Bangalore:

(actual map looks slightly better with better resolution. As of now it is not getting uploaded properly in imageshack. I will replace it once it gets uploaded)

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5233/blr3.jpg



List of grade separators:

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9962/list.png


Is this the right thread for this purpose?

^^ great job abhishek 901

it is the right thread.

great work Abhishek. really impressed with the work undertaken by you especially without much of knowledge of Bengaluru roads. Kudos man.

^^ Thanks Akash and Ullasavadan :)

Excellent wotk Abhishek. Thank you for sharing it with us.

There are two flyovers under construction and are half way through - one at HSR Layout, Sarjapur Road, Ring road junction and the other at Ring Road + Sarjapur Road junction. I dont know the location names. Bellandur flyover is showing signs of construction about to start.

^^
Agara lake junction and Iblur Jn.

HSR layout flyover at the other end of lake which connects hsr bda complex road & koramangala is also set to start.

^^
Agara lake junction and Iblur Jn.

These 2 ??

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HSR layout flyover at the other end of lake which connects hsr bda complex road & koramangala is also set to start.

It is going to be built on which of these 3 crossings ? And is it confirmed that it is going to start very soon ?

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Yelahanka-BEL circle ‘non-stop’ ride

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/10/2009112820091128004108115e37cf654/YelahankaBEL-circle-%E2%80%98nonstop%E2%80%99-ride.html

Two underpasses, to be constructed within a year, will ease traffic on the landmark Hebbal flyover and provide easy access to the BEL circle

Bangalore Mirror Bureau
Posted On Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 12:41:08 AM

The ugly downside of the beautiful Hebbal flyover, that is the traffic pile-up below it, is all set to be a thing of the past! Reason:

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has decided to decongest traffic below the flyover by constructing two underpasses at a cost of Rs 20 crore.

When this happens, vehicles going towards BEL circle from Yelahanka and those heading towards Yelahanka from KR Puram will have a smooth ride. The move, which was recently approved by BDA’s technical advisory committee, will not only ease traffic flow but also give a facelift to the six-year-old flyover.

CHEAPER SOLUTION

The BDA had earlier thought of decongesting traffic below the flyover by constructing two loops. But the idea was spiked by technical advisory committee members including professors from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) like Dr C S Vishwanth and Prof. BR Srinivas Murthy on grounds of practicality. Instead, the idea of underpasses was mooted.

Explaining the present situation, a BDA official said: “Motorists coming from Kalyanagar-KR Puram on the Outer Ring Road have to take right turn at the flyover towards Yelahanka. While motorists coming from Yelahanka and moving towards BEL Circle also have to take the right turn. This forced the cops to install a traffic signal below the flyover, forcing motorists to wait for the green signal. During peak hours, it resulted in traffic snarls. We wanted to overcome the problem by constructing two additional elevated loops to the flyover at a cost of Rs 33 crore. But since the idea was shot down, the BDA has decided to go for underpasses. Compared to loops, the underpasses work out cheaper.”

BDA Commissioner H Siddaiah told Bangalore Mirror: “The passenger car unit (PCU) on Hebbal flyover is more than 10,000 per hour.

Motorists have to wait for a long time at signals. But the underpasses will make the junction a signal-free one.”

AESTHETIC CONCERNS

BDA engineer Srinivasa said: “The loops might have created some problems and could have also spoilt the look of Hebbal flyover. We don’t want to spoil the structure of flyover and we will be going by the suggestions of technical committee members.”

Hebbal flyover connects the Outer Ring Road and Bellary Road. The flyover spanning a length of 6.25 kilometres over five loops combined was the longest flyover in the country when it commissioned in 2003. This was the first flyover in south India to sport interchange at five levels, and also it was the first flyover in the city with vehicle-activated sensor signalling system and two bus bays.

Traffic on the flyover and below it increased after the Bangalore International Airport became operational. BDA officials maintain that the underpasses will be completed in a year’s time. Till then, we want the motorists to cooperate with us, a BDA official added.

These 2 ??

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/9995/26559681.png



Exactly


It is going to be built on which of these 3 crossings ? And is it confirmed that it is going to start very soon ?

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It would be on no. (3) . Well! not sure if anything confirmed by govts is really confirmed :lol:

I will incorporate all the additions after a few days. Meanwhile, if you find more projects which can be added here, then post the info here.

great work there abhishek..........:cheers:

These 2 ??

It is going to be built on which of these 3 crossings ? And is it confirmed that it is going to start very soon ?

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#3 - that is the one along orr. service roads which were mud tracks are being laid now.

also in northern (north east really) section of orr, one more underpass is nearing completion/alerady completed. one half was opened for traffic for nearly 6 months now. this is between the underpass you had marked #14 and hennur road.

and there are also few more along nh7 within city limits to make drive to airport signal free:
1. very popular windsor manor underpass. didn't know until i saw the map that a railway line passes over it. i really doubt anyone thinks of it as a railway underbridge.
2. couple of magic box underpasses. one to connect cunnigham road and other i think is cauvery jn which made a lot of news.
3. there is another small flyover after windsor manor road if you are driving from city
4. i think another regular flyover after mekri circle underpass was getting built a year ago. don't know status now.

BBMP to widen 21 roads soon
Bangalore, Dec 2, DHNS:

A massive demolition drive is in the offing along some important roads, as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will soon launch 21 road widening projects.


According to the BBMP sources, the road widening drive will be taken on Kanakapura Main Road, Amruthanagar Main Road, Yalchenahalli Main Road, Gubbalalu Main Road, Gubbalalu 100 feet Link Road, Vaajarahalli Main Road, Vaddarapalya Main Road, Kammanahalli Road, Hommadevanahalli Road, Sarjapur Main Road, Halanayakanahalli Road, Rayasandra Road, Begur Koppa Road, Kodi Chikkanahalli Main Road, Begur Hosur Road, Kammanahalli Begur Main Road, Hulimavu Begur Road, Hulimavu Hosur Road, Parappana Agrahara Main Road, Koodlu Road and AECS Layout Main Road.

The BBMP has planned to widen Kanakapura Road by 45 metres all along a stretch of 8.1 km, starting from JP Nagar 15th Cross to NICE Road, which would cover Yelchenahalli, Konanakunte Cross and Talaghattapura.

Amruthanagar Road from Khode’s Glass Factory to Anjanapura would be widened by 24 metres, Yelchenahalli Road from Kanakapura Main Road to ISRO Layout 10th Cross by 12 metres, Gubbalalu Main Road and Gubbalalu 100 feet Road would be widened by 18 metres and 24 metres, respectively. Wajarahalli Main Road, Waddarpalya Main Road, Kammanahalli Road, Begur Koppa Road, Parappana Agrahara Road and AECS Layout Main Road would be widened by 24 metres. Sarjapur Main road would be widened by 45 metres on a stretch of 4.5 km.

Tannery Road

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike started the process of road widening work on Tannery Road. There was a growing demand for the widening of the road which was very narrow. The BBMP persuaded people to give up their properties to ease traffic congestion. Many residents have reportedly agreed to it and voluntarily purchased TDR but there was resistance against this road widening project and the BBMP is persuading them, said BBMP sources.

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/39169/bbmp-widen-21-roads-soon.html

Flyover model at Rani Chennama Junction

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2009/12/03/20091203c_016109012.jpg

Dinakaran paper, Bangalore

Tannery Road taken up for widening

Staff Reporter

Property owners co-operate with BBMP in its drive

Only 13 buildings were demolished on the first day

Most of the shop owners give notice two weeks ago

OLD GIVES WAY TO THE NEW: Some 690 buildings will be demolished along a 5-km stretch of the Tannery Road.

BANGALORE: The congested Tannery Road, with its meat shops and hardware stores, saw the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike take up the road-widening project here on Thursday without any hassle.

Close to 5 km of the road is expected to be cleared for widening of the stretch, starting from Fraser Town to the Nagavara railway crossing nudging the Outer Ring Road.

The BBMP had identified some 690 buildings a few weeks ago — mostly shops and small commercial establishments — for the demolition, and senior BBMP officials say that notices had been issued to all property owners. A part of the slaughterhouse on Tannery Road has made way for the project. Aijaz Khureshi, president of the Meat Merchants Association of Bangalore, said about 15 feet of the slaughterhouse facing the main road had been ceded. “It was the open space facing the road where the animals were stationed,” he said. He added that there were no problems or protests by any of the shop owners. Although there were fears of trouble from shop owners, the operation went on smoothly, according to BBMP officials.

On Thursday, portions of only 13 buildings were taken down. A major part of the demolition included an old commercial complex belonging to the BBMP itself. While members of the Meat Merchants’ Association say that notices had been issued well in advance, many shop owners on Tannery Road said that they had not been informed of the demolition till a fortnight ago.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/04/stories/2009120457610300.htm

I love to see encroachments being razed down

Restore foothpaths It is my right to avail it......BBMP I want to see more demolitions :banana:

I

Grade separators of Bangalore:





List of grade separators:

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9962/list.png


Is this the right thread for this purpose?

After Delhi and Mumbai, itz Bangalore's turn. Gr8 work Abhishek!!

I think there are some magic boxes between Mekhri circle and Le Meridian Hotel, which can be considered as underpasses.

Cabinet nod for 12 corridors, arterial roads upgradation
Bangalore, Dec 3, DHNS:

The State Cabinet on Thursday gave administrative approval for upgrading 12 corridors and arterial roads in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits at a cost of Rs 3,248 crore during the next three years.


The 12 corridors and roads identified for upgradation and development are as follows:

Bommanahalli zone: 44 arterial and sub-arterial roads (147.95 kms - Rs 862 crore); Rajarajeshwari zone: 19 arterial and sub-arterial roads (73.5 kms - Rs 444 crore); Mahadevapura zone: 15 arterial and sub-arterial roads (108 kms - Rs 373 crore); Bydarayanapura zone: seven arterial and sub-arterial roads (51 km - Rs 230 crore); Dasarahalli zone: eight arterial and sub-arterial roads (72 kms - Rs 320 crore).

Dr Rajkumar Road: Yeshwanthpur - Okalipuram stretch (Rs 87 crore); Old Airport Road: Vellara Junction - Kundalahalli stretch (Rs 170 crore); Outer Ring Road: Mysore Road -Central Silk Board (Signal free - Rs 157 crore).

Bannerghatta Road: Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology to Hulimavu (Rs 96 crore); Magadi Road: Chord Road to Outer Ring Road (Rs 224 crore); Hosur Road: Vallalla junction to Central Silk Board (Rs 75 crore); Mekri Circle - Whitefield Hope Farm Junction (Rs 310 crore).

Night safari at Bannerghatta

The State Cabinet also decided to start night safari at Bannerghatta National Park. Acharya said once the Rs 178 crore project is in place nature lovers can take a ride through a night safari to sight nocturnal wildlife.

The infrastructure at the park would be refurbished and developed into one of the best night safari venues in the world.

For the record, the project was first mooted in 2002 and various models for development have since been doing the rounds, but nothing concrete has emerged so far.


http://www.deccanherald.com/content/39374/cabinet-nod-12-corridors-arterial.html

also in northern (north east really) section of orr, one more underpass is nearing completion/alerady completed. one half was opened for traffic for nearly 6 months now. this is between the underpass you had marked #14 and hennur road.

Which one of these two?

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4204/63063112.png


and there are also few more along nh7 within city limits to make drive to airport signal free:
1. very popular windsor manor underpass. didn't know until i saw the map that a railway line passes over it. i really doubt anyone thinks of it as a railway underbridge.

It is an RUB. Many times people say flyovers instead of ROBs and underpasses instead of RUBs, but that won't change the reality.

2. couple of magic box underpasses. one to connect cunnigham road and other i think is cauvery jn which made a lot of news.

3. there is another small flyover after windsor manor road if you are driving from city

Can you mark their locations ?

4. i think another regular flyover after mekri circle underpass was getting built a year ago. don't know status now.

On which of these crossings ?

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8222/97254319.png

After Delhi and Mumbai, itz Bangalore's turn. Gr8 work Abhishek!!

I think there are some magic boxes between Mekhri circle and Le Meridian Hotel, which can be considered as underpasses.

One of them is RUB (Windsor Manor). Can you mark others ?

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_flyover-parks-a-pile-up_1323855

It was a move meant to ease the flow of traffic, but it has caused just the opposite effect at the Shantinagar bus stand.With traffic police having done away with the intersection of traffic on the Richmond Circle flyover,a huge traffic pile-up occurred on Double Road during the peak hours of Monday morning. The snarl ended up clogging the Shantinagar bus station.

The flyover is at the intersection of Mission Road, Residency Road, Richmond Road and Double Road,Sampangi Rame Gowda, manager, operations, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) said, "Since Saturday, when the traffic flow was changed to disallow the merging of traffic on the flyover, Double Road has witnessed a heavier flow. There are 1,200 trips halting at the Shantinagar bus station each day. Over the last two days, we have deployed a special traffic controller here to ensure that the buses keep moving smoothly, without halting for too long and disrupting the flow."

"This road was not as busy earlier. For the first time now, we see slow-moving traffic here right through the day. We are apprehensive that the problems will only increase. Once the Majestic or Kempe Gowda bus station is shifted to Shantinagar, we will experience a severe space constraint; manoeuvring buses here will become a problem. We have informed the ACP traffic, but they are keen to observe traffic flow for another two days before considering changing the pattern of traffic flow here."

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_flyover-parks-a-pile-up_1323855

People are to be blamed......I am with the authorities we can't construct flyovers,decongest roads over night.

People must use public transport,each time I visit bangalore I see one person in some Honda civic or a Ford etc.....

BMTC came up with Volvo's,What more do those rich people need?? :bash:

City belongs to all,it is better if people stop cribbing about the infrastructure and cooperate with the authorities.

If that 'Honda' person lives in Indira Nagar and wants to go to Electronic City to work and go to his other office in Sarjapur Road for a meeting in the afternoon and has to go back home in the evening, Can you tell me which 'Volvo' he has to take? Even I dont have a 'Honda', I still prefer to use my two wheeler or whatever car I could afford, to make my commute easier. As long as 'End Mile Connectivity' is not there, you can't force people to use 'public transport'. There are no shelters, proper pedastrian pathway in most of the places, say Marathahalli junction..

If that 'Honda' person lives in Indira Nagar and wants to go to Electronic City to work and go to his other office in Sarjapur Road for a meeting in the afternoon and has to go back home in the evening, Can you tell me which 'Volvo' he has to take? Even I dont have a 'Honda', I still prefer to use my two wheeler or whatever car I could afford, to make my commute easier. As long as 'End Mile Connectivity' is not there, you can't force people to use 'public transport'. There are no shelters, proper pedastrian pathway in most of the places, say Marathahalli junction..

If that guy is so capable; & he has to go to his office located in other area for a meeting,then probably his designation would allow him to use the company cab.
Now don't tell he has to visit his autny's home in kormangala.:lol:

Good one, Akash! Aunty's house at koramangala :)
We all need a very efficient rapid transit with seamless connectivity, for which the city is really working on, all we have to do is, wait with patience.


If that guy is so capable; & he has to go to his office located in other area for a meeting,then probably his designation would allow him to use the company cab.
Now don't tell he has to visit his autny's home in kormangala.:lol:

Good one, Akash! Aunty's house at koramangala :)
We all need a very efficient rapid transit with seamless connectivity, for which the city is really working on, all we have to do is, wait with patience.

thanx.......Shyam it really boils my blood when I see techies driving singly and later cribbing about the traffic and scolding the buses for clogging the roads.:nuts: real nuts.

Many people just want to showoff that they have volvo's in their cities but don't want to travel in them.:bash:

Map of Bangalore's Grade separators (flyovers and underpasses)

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2455/blr2withgrid.jpg


Red = Flyover
Blue = Underpass



List of Bangalore's grade separators

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/412/bangalorelist.png

Great one abhishek.................. a million applause for you :cheers:

Thanx for the detailed compilation :banana:

^^
few more to what i mentioned in my previous posts. first 2 are i think still under construction:
1. kanakapura road & with road parallel & north of orr (this is the same road that extends from bannerghatta circle: intersection of orr & bannerghatta road where you have flyover & underpass).
2. underpass along orr in south somewhere in d6 box was also under construction for a couple of years now.
3. in city at the complex junction of seshadri road, post office road/ ambedkar road & nrupatunga road (somewhere edge of d3 & d4 boxes). there is a magic box underpass there.

also, nice intersection with hosur road was completed many years ago. you probably meant nice - bannerghatta road intersection (d8).

also, if you are travelling along nice road between bannerghatta road & hosur road, there are flyovers built perpendicular to nice road pretty much every km. some of them appeared as flyovers to no where: there was no road really just that flyover above nice road. i was wondering if it was built keeping in mind future urbanization on either side of nice road. so, i am not sure how you are going to mark them. you are better off zooming in further & get nice road off your map. it is anyway too far away for bangaloreans.

i think there is one more magic underpass at seshadri road & palace road intersection (other corner of race course).

Great one abhishek.................. a million applause for you :cheers:

Thanx for the detailed compilation :banana:

Thanks gang partner ;)

^^
few more to what i mentioned in my previous posts. first 2 are i think still under construction:

:( I thought you would tell these things before I posted the final map. Now I have to update it one more time. BTW you have a very good knowledge of Bangalore's roads and flyovers :cheers:

1. kanakapura road & with road parallel & north of orr (this is the same road that extends from bannerghatta circle: intersection of orr & bannerghatta road where you have flyover & underpass).

Which one of these ?

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3127/62004212.png

2. underpass along orr in south somewhere in d6 box was also under construction for a couple of years now.

Which one ?

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6038/49886483.png

3. in city at the complex junction of seshadri road, post office road/ ambedkar road & nrupatunga road (somewhere edge of d3 & d4 boxes). there is a magic box underpass there.

You mean no. 2 here, right?

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6394/76071976.png

I couldn't see anything at this location in Google earth and its images are fairly recent (Feb 26, 2009)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5140/35500813.png

also, nice intersection with hosur road was completed many years ago. you probably meant nice - bannerghatta road intersection (d8).

I meant NICE-Hosur road only. NICE-bannerghatta was not visible in GE, I'll mark it.

also, if you are travelling along nice road between bannerghatta road & hosur road, there are flyovers built perpendicular to nice road pretty much every km. some of them appeared as flyovers to no where: there was no road really just that flyover above nice road. i was wondering if it was built keeping in mind future urbanization on either side of nice road. so, i am not sure how you are going to mark them. you are better off zooming in further & get nice road off your map. it is anyway too far away for bangaloreans.

They don't look like flyovers, they are very narrow. It seems they are mainly supposed to be there for non-motorized vehicles or 2-wheelers.

i think there is one more magic underpass at seshadri road & palace road intersection (other corner of race course).

At no. 3 ? (I have already marked underpass at 1)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6394/76071976.png

^^ Also please clarify some doubts of this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48266033&postcount=29) post :)

:( I thought you would tell these things before I posted the final map. Now I have to update it one more time. BTW you have a very good knowledge of Bangalore's roads and flyovers :cheers:



i would have, if i knew exact locations. news ones: i did not remember them. i happened to drive these roads recently and noticed them. this anycase would not be the last update. new ones would be added every year.




Which one of these ?

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3127/62004212.png



#2.



Which one ?

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/9218/17667113.png



i think you got the wrong image here. i meant along orr. seems to be orr - puttenahalli intersection. google satellite image clearly shows construction there.




You mean no. 2 here, right?

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6394/76071976.png


I couldn't see anything at this location in Google earth and its images are fairly recent (Feb 26, 2009)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5140/35500813.png



yes, i meant #2. it is possible that even if it is a feb image, it may not be recent enough. these magic boxes are completed within a few months (<3 months).


I meant NICE-Hosur road only. NICE-bannerghatta was not visible in GE, I'll mark it.


you marked nice-hosur road as under construction. it is completed.


They don't look like flyovers, they are very narrow. It seems they are mainly supposed to be there for non-motorized vehicles or 2-wheelers.



ya, i guess 2 lane elevated structure. but many roads at either side of it don't seem metalled. you can see some them metalled. anyway, it's your choice to mark them.




At no. 3 ? (I have already marked underpass at 1)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/6394/76071976.png

yes, i meant #3 junction.

so, ya both #1, #2 & #3 all have underpasses.

^^ Also please clarify some doubts of this (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48266033&postcount=29) post :)

i don't know exact intersections. i drive those parts of city if i need to go to airport.

i think you got the wrong image here. i meant along orr. seems to be orr - puttenahalli intersection. google satellite image clearly shows construction there.
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6038/49886483.png

Yeah posted wrong image by mistake. Here is the right one. I think you mean #1 ?

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6038/49886483.png

Yeah posted wrong image by mistake. Here is the right one. I think you mean #1 ?

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6038/49886483.png

i meant #3. google satellite image shows under construction underpass.

Google has updated its images recently, so it will take some more time to add updates to this map. Now I will have to scan the city again for new constructions :(. Same thing happened with Mumbai also. Google updated its images just 2 days after I made Mumbai's map. I had to scan whole of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai again then :ohno:.

I have updated the Bangalore's flyovers map and list. The number of flyovers has increased to 42 now from 28 before after google earth's recent updates.

One doubt is left.

I can see something at this point in Google earth. Is it a flyover under construction?

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/5641/78766644.png


http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2378/77085409.png

AK-91, ^^ thats the KadirenahaLLi Underpass , that's under construction.

Also, to add to the list, An underpass is under construction on the BP Wadia Road and KR Road junction. Its called the "Tagore Circle Underpass."

Was not able to figure out, how to post the map directly , here's the link.

http://maps.google.co.in/maps/ms?source=s_q&view=map&hl=en&gl=in&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=104911357388817658746.00047b731cb972cef1194&ll=12.94382,77.57391&spn=0.002724,0.004812&z=18


Oh yeah, BTB , you have done a gr8 job mapping Del and Mum and now of namma bengalooru.... Awesome man :cheers:

Red = flyover
Blue = underpass


Map

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2455/blr2withgrid.jpg


List

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1160/listm.png

^^ Are you missing the under construction elevated road on the Tumkur road (NH4)? i.e., in Grids A1 and B1.

^^ Are you missing the under construction elevated road on the Tumkur road (NH4)? i.e., in Grids A1 and B1.

Is that an elevated road ?? I looked like metro under construction from google earth. What are its starting and terminating points ?

^^It is an elevated road in Tumkur Road, just like BETL on Hosur Road. It is in NH4, between Goraguntepalya (Ring Road junction) and Nelamangala. Tumkur road is being developed as a six lane one with two lane service roads on either side.

The elevated road is about 4.3 km and is a four lane one.. The project also includes a flyover at the Nelamangala-Kunigal road junction and six grade separators - Chikkabidarakal, Madavara, Adakimaranahalli, Dasanapura, Arasinakunte and Sondekoppa Road.

Not sure about the present status. As per a news report dated July 09 in Bangalore Mirror, about 73% of the work was completed and the elevated road would be ready by March 2010.

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=2009072720090727003216546a6de9061

I had driven through this stretch about an year back, when I had been to Bangalore International Expo and Convention Center in Nelamangala near the Nice Road Grade Separator. That time piers had been u/c and it was a mess driving through the stretch. I used to take 1 hour to reach Yeswantpur from Nelamangala.

^^ Thanks Sudheesh. All these flyovers except the elevated road are lying outside my map :(. I made this map carefully after looking at the various flyover projects of Bangalore. At that time there was no visible construction on Tumkur road or NICE. But they updated images few weeks after I made the map. It is now not possible to extend the map from north or west side. I will have to make a new map later in future to adjust these new projects.

I have updated the list. Just check it whether the names are correct or not. Also give the name of the flyover between Madanayakhalli and Arishinkunte. Many of the names you gave could not be recognized by google maps and earth (maybe due to spelling error).

Here is a part of the list. You may give proper names to these flyovers.

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7833/29033606.png

Can someone let me know, what is the difference between a 'flyover' and a 'grade separator'?

^^Grade Separator is a generic term. As the name denotes, it separates the traffic in different grades/levels smoothly, without a need of any signal.

‘Flyover’ is a kind of separator where a separation is made by the help of a bridge/flyover which goes above the junction. There could be different legs/arms of the flyover to weave out traffic coming from different directions. Examples are Hebbal, Domlur grade seperators.

‘Underpass’ is another kind of grade separator wherein the path is made by digging the earth beneath the road level. ‘Mekhri Circle underpass is an example.

@Abhishek, I am not sure about the place names in Bangalore, esp the local ones, even though I may be driving through those regions. And I know well only the East and North Bangalore.

Bangalore roads: The year ahead

Bangalore roads: The year ahead
Bangalore, Dec 28, DHNS:

Year 2010 is slated to witness many changes for Bangalore traffic. The first half will be challenging as more flyovers and underpasses will begin. Underground portion of the metro rail work will also start and BBMP will begin work on 11 signal free corridor.

The second half will be important as most of the flyovers and underpasses taken up in 2009 will be thrown open for public use. There would be more men on ground to manage vehicular movement as the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) will give 600 men to assist the traffic police till the project is completed.

In the new year, the traffic police have resolved to coordinate better with civic agencies to minimise inconvenience to public, bring in further improvement in road users’ behaviour by launching campaigns with educational institutions and other offices with the involvement of NGOs, give better training to policemen on ground, and take stern action against traffic violators, besides adopting a zero tolerance attitude.

The number of traffic signals will come down drastically as more flyovers, underpasses and over bridges are to be opened in 2010. The foundation stone for a traffic training and road safety institute will be laid at Thanisadra which will take one year to be functional. The number of pelican lights and blinkers will also be increased next year.

Sounds good. Thanks Sudeesh!

^^Grade Separator is a generic term. As the name denotes, it separates the traffic in different grades/levels smoothly, without a need of any signal.

‘Flyover’ is a kind of separator where a separation is made by the help of a bridge/flyover which goes above the junction. There could be different legs/arms of the flyover to weave out traffic coming from different directions. Examples are Hebbal, Domlur grade seperators.

‘Underpass’ is another kind of grade separator wherein the path is made by digging the earth beneath the road level. ‘Mekhri Circle underpass is an example.

@Abhishek, I am not sure about the place names in Bangalore, esp the local ones, even though I may be driving through those regions. And I know well only the East and North Bangalore.

I updated the map and list in post 50

Date:04/01/2010 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010457490100.htm
Electronic City expressway almost ready

Bangalore Bureau

THE FAST LANE: The 10-km elevated expressway to Electronic City is expected to ease traffic on Hosur Road in Bangalore once it is inaugurated.

BANGALORE: With work on the much-awaited Hosur Road Elevated Expressway almost complete, motorists commuting to Electronic City can soon look forward to faster and signal-free travel to work and back home on the 10-km expressway stretching from Bommanahalli to Electronic City.

Though the date for the official inauguration of the elevated expressway, built at an estimated cost of Rs. 880 crore, has not been finalised, a senior official of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) told The Hindu here that the access-controlled expressway will be thrown open to traffic soon.

“The expressway is almost ready. But, we can’t say when it will be inaugurated. But, it will not take long (for the expressway to be thrown open to traffic,” he said.

Officials are confident that motorists would take less than 20 minutes to cover the distance between Bommanahalli — just after the Central Silk Board Junction — and Electronic City against the one hour it now takes during peak hours.

The existing road, which is part of the National Highway 7 is choked with not only vehicles plying between Bangalore city and Electronic City but also trucks and other vehicles bound for Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Work on the four-lane expressway began in June 2006 after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone. It was originally scheduled to be completed in 24 months.

The four-lane expressway will run above the six-lane existing highway. The median dividing the traffic had been completed and the lanes too had been marked along a good portion of the expressway. Streetlights had been fixed along the road and personnel were found testing the lights on Sunday.

Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Praveen Sood said he had heard that the work on the expressway had been completed. He added that he was not aware of the date of its inauguration.

“Nobody has told us when it will be inaugurated. There is a need to introduce certain changes in the traffic rules ahead of the inauguration,” he said.

However, Mr. Sood favoured an early inauguration of the expressway as it would ease the burden on other roads in the area.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Bangalore East, Muthanna, who is the jurisdictional Deputy Commissioner of Police for traffic, said that he was yet to be consulted about the likely date of inauguration.

Meanwhile, at least two other traffic infrastructure projects in the city are said to have been completed and awaiting formal inauguration. “I understand that the work on Wheeler Road Flyover and Horamavu Underpass has also been completed. They can be inaugurated anytime,” Mr. Sood said.

There isn't a flyover being built at the Jn. of Kanakapura Rd [NH209] and ORR. I've been to the place quite often. There is only one grade separator on Kanakapura Rd and that is the intersection with NICE Road.
Also, as for the flyovers on TOP of, or underpasses BELOW NICE Rd, they were built where a village road existed. It is upto the erstwhile panchayat/CMC/Ward officials to connect them to the roads...

There isn't a flyover being built at the Jn. of Kanakapura Rd [NH209] and ORR. I've been to the place quite often. There is only one grade separator on Kanakapura Rd and that is the intersection with NICE Road.


Neither I have marked a flyover at NH-209 and ORR :)

There is an ad in DH today of some inauguration - Mysore Rd - Magadi road link 6 lane road and a flyover in Somanahalli. While the half page ad was full of pictures of various politicians, there was, as usual, no map, no information or where this road starts, where it ends, who can use it etc.

Any idea if this allows going to airport from Mysore without crossing city?

Hello all,
My debut on SSC, and glad to be here!
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Bangalore's Hebbal flyover set to go wider
Bosky Khanna / DNAWednesday, January 13, 2010 8:37 IST

Bangalore: Here’s some good news for Bangaloreans. The busy Hebbal flyover that connects the Bengaluru International Airport to rest of the city will soon become six-lane wide, thus giving respite to the beleaguered traffic in the area. This is not all. The entire stretch of the road leading to the airport will be signal-free, thus enduring smooth traffic movement.

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) is handing over the Hebbal flyover to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for making it six-lane wide. Furthermore, NHAI is also preparing a detailed project report on making NH-7, from Hebbal flyover to international airport, eight-lane wide and signal-free.

BDA engineer R Sreenivasa said that they had discussed the issue with the officials of NHAI and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and government orders have also been issued. The BDA will clear the debris below the flyover and landscape the area at a cost of Rs1.9 crore, before handing it over to the NHAI for the widening work. Of the 5.6 km flyover, the NHAI aims to add piers on a kilometre stretch to make it six lane.

The BDA had constructed the flyover in coordination with the NHAI. The agency aims to develop 9.6 acresbelow the flyover and hand it over. A statue of Kempegowda will also be installed here.
BDA engineers point that the passenger car units (pcu) was 12,364 vehicles during peak hours in 2009 which is likely to increase to 13,291 in 2010.

BBMP chief engineer (major roads) Chikkarayappa said, the road till Hebbal belongs to the Palike and it will be handed over to improve upon the existing infrastructure. Furthermore, NHAI is also conducting surveys to construct flyovers at five junctions on the highway towards airport, to make it signal free. This will ensure seamless connectivity, NHAI manager, technical, Ravi Sudhakar told DNA. The project for widening the flyover, widening the highway till airport and constructing flyovers is estimated around Rs600 crore. It will be taken up on a public private partnership (PPP) model.

Experts point out that there is a need to undertake this project as the vehicular movement is rapidly increasing. Advisor to the government of Karnataka for traffic, transportation and infrastructure, MN Sreehari said that once road is widened, traffic will increase and thus lead to road congestion. He felt that as compared to BBMP and BDA, the NHAI has better expertise and knowledge it was a good idea to assign them this task.

There is an ad in DH today of some inauguration - Mysore Rd - Magadi road link 6 lane road and a flyover in Somanahalli. While the half page ad was full of pictures of various politicians, there was, as usual, no map, no information or where this road starts, where it ends, who can use it etc.

Any idea if this allows going to airport from Mysore without crossing city?


Hi! I just registered on SSC, although I have been following discussions on this and other threads with great interest for over a year now.

The 6 lane road being referred to is the incomplete 4.2 km section of the ORR between Magadi Road (Sumanahalli Junction) and Mysore Road (Nayandahalli Junction). Google Maps has not yet updated itself, but the road is visible on Wikimapia:

This (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9872406&lon=77.5192899&z=18&l=0&m=b) is the Sumanahalli Junction where it begins. Follow the road south till it takes a curve (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9610406&lon=77.5127828&z=18&l=0&m=b) at NGEF Layout and then crosses the Nagarbhavi Circle (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9581862&lon=77.5188071&z=18&l=0&m=b), curving further south before it meets Mysore Road at the Nayandahalli Junction (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9452758&lon=77.5280821&z=19&l=0&m=b).

All can use it without restriction and there is no toll etc. However, no BMTC buses use the road yet :ohno:
I will be travelling there tomorrow or the day after. Expect some snaps in a couple of days :)

^^ welcome to SSCI ... looking forward to the pics

i travel on this road everyday missing stretch near nayandhalli is not complete
it may take some 2-3 weeks will post the pics of uncompleted stretch if u want

No It will take more than one month for sure to have this stretch completed.I travelled across this road and felt that BBMp missed a chance to make this road as expressway.They could have easily added one or two underpasses for this elevated stretch.But anyways this looks a beautifull stretch and it takes aproximatly 10 minutes to travell the stretch of 6 kms.And even after the flyover, there are 4 more kms which are signal free.So totally 10 kms of 6 lane(3 lanes each way)road without a signal. Construct one more underpass at nandini layout and we will have a complete stretch of 13 kms from goruguntepaly(NH-4) to nayandalli signal free.And thats amazing. Looks like bangalore north areas are getting good lift with many major infrastructure areas comming to completion.

Race course road being widened

Bengaluru administrative district skyline in back ground

http://dkn.dinakaran.com/pdf/2010/01/21/20100121d_016109007.jpg

Dinakaran-Bangalore edition

There is an ad in DH today of some inauguration - Mysore Rd - Magadi road link 6 lane road and a flyover in Somanahalli. While the half page ad was full of pictures of various politicians, there was, as usual, no map, no information or where this road starts, where it ends, who can use it etc.

Any idea if this allows going to airport from Mysore without crossing city?

here's a map (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=12.9645&mlon=77.5122&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF) of the section

Nelamangala Tollway - Latest Pics in Praja

http://www.praja.in/en/blog/sreejis12/2010/01/25/nelamangala-tollway-nh4-latest-pics

There are many flyovers being built on the outer ring road, does anybody have the latest updates and when they plan to make it operational.

The BTM/JP Nagar stretch of the ORR is planned for widening, the news had come out in papers few months back. One of the shop owners in BTM told me that he is vacating and moving to HSR layout because the buildings along the BTM ORR will be pulled down for sure in the next 6 months. Does anybody have any info on this...

One of the shop owners in BTM told me that he is vacating and moving to HSR layout because the buildings along the BTM ORR will be pulled down for sure in the next 6 months.

Seems a little strange, because the ORR in the BTM area seems quite broad (at least between CSB and 16 th Main), after which it narrows down. The real bottleneck is going to be JP Nagar - even the 24th Main/15th Cross intersection underpass appears to be only a 4-lane affair.

Seems a little strange, because the ORR in the BTM area seems quite broad (at least between CSB and 16 th Main), after which it narrows down. The real bottleneck is going to be JP Nagar - even the 24th Main/15th Cross intersection underpass appears to be only a 4-lane affair.

Govt has served notice to all the building owners on the BTM ORR, no confusion about that. The only clarification I was looking for is the expansion work starting in the next 6 months. I heard half of AXA building on the 29th main will have to be demolished!

The 16th main flyover/underpass construction can start only after this expansion.

NH4 Elevated Highway - Near Gorguntepalya
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http://lh5.ggpht.com/_z5TrTv32bGw/S2faH7MyuyI/AAAAAAAAAGc/tOkvLHTmpJI/NH4%20flyover.jpg

As promised, I present to you a series of pictures from the Mysore Road - Magadi Road section of ORR, a part of which is at present under construction. The road begins at the Mysore Road - ORR junction (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9453777&lon=77.5282001&z=18&l=0&m=b) near Nayandahalli, and continues for 4.2 km upto the Magadi Road - ORR junction (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9872772&lon=77.5192979&z=19&l=0&m=b) near Sumanahalli, where a flyover has been built.

The project was scheduled to be completed sometime in 2008 but was delayed due to land acquisition issues and difficult terrain. The deadline was further revised to 2009, and eventually the section from Sumanahalli upto Nagarbhavi Circle (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9581914&lon=77.5188258&z=19&l=0&m=b) was recently opened to traffic. The cost of the entire project is approximately Rs. 73 crore. This excludes the cost of another grade separator that has been proposed at Nayandahalli.

The pictures have been taken while proceeding from Mysore Road to Magadi Road. The entire series of pics has been posted on the Bangalore Ring Roads (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=51310111#post51310111) thread.

^^ Are you sure you have posted in Bangalore's ring roads thread ? There hasn't been any new post in that thread since 4 weeks.

^^

Just a minute after your post. Have a look now :)

^^

Just a minute after your post. Have a look now :)

Thanks for the pics :)

Somewhat belated reply, but since no one had clarified I thought of doing so. Better late than never? :)

Which one of these two?

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4204/63063112.png

#1. This is an underpass and more than 50% of the work was complete when I last passed by in December 2009.

On which of these crossings ?

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/8222/97254319.png

There was supposed to be an underpass constructed at #1, but as of last month absolutely no sign of even any preliminary work. Nothing happening (or proposed) at #2 or #3. Magic boxes are present at #4, #5 and #6.

Thanks for the pics :)

Much appreciated :)

BTW, great work on the map of flyovers :cheers:

How do you get the entire Google Maps screenshot on one page?

I love magic boxes of BBMP.:happy:

BMTC is a unique and innovative in its own way so is BBMP and BDA :banana:

truly Bengaluru is a hub of innovation.

Somewhat belated reply, but since no one had clarified I thought of doing so. Better late than never? :)

Jab jaago tabhi savera :). I will update the map after few days. I have to update other maps also. I will do all of them together one day.

Much appreciated :)

BTW, great work on the map of flyovers :cheers:

How do you get the entire Google Maps screenshot on one page?

Thanks :). I had to take shot of one screen at a time and copy paste print shots one by one side by side to make a larger map. It takes lot of time, you first need to edit your print screen image to remove all unwanted things, then you need to align each of the smaller images meticulously so that there is no alignment error in the final product. That's why I also save a copy of the empty so that I don't need to make a map again. I wish some easier technique was available.

#1. This is an underpass and more than 50% of the work was complete when I last passed by in December 2009.





This underpass is now complete and is open for traffic

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2127/transparents.gifFinally, Cox Town RoB opens to all

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIBG&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI

Now, Cantt Is Just Across The Road: The Promised Stretch Took Five Years To Complete


TIMES NEWS NETWORK



Bangalore: Neha, who recently moved into her apartment opposite ITC Factory, is excited. She had been travelling at least 1.5-2 km more to get to the city centre. But starting today, she has a freeway across the chaotic Cox Town junction.
The long-awaited road overbridge (RoB) will be formally inaugurated and opened two-way to commuters on Tuesday.
The stage is set: service roads on either sides below the RoB are asphalted, streetlights line both ends of the bridge, the walls on either side are painted with motifs and figurines, and banners and posters at either end of the bridge announce the celebrations ahead.
The bridge, less than a kilometre in length, has taken a long time in the making. Work began on June 26, 2006, and it was planned to be completed in 18 months. But it has taken at least five years and cost 25% more, adding up to Rs 20 crore. Local residents and traders held four major protests to push the RoB to its logical end, and finally, it was completed a month ago.
The ROB touches three major assembly constituencies, with the bulk of it coming under Sarvagnanagar and C V Raman Nagar. But everyone is enthusiastic about the opening, and workers of two MLAs are competing to make the celebrations better.

MAGIC BOX STILL IN PIPELINE

The promised green space and a magic box for pedestrians crossing the railway line below, are still in the pipeline. But, this road stretch over Bangalore East railway line, linking the busy Komala restaurant junction and ITC Factory junction, is expected to reduce at least 10-20 minutes of travel time for commuters on this stretch. A majority of them are from Maruti Seva Nagar, Banaswadi, HBR Layout and Ramaswamipalya.
All these years, construction had forced them to travel at least an extra 1.5-2 km on alternative routes to the city. The bridge is also expected to reduce traffic on two other major RoBs nearby, at Lingarajapuram and Seva Nagar. “Early morning and evening hours here are a nightmare. Very often, we are stuck in a jam from both ends,’’ say commuters on this stretch.

SMALL RoB, LONG TALE

Jointly taken up by BBMP and Railways RoB was to be completed in 18 months, at a cost of Rs 15 cr Completed after five years, cost Rs 20 crore Local residents and traders held four protests

QUOTE HANGER

It’s a great relief to see this flyover finally open. We’ve struggled hard to make this happen. Some of us even threatened to lie on railway tracks in protest. We are happy that there finally was coordination in the final stages of the project. And our only hope — pending work on the garden and magic box for pedestrians — is also completed.
N S Ravi | BHARATINAGAR RESIDENT WELFARE ASSOCIATION Thanks to the untiring effort and zeal of Bangalore East Swabhimana Trust, this RoB will help commuters not only in the area but also lakhs of people living in layouts such as Kammanahalli, Kalyan Nagar, HBR Layout, Hennur-Banaswadi Layout.
Doris Raj | CIVIC ACTIVIST





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INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS IN CITY


UNDERPASS/FLYOVERCOMPLETED


Underpass at Malleshwaram circle - Rs 1,641 lakh
Flyover at Yeshwantpur - Rs 1,930 lakh
Underpass at Magadi road-Vijayanagar junction
Magic boxes at Cauvery junction, Windsor Manor, near Hebbal
Underpass on Ring Road near Ramamurthynagar


WORK IN PROGRESS


Bridge over Storm Water at Gali Anjaneya temple
Underpass at Tagore Circle
Underpass at ORR Road and Puttenahalli junction
Underpass at ORR Road and Kadirenahalli junction
Underpass at Prof C N R Rao Circle junction
Underpass at Hennur Banasawadi junction on Outer Ring road


NEW PROPOSALS


Construction of corridor between Okalipuram & Fountain Circle
Construction of Grade Separator at Konanakunte Cross and improvements to Kanakapura Road from Ring Road NICE Road
Construction of Grade Separator integrating Rajajinagar Chord Road Vatal Nagaraj Road
Construction of Grade separator at 80-Feet Road & Old Airport Road near Sony World, Koramanagala
Construction of Loops to existing flyover at Central Silk Board Junction Construction of Grade Separator at BTM Layout 16th Main & ORR Jn Construction of Grade Separator at Kanakapura Road & ORR Jn Integrating Banashankari Temple Junction


ELEVATED CORRIDORS - PROPOSALS AND WORK IN PROGRESS


Tumkur Road from Yeshwantpur circle to 10th Mile NH4
J C Road from Minerva circle to Hudson circle Steel Bridge
Mysore Road from Sirsi Circle to Kengeri


ROB/RUB-NEW PROPOSALS

(Road Over Bridge and Road Under Bridge)

RUB at 11th Cross Malleswaram
Underpass at railway level crossing in Horamavu Main Road
Underpass at railway level crossing in Singayyanapalya near Madevapura RUB/ROB at Yelahanka old town Opposite MES Circle Yelahanka railway station
RUB/ROB at L C near Nayandanahalli
RUB/ROB at K G Halli RUB/ROB at Boopsandra
RUB/ROB at R K Hegde Nagar, Byatarayanapura
RUB at Nagenahalli
RUB Sriramapura (Agra Gate) at LC No. 6
RUB Jakkur at LC No.11
RUB at Narasimhappa Compound
RUB at Mysore Lamp, Malleswaram
RUB at 18th Cross, Malleswaram, near Nirmala Rani school
ROB/RUB at Yeshwantpur railway station
ROB/RUB at Kaggadaspura
Additional box near Binny Mill

Nandan has the elevated corridor work started on the mysore road ??

not yet Akash :ohno: they are still proposals

This project is running behind schedule by a couple of years and shows no signs of nearing completion :ohno: Here are a couple of photos taken from the take-off point on Chord Road, Vijayanagar:

A view of the flyover from Chord Road. Plenty of materials but few men at work :bash:

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A closer look at the flyover. Note the yawning gap in the middle - that's a complete span missing (12-15 m approx.) :lol: The structure in the background (behind the coconut palm) is the KSRTC Satellite Bus Terminal on Mysore Road.

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Puttenahalli mainroad over under-construction underpass opened for top movement. Two way opened, they let one way at a time, with a traffic personnel. Rest half bridge slab is still with support of pillars, but slab is done.
http://expressbuzz.com/Cities/Bangalore/puttenahalli-main-road-opened/150013.html

Nice job SBC-YPR. Your pics sure are amazing...

The overpass which allows two-way traffic is yet to be asphalted though

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SOME RELIEF:The Puttenahalli Flyover that was thrown open to traffic in Bangalore on Sunday.

Bangalore:Finally, there is light at the end of the tunnel for residents of J.P. Nagar, Puttenahalli, Kothanur and surrounding areas.

For, the overpass on 24 {+t} {+h} Main at J.P. Nagar was thrown open to traffic by Minister for Transport R. Ashok on Sunday even as the work on the underpass is continuing.

The Puttenahalli underpass is being built on J.P. Nagar 15 {+t} {+h} Cross, which intersects 24th Main and the Ring Road.

The Rs. 23-crore project was taken up about three years ago to ease traffic flow from the southern reaches of the city.

Work on the project, which was supposed to be completed in February 2009, is going on at a snail's pace.

After throwing open the overpass on 24 {+t} {+h} Main, the Minister said that the contractor has not kept his word on completing the project in time.

Jayanagar MLA B.N. Vijayakumar and residents of the area, who were fed up with the slow pace of work, had urged the officials of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to blacklist the contractor. Mr. Ashok said that henceforth, the BBMP would take up a thorough pre-qualification of bids for major works in the city.

“The officials will be directed to allow only qualified contractors to participate in the tendering process. The BBMP will blacklist contractors who do not complete the work within the stipulated time,” he said.

The contract for the construction of the Puttenahalli underpass was awarded to Andhra Pradesh-based Engineer Project India Ltd., BBMP officials said.

The delay in completing the project has inconvenienced people who have been forced to take numerous detours.

The overpass which allows movement of two-way traffic has still not been asphalted though.

The contractor has promised the Minister that the entire project will be completed in about three months' time, the officials said.
Source:www.thehindu.com

puttenahalli underpass inaugurated! Only movement on top is opened to traffic 2 way - that is puttenahalli mainroad. But under it the ORR is still closed and work is going on. inaugurated i thought even ORR opened and only service roads remaining, but thats not the case.
First hand report.

Underpass @ Rajajinagar Entrance.

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Airport Road VMS to flash flight alerts

Jagadish Angadi, Bangalore, May 10, DH News Service:

Air passengers who are in a hurry to reach Bengaluru International Airport for fear of missing their flights, will now get the latest details about their flights well before they reach the airport...

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A file photo of the variable message signboard installed in Bangalore.

The huge electronic Variable Message Signboard (VMS) at Kempapura cross, Hebbal on Air Port Road will soon begin flashing alerts about delayed arrival/departure of flights to facilitate the passengers.

“The City traffic police are in touch with the BIA officials. The BIA flashes alerts on its websites about the delayed flights’ arrival/departure. All we need to do is to connect BIA’s link with Traffic Management Centre (TMC) from where alerts can be flashed on the VMS boards,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security) Praveen Sood told Deccan Herald.

The response from BIA has been positive, Sood added. The work has already begun and in a month or so, VMS will start beaming the scrolling messages.

One of the causes for accidents on Devanahalli Road is overspeeding. Many passengers and cab drivers indulge in over speeding when they are late to catch flights and end up causing accidents. If informed about the flights’ status through VMS boards, such passengers can change travel plans or slow down avoiding the possibility of accident.

Sood had suggested the idea of flashing alerts on Airport Road VMS board during the inauguration of the four VMS on April 7. Home Minister V S Acharya approved the ideaand directed him to implement it at the earliest.

Happy with the response of the public for the four VMS - on Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road, Airport Road at Hebbal (two sign boards) and K R Puram (towards City), the traffic police have decided to introduce the facility on six more roads - Residency Road, Basaveshwar Circle, Richmond Road, JC Road (Minerva Circle), Kannada Bhavan and K G Road.

Erection work is on with the boards received from Spain. In all probability, the six will be functional by June end, Sood said.

The VMS on RRMR Road was extensively used to flash alerts about jams, slow traffic movement and alternative routes during IPL matches, BBMP elections and Eid processions. The alerts helped hundreds of road users to take alternative roads.


DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/68790/airport-road-vms-flash-flight.html)

Heavy traffic areas in City to get tunnel roads

Bangalore, May 10, DH News Service:

The State government has long-term plans to build tunnel roads in the City to ease traffic congestion, said District In-charge (Bangalore South) and Transport Minister R Ashok on Monday.

Speaking to mediapersons, he said such roads would be laid in areas where heavy traffic is witnessed and also where road widening is near impossible.

Ashok said tunnel roads would be laid in congested areas like Avenue Road, wherein it is practically impossible to widen the stretch.

Another proposal was to construct such tunnel roads between Binny Mills and Kempe Gowda Bus station to reduce the traffic density, he said. However, the proposals are in preliminary stage and nothing concrete has emerged so far, he said. In terms of construction of tunnel roads, they are more expensive compared to flyovers. While the cost of constructing one km of flyover is around Rs 40 to 50 crore, similar stretch of tunnel road would cost around Rs 160 crore, he pointed out. BBMP and BDA will begin the process of constructing five new flyovers this year, he added. Ashok further said fresh tenders for security number plates would be invited after getting the court stay on the previous tender vacated.

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/68798/heavy-traffic-areas-city-get.html)

Underpass @ Rajajinagar Entrance.

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Nice kind of plants in the median. Looks like they dont need much water...

Nice kind of plants in the median. Looks like they dont need much water...

In Namma Bengaluru you don't need to water the plants...........So is the case with Namma Mysore and Namma Belgaum................Which are clean and green :cheers:

Nice kind of plants in the median. Looks like they dont need much water...

These kind of plants are being planted in all road medians in Bangalore. Yes, it seems. But I have seen tankers watering them during the initial days they are planted.

In Namma Bengaluru you don't need to water the plants...........So is the case with Namma Mysore and Namma Belgaum................Which are clean and green :cheers:

Come on Akash, ‘clean or green’ has nothing to do with this. If your theory is true we will make you our landscaping consultant and we can save money on water used for irrigation.

Karnataka is primarily an arid plateau, barring the west coast and the hilly Malnadu. Natual vegetation is limited, just check the Google earth you will see it for yourself. The deccan plateau is primarily brown as distinguished by the dark green of the west coast/Kerala and the light green of TN. The vegetation in Bangalore is mostly created, by the RAJ. The total rainfall of Bangalore is only about 990 m a year & Mysore has just 789 mm a year. You travel north towards Devahalli and will find that the topography is mostly barren, rocky.

So unless you plant trees/shrubs which require less water or do irrigation, you would not be able to keep them live.

Karnataka is primarily an arid plateau, barring the west coast and the hilly Malnadu. Natual vegetation is limited, just check the Google earth you will see it for yourself. The deccan plateau is primarily brown as distinguished by the dark green of the west coast/Kerala and the light green of TN.

True,Karnataka faces droughts every year especially the north eastern and central parts.I meant Belgaum which lies in the western ghat belt and Mysore which is quite green, remains so even if not watered regularly.:)

Belgaum faces water problem in summer,houses get water once in 3 days (worst times) it happened this time,So I guess there was no water to maintain the shrubs on the road medians --------This is a stretch on congress road(Belgaum) the shrubs resemble that planted in bengaluru.

This was during rainy season
cctiger

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cc my cousin

This was just few weeks back-Summer-shrubs still standing :happy:

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Sudheesh what I wanted to say is that such shrubs would have wilted in Delhi or Hyderabad,but they can survive in Bengaluru without being watered. :?

Come on Akash, ‘clean or green’ has nothing to do with this.

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That was just a result of extra enthu while posting :P

That was just a result of extra enthu while posting :P

I just wanted to highlight that, not to compare with Hyderabad or Delhi which are more arid. And it is always better to stick to the title of the thread.

South karnataka is hilly other than western ghats, that includes mysore(veerappan forests) and bangalore. Even chikkamagaluru.

See google maps terrain option if you missed

South karnataka is hilly other than western ghats, that includes mysore(veerappan forests) and bangalore.

See google maps terrain option if you missed

Gentem--------Mysore and Bangalore are sitting on a flat terrain,may be elevation difference exists between Mysore and Bangalore but they are not hilly.
Hilly terrain ends at Kushalnagar(Madikeri) :)

Yes you mentioned Chamrajnagar that is correct its hilly,Chamrajnagar was made a district (after Backward commission's report)(Veerapan adda)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Karnataka_topo_deu.png
Brown means high altitude, yellow means less. Belgaum is brown.

Did you see red mumbai in the corner?

^^Guys, this is the wrong thread…

What Akash said is right, Bangalore and Mysore are part of Deccan plateau which starts at the congruence of the western and eastern ghats. Wayanad in Kerala is also part of this. It is not ‘hilly’, but there are slight variations in the altitude. Bangalore is at one of the highest points, at 920m, while Mysore is at some 720 m or so. You would not feel this gradient difference as it is gentle rolling plateau.

Chickamagalur is a part of Western Ghats. Pune and Hyderabad are also part of Deccan, albeit at lower altitudes of about 400-500m.

Heavy traffic areas in City to get tunnel roads
Bangalore, May 10, DH News Service:

The State government has long-term plans to build tunnel roads in the City to ease traffic congestion, said District In-charge (Bangalore South) and Transport Minister R Ashok on Monday.


However, the proposals are in preliminary stage and nothing concrete has emerged so far, he said. In terms of construction of tunnel roads, they are more expensive compared to flyovers. While the cost of constructing one km of flyover is around Rs 40 to 50 crore, similar stretch of tunnel road would cost around Rs 160 crore, he pointed out. BBMP and BDA will begin the process of constructing five new flyovers this year, he added. Ashok further said fresh tenders for security number plates would be invited after getting the court stay on the previous tender vacated.




Another hare-brained scheme that will do nothing to really alleviate the traffic situation and end up wasting public money.:bash:

For Rs. 160 cr/km, one could build a Metro that would have a greater CC and better public impact, instead of constructing useless tunnel roads that benefit a small fraction of the car-owning population. Also, given the fate of the Kadirenahalli and Nayandahalli underpasses (on ORR), I doubt whether a project of this nature will be worth the inconvenience caused in the incredibly long time (at current standards) it would take to complete.:ohno:

This project was taken up by BDA/KRDCL almost two years ago and finally seems to be nearing completion. There are three arms: one loop for traffic from Kengeri (Mysore Road) towards Kengeri Satellite Town (80' Road); the second loop for traffic from KST towards Mysore; and a third ramp for traffic from KST towards Kengeri. The site is located here (http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=12.9093432&lon=77.4788207&z=18&l=0&m=b) and used to be a major intersection since the 80' Road (also the de facto ORR) is used by heavy traffic between Magadi Road and Mysore Road.

The main loop (for Kengeri - KST traffic) is a steel truss bridge across Mysore Road, which is now open for traffic.

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The approach from the KST end is through this narrow rickety ROB (across the railway tracks). There is a proposal to construct a second bridge parallel to the existing one.

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The approach from the Kengeri end. The bridge in front is the second loop which is under construction. The third ramp (not visible in pic) is to the right of the frame.

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A view of the U/C second loop from the KST end. Looks like this one still has some way to go.

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I heard Iblur and Agara Flyovers ar ealmost complete and scheduled to open next month.Does anyone have the photos.

BBMP to widen 91 roads


Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to begin the widening work on 91 roads in the City this week.
Instructions have been given especially for Tannery Road, which would see demolition of some houses and business establishment.
A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting at the BBMP on Monday where the BBMP Commissioner Bharatlal Meena directed all the zonal commissioners to clear the decks to carry out this multi-crore project.

Besides Tannery Road, other prominent roads that would be widened are two roads of Dasarahalli, Bommanahalli, Agara and Rajarajeshwarinagar. Sankey Road is also included in this project, the sources said.

Notices to be served

At the end of the five-hour-long meeting, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Commissioner instructed all the zonal officers to serve notices to the parties who would be affected.

These 91 roads are part of the ‘first phase’ of the road widening project. There will be many more roads that would come under the project.

Note:No matter what BBMP decides cutting trees wont be easy.

A Mess in kadirenahalli and putenahalli
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BBMP bowls a big wide and will spend Rs3,248crore, pull down 10,500 buildings for its wide road plan


Your road is getting bigger and wider. And don't stand in the way.
BBMP wants to make traffic snarls on city roads a distant memory and it has left with few options but to pull down anything that stands in the way of its master plan of development.
The number of roads identified for widening is a whopping 216 and runs into a total stretch of 450km. The three-year long project, as per current estimates, costs around Rs3,248 crore and the civic agency is determined to acquire around 37,000 properties, both built-up and vacant lands.
A senior BBMP official said almost 10,500 buildings will have to be pulled down to make way for bigger roads and the rest are vacant plots. But the road ahead of BBMP is quite bumpy.
The civic agency does not have enough money to pay compensation for those who are ready to be part of the acquisition drive. BBMP would have to shell out Rs10,000 crore if it were to compensate owners as per the current market value. And its budget for 2009-10 is a measly Rs3,180 crore.
So what's the way out? Transfer of development rights (TDR). A BBMP official says the civic agency has chosen the TDR route for acquisition since its coffers are near empty. BBMP has dispatched more than 16,000 TDR notices. "Only 2% of the owners have agreed to collect the development rights certificates (DRC)under the TDR scheme. Many of them are seeking monetary compensation," said the official. BBMP officials will have to be at their persuasive best to ensure a smooth acquisition process.
"We are holding meetings with residents to convince them about the need for the project. It is heartening that in places such as Bommanahalli and Mahadevapura people are coming forward to accept TDRs," said Chikrayappa, BBMP chief engineer (major roads).

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^^ Iblur stretch will be over within a month or so. Last stretch of slab (10 meter) each stays on 2 flyovers supported by steel construction pillars.

^^ That big parking lots not required. That "freedom park" is waste anyway. I think parking in wilson garden (Shantinagar) is hardly used.

That "freedom park" is waste anyway.
Have you been to freedom park? Beautiful place. Love it in the early mornings, I drive 9 kms to be there on some days. Its a shame it isnt in the tourist circuit

Have you been to freedom park? Beautiful place. Love it in the early mornings, I drive 9 kms to be there on some days. Its a shame it isnt in the tourist circuit

Let it not be..........You know how tourists are spoiling Mysore tourist spots??? :nuts: Most of the tourists have no common sense/civic sense.

Gentem i totally agree with you.

Most of the parking spaces that are created by the BBMP/BDA are totally waste of money(KG Road , JC Road , Shanti nagar , jayanagar and now in F Park).I dont know how they expect people to park in FPark and walk to Majestic.

On the contrary they should build govt owned parking spaces @ metro stations.

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^^ Making one-way traffic to make roundabout/rotary is nothing new..

No breather for HSR Layout residents
Construction Of New Flyover Will See Traffic Diverted Through The Area Yet Again
Sunita Rao R | TNN

Bangalore: For those staying in HSR Layout, traffic woes seem to be unending. With the BDA constructing another flyover in the area, harried residents will have to bear the brunt of traffic diversions yet again.
As it is, due to construction of Agara and Iblur flyovers, they had to put up with traffic snarls for over one-and-a-half years. The new flyover work which has started on 14th Main is directly affecting residents of Sectors 6 and 7.
“It appears that we are being taken for granted. Traffic diversion to a residential area has created so much of chaos,” said R S Hiremath, vicepresident of HSR Layout residents’ welfare association (RWA).
Brigadier R S Murthy, president of HSR Layout Sector-2 RWA, said in the last 3-4 years, people of this area have been subjected to tremendous hardships, thanks to flyover work.
“During 2007-08, it was bridge work at 14th Main and the Ring Road junction. The work lingered on for over 15 months. During this time, all entry points to HSR Layout except for one or two were closed from the Ring Road side.”
In 2009-10, traffic from Sarjapur and Ring Road was diverted to HSR Layout, again because of the Agara Circle flyover. “Why didn’t city planners think of building the new flyover two years ago when bridge construction was on at the same place? We fear this time too incoming traffic from Madivala side will be diverted to HSR Layout,” Murthy said.
AGARA FLYOVER

• With the completion of Agara flyover, residents of HSR Layout Sectors 2, 3 and 4 could have heaved a sigh of relief. But with the new flyover project, problems are back to square one.

• The Iblur and Agara flyovers built at Rs 93 crore connect commuters from Bellandur to Agara.

• The 525-metre Agara flyover connects Sarjapur Road to Silk Board junction. “Work here will be over by July 1,” said a BDA official.

yeddys men are digging everywhere in the city which can be devestating to the citizens.

he needs to take a slower approach to the development mantra else he will be seeing people brunt shortly.

I wouldn't pay any attention to what Ashok says. The fact that the Puttenahalli underpass falls under his "jurisdiction" and has been a complete failure is an indication of Ashok's capabilities. We may have to advocate some sort of violence towards the contractor to get him to do it faster and better.

Its also possible that since its close to kumarswamy layour so could be gowded.

We may have to advocate some sort of violence towards the contractor to get him to do it faster and better.

What would Ghandi say?

What would Ghandi say?

Which Ghandi, there are too many of them. please be specific....:lol:

yeddys men are digging everywhere in the city which can be devestating to the citizens.

he needs to take a slower approach to the development mantra else he will be seeing people brunt shortly.

Actually, the pace needs to be hastened. The problem that you are pointing out is the execution style of these development. There is no regard to taking care of adequate safeguarding development activities from the path of common access paths. This is a huge problem. In the West, they board up the development areas and create safe passageways, with caution cones and adequate alternate routing of traffic. When they are done digging roads/ditches they have a cleanup crew that patches the holes immediately in a professional manner. These small things make a huge difference and make development tolerable for the common folks. India has to treat its people with respect and spend the additional money that warrants such treatment. We cannot go on with business as usual that care two hoots about the public.

Hi, I am posting few construction pictures of flyovers.

This one is at the Sharjhapur-Outer Ring Road Junction
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Soil testing going on for flyover construction on the Outer Ring Road, on the signal just after the Genpact office

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Marathalli Underpass

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Railway underpass after Marathalli underpass towards KR Puram

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Flyover consruction going on near HSR and Outer Ring Road crossing

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Road widening Heartburn over compensation
Bangalore, May 23, DHNS:

Faced with acute financial crunch, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has come out with Transferable Development Rights (TDR) to compensate people who lose their properties to widening of 207 roads in the City.

According to a BBMP official, TDR is an instrument through which the Palike facilitates landlosers to construct additional floor or building in the remaining portion of the property or anywhere in the City. While the proposal apparently lacks the element to attract landlosers, the Palike intends to make it popular. According to BBMP authorities, TDR has been successfully implemented in Mumbai and is now set to be replicated in Bangalore.

The BBMP would issue a Development Rights Certificate (DRC), which can be either be utilised for personal need or can be sold to anyone who wants to construct an extra floor. The owner gets the right to construct a built up area 1.5 times over and above of that the property acquired for development. For instance, if 600 sq ft built-up area is given up to the BBMP, the property owner will receive a DRC for 900 sq ft built-up area.

The Certificate will also enable the person to use the certificate for another building he is constructing or has constructed already. The TDR was notified by the State Government in February 2005. The BBMP decided to popularise the TDR so that the people voluntarily part with their property for development. But the voluntary part has met with much scepticism, since it is widely perceived as a lopsided, which would leave landowners little option to defend their property.

The idea to issue TDR certificates was brought up by the BBMP to avoid paying compensation in the form of money or a free site to the landlosers. “People should know that we are not in a position to compensate the loss suffered by the landlosers. Property tax and income from advertisement charges are the only sources of revenue to the Palike,”said Chikkamuniyappa, Deputy Commissioner, BBMP. The Palike is left with no other option but to float the TDR scheme. He added that the state of affairs is no different in all the municipal bodies across the country.

Viable option

The fund crunch is so severe that local bodies have been finding it difficult to pay salaries to its employees. Ultimately, the State Finance Commission has reserved funds for salaries. Under this circumstance, the TDR scheme is the only viable option, he explained.

The moot question, however, is the ‘tradeability’ of TDR certificate even as the government has been attempting to introduce Sakrama scheme to regularise the structures constructed in violation of building plan, and corrupt officials turning blind eye to violations.

The BBMP may not find it tough to demolish houses on revenue land even if they possess the Palike Khata. But it would be a challenging task for it to evacuate people owning BDA property. Most of the BDA property owners are up in arms against the BDA for lacking vision.

Chandrashekhar, a resident of VVPuram, with property in Kumaraswamy Layout contends that if the BBMP wants to acquire private land in BDA layout, it will have to pay compensation for the loss. “Seize the properties of the BDA officials who formed the KS Layout so shabbily, auction it and pay compensation to people who would lose land. Why should we be at the receiving end for the fault committed by the BDA?” he wanted to know.

Legal angle

Dispelling public perception that the TDR cannot be challenged in the court, legal experts assert that it can indeed be questioned. B V Acharya, former Advocate General said that any action related to road widening and developmental work can be challenged. “Only the scope for it is limited as the courts will go by the larger public interest,” he said.

Citing several Public Interest Litigations against National Highway projects and the Metro Rail, he said even the mega projects have rights for objections, although the grounds are limited.

‘Alternative sites under consideration’

The government is contemplating to purchase the Transfer of Development Rights from the property losers and give them alternative sites, said Mayor S K Nataraj.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, the Mayor said, the idea, in its infancy is under serious consideration. He hinted that the owners of the legitimate buildings would be benefited but not those who are having houses on revenue land. He defined legitimate buildings as houses or apartments constructed on BDA, BBMP, BMRDA or Karnataka Housing Board approved sites.

The Mayor said the BBMP is in the process of identifying places where the landlosers would be given alternative sites. “We are in talks with the Karnataka Housing Board, BDA, BMRDA and would also see how much land BBMP has with it to spare for such purposes,” said the Mayor.

Peoplespeak

There seems to be different yardsticks for paying compensation to different infrastructure development projects. We only want equal justice and compensation at par with the Metro project.
Sudarshan

Politicians are involved in these works. They favour those who have bribed them to alter projects according to their benefit. It is a nexus between politicians, rich land owners and the Palike.
Papanna

“What kind of planning authority is the BDA? It could not plan a layout properly. It is even worst than the revenue layout developers who at least make a provision of 40 feet wide main road,”
Manjula

On the widening list

FIRST PHASE

* Bellary Road

* Palace Road

* Seshadri Road

* Nrupatunga Road

* Vidhana Veedhi

*Mission Road

*Devanga Hostel Road

*Sankey Road

*Jayamahal Road

*Hosur Road

*Hosur-Lashkar Road

*Victoria Road

*Lower Agaram Road

*Sarjapura Road

*Hosur Road

*Dickenson Road

*Ulsoor Road

*Kensington Road

*Murphy Road

*Old Madras Road

*Airport Road

*Cottonpet Main Road

*Avenue Road K R Market

*Mysore Road

*Mahalakshmi Layout

*K.R Road

*Sultan Road

*1st Main Chamrajpet

*3rd Cross Chamrajpet

*Link Road Githanjali Theatre

*Padarayanapura Main Road

*Bull Temple Road

*K G Road

* Ambedkar Road (Tannery Road)

* Hennur Road

*Banaswadi Road

*Magadi Road

*Kurabarahalli

*17th Main J C Nagar

*5th cross road Malleswaram

*Commissariat Road

*Race Course Road

*Kasturba Road

*Suranjan Das Road

*Infantry Road

SECOND PHASE

*Lalbagh Road

*Bannerghatta Road

*80 Feet Road Koramangala

*Richmond Road

*Goods Shed Road

*Balepet Main Road

*OTC Road

*A M Road (Part)

*Lalbagh Fort Road

*Gandhinagar 1st Main Road

*Gandhinagar 2nd Cross Rd

*A S Char Street

*Vanivilas Road

*Subedar Chatram Road

*Mount Joy Road and Kathriguppe Main Road

*Dinnur Main Road

*Hosakere Halli

*Vasanth Nagar

*Park Road

*Hospital Road

*Dispensary Road

*K Kamaraj Road

*Dharmaraj Koil Street

*Chandhini Chowk Road

*Meenakshi Koil Street

*Thimmaiah Road

*Old Poor house Road

*Miller Tank Bund Road

*Station Road

*Queen’s Road

*Miller’s Road

*Cunningham Road

*Road in front of Russel Market

*Hare Krishna Road

*HMT Main Road

*Bayyappana Halli Main Rd

*Bapuji Nagar Cross Road

*Kumara Swamy Layout Main Road

*MTB Road

*Siddaiah Road

*Sudhamanagar

*J C Road

*Okalipuram Main Road

*Coconut Avenue Road

*Uttarahalli Main Road

ARTERIAL ROADS

*Uttarahalli Main Road

*Hunasemarada Palya Road

*Bedarahalli Road

*Muddinapalya Road

*Chikke Gowdanapalya Road

*Kodipalya/Hemmigepura Rd

*Bharat Housing Society Rd

*Padmanabhanagar Main Rd

*Ittamadu Road

*Kanchanahalli Main Road

*Pattanagere Main Road

*Mylasandra Main Road

*Kenchanahalli Road

*Voddarapalya Road

*Malathalli Road

*Bedarahalli Road

*Gidada Konenahalli Road

*Dwaraka Wasa Road

*Moodarapalya First Main Road BDA Complex

*Puttenahalli Tank Bund Rd

*Puttenahalli- Dorasampipalya Road

*Kodipalya Main Road

*South City Road

*Amruthanagar Main Road

*Kembatahalli Main Road

*Narayana Rao Layout Road

*Kotthuru Dinne Road

*Puttenahalli Tank Bund Road

*BTM Layout 29th Main Rd

*BTM Layout 16th Main Rd

*Kodichikkanahalli Road

*Devarajeevanahalli Road

*Netaji Road

*Sarvabhowmanagar Road

*Shanthinikethana Road

*Hulimavu

*Bettadasanapura

*Basavanapura Road

*Doddatogur Road

*Vivekanandanagar Road 8th Main

*Bodihutte Road

*Mallasandra

*Begur Road

*Nyanappanahalli Mn Rd

*Doddakammanahalli Road

*Devara Chikkanahalli Road

*Arakere Main Road

*Halasuru Road (Hosapalya-Sarjapur)

*Ellakunte Road

*Koodlu Road

*Naganathapura Road

*Puttenahalli Tank Bund Side Road

SUB-ARTERIAL ROADS

*Puttenahalli Tank Bund Side Road

*Sharadanagar Road

*Kottur Road

*Thimmappa Reddy Layout

*Vaddarapalya

*Basapura Road

*Royal Residency Road

*HSR Layout 9th Main Road

*Anjanapura Road

*Vishwapriya Layout Road

*Puttenahalli Kothanur Rd

*JP Nagar 8th Phase Gottigere Road

*Kothnur Road

*Bhattarahalli Road

*Horamavu- Kalkere Belatthur Road

*Gunjuru Road

*Behind HAL Aerodrome Rd

*Devasandra Main Road

*ITPL Road

*Malleshpalya Road

*Hennur Bagalur Road

*Vimanapura Road

*Panatthur Road

*Anandapura-Maragondahalli Road

*Bande Bommasandra Rd

*Bidarahalli Road

*Seegehalli Road

*Yelahanka Road (Vidyaranyapura Road)

*Kodigehalli Main Road

*Amruthahalli Road

*Kenchanahalli Road

*Kogilu Road

*Nagawara Road

*Allalasandra Cross-Yelahanka Bus Stand

*Magadi Main Road

*Tumkur Road (Chikkasandra)

*Jalahalli Road

*Silvepura Road

*Pipeline Road (Tumkur Road-Bagalkunte)

*Herohalli Road

*Madanayakanahalli

*Chikkabanavara
link:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/71221/money-starved-palike-comes-tdr.html

^^ Instead they should widen road only at signal junctions. Even underpasses is fine. Road widening is national waste loss of property, also trees will be cut :(

Hi, I am posting few construction pictures of flyovers.

This one is at the Sharjhapur-Outer Ring Road Junction
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I thought only last stretch is supported by construction-pillars :( but I see a gap there now...

Madiwala Underpass

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/70895/underpass-project-traffic-restrictions-kendriya.html
Underpass project: Traffic restrictions at Kendriya Sadan junction
Bangalore, May 21, DHNS

With the construction of an underpass at Kendriya Sadan Junction (Ayyappa Temple Junction) in Madivala set to be completed in three months, the following traffic diversions will come into force to ensure smooth flow of traffic:

Vehicles going towards City Market, Majestic, Adugodi, and Shivajinagar from Electronics City, Silk Board, HSR Layout, BTM Layout were till now plying towards Ayyappa Temple Junction and Sarjapur Junction via Madivala police station Junction. Henceforth, Madivala police station junction (in front of Total Mall) will be out of bounds for them.

Alternatively, they should take a free right turn at Madivala police station junction, proceed towards Krupanidhi Junction via Madivala Market Road, turn left at Koramangala water tank junction, reach Sarjapur junction, take a right turn there and proceed further via the check post.

�Vehicles coming from Electronics City, Silk Board, HSR Layout, BTM Layout and going towards Koramangala, BDA Complex, Canara Bank, Koramangala, 80 Feet Road and Neelasandra should take a free right turn at Madivala police station junction, reach Krupanidhi Junction via Madivala Market Road, take a left turn there, then turn left at Koramangala water tank junction for proceeding further... .....

Agara cross-road flyover construction pictures

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Some road pictures

Near Sharjapur-Ring road crossing
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Ring Road near Sharjhapur Junction

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Ring road near Marathalli underpass
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Ring road after Marathalli underpass

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80 Feet Road in BTM 2nd Stage
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Brigade Road

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jumoni thx for the photos they are really good ones especially the ones on "Agara cross-road flyover construction pictures".

Dr.Rajkumar Rd,Rajajinagar.

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Okalipuram Signal Majestic.

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Rajajinagar Entrance.

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towards majestic Underpass @ Rajajinagar.

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To put the translation in simple terms in english:

The maharaja of mysore has voluntarily donated 13 acres of land in palace grounds for bellary road widening project.Thi shappened to the surpise of BBMP commisionar who went to request land on TDR basis and the maharaja immediately commented to donate land for development.

BBMP has immediately started to build the wall inside the palace grounds and will demplish teh existing compound as soon as the innerwall is completed.

To put the translation in simple terms in english:

The maharaja of mysore has voluntarily donated 13 acres of land in palace grounds for bellary road widening project.Thi shappened to the surpise of BBMP commisionar who went to request land on TDR basis and the maharaja immediately commented to donate land for development.

BBMP has immediately started to build the wall inside the palace grounds and will demplish teh existing compound as soon as the innerwall is completed.

Amazing news!!! Should count as one of the best things he has done in his lifetime for the city. Of course BBMP will screw it up with their amazing engineers.

I guess we are back to the drawing board on making cauvery jn signal free again :)

The ex-Maharaja's of Mysore's son & daughters gave it away! Recall, we have no Maharaja of Mysore anymore.

Sunitha Rao R | TNN

Bangalore: The walls of the historical Palace Grounds will make way for road-widening on the busy Bellary Road. As a major component of the 600 km road-widening project in the city, the walls will have to be knocked off.
According to BBMP commissioner Bharat Lal Meena, BBMP has already taken up
the project for road widening on Bellary Road with the consent of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar whose palace property is under litigation.
BBMP sources told TOI that Wadiyar’s family has agreed to give away the land on certain conditions. These include authority over 150 advertising hoardings over the wall that encompasses the Palace and construct a wall of 14 ft. “We will knock off the existing wall (10 ft height) only after the construction of the new wall, that will be built about 25 metres behind the existing wall. Due to security reasons the existing wall will be retained till the completion of the new wall construction,” senior BBMP officials said.
However the palace land is under dispute — the Supreme Court is yet to give its final verdict on the ownership of the land. “If the land belongs to the government, then BBMP need not have to award TDR. If Wadiyar’s family is declared the owner of the land, we will have to award TDR to the family,” BBMP officials said
.COSTLY LAND:
The 16-acre land for road-widening acquired by the BBMP is worth Rs 640 crore as each acre of the Palace land costs Rs 40 crore as per the current market value.
Similar efforts were made by BBMP during 2007 to convince Wadiyar family to give away the land for road widening, but in vain.
THE PROJECT
Road widening will be taken up from BDA junction on Bellary Road to Mekhri Circle on one side. On the other side, it will be from Mekhri Circle to Cantonment Railway Station. The road will be widened to 150 ft which translates into 10 lanes.
THE OWNERS
The Palace property belongs to Srikantadatta Wadiyar, Meenakashi Devi, Kamakshi Devi, Indrakshi Devi, Chandrashekhar Raju. They had agreed to give away the land on May 22, 2010.
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BBMP men at work to construct a wall along the Palace Grounds stretch on Bellary Road for road widening. Thy are engaged in foundation-laying works for construction of new wall before the old one is demolished
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bangalore: BBMP’s roadwidening project is raising a lot of dust. Bengaluru South Residents Welfare and Cultural Association was the latest to protest on Tuesday against its consequences.
They expressed concern over the Palike distributing transfer of development rights (TDR) to residents and shop owners of BTM Layout, JP Nagar, Ilias Nagar and Banashankar III Stage. People there are living under the fear of eviction, the association charged. “At least 2 to 3 lakh people will be dislocated because of this project. Earlier, the BBMP had promised there will be no road widening. But recent developments have instilled fear among residents,” said Leo Saldhana of the Environment Support Group.
Underlining that road widening is not the solution to increasing traffic woes, Saldanha felt it will only lead to congestion.
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^^ Suckers should finish puttenahalli (JP nagar) and kadirenahalli (Banashankar III Stage) underpass first. They are taking far too long. There wont be traffic jam thereafter.

The Kadirenahalli junction will take atleast another year, because the other side of the underpass [towards Mysore Road], doesn't exist at all. Not even dug up, forget walls or anything else. Not even dug up, and there is a gigantic drainpipe in the middle of the road, and the road is SUPER narrow.

^^ Puttenahalli opened for traffic on top of underpass, though ramp work is going on. If they open kadirenahalli top vehicle movement that should be half ok..

^^ Puttenahalli opened for traffic on top of underpass, though ramp work is going on. If they open kadirenahalli top vehicle movement that should be half ok..

Top of both is open.
Traffic from Kumaraswamy lyt to BSK, via Subramanyapura rd has to go on top and then go towards BSK bus station. The other side of the underpass towards Devegowda Petrol Pump is at Square One...

The Kadirenahalli junction will take atleast another year, because the other side of the underpass [towards Mysore Road], doesn't exist at all. Not even dug up, forget walls or anything else. Not even dug up, and there is a gigantic drainpipe in the middle of the road, and the road is SUPER narrow.

I also heard there are a few land aqusition problems which is still not sorted out.

:okay: Good news that Kadirenahalli top movement is open..

They should start work only after land acquisition is complete. Our courts take years to sort out.

I'll draw a sketch of the two underpasses progress and let you know about it.
Meanwhile, any news on Tagore Circle?
A sketch of the current status of Puttenahalli. Kadirenahalli comgin soon..
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Any news on the situation of the Dr. Raj Road corridor from Yesvantpur to Okhalipuram ???

Infrastructure: Challenges before road widening projects
Public apprehensive of property loss
Bangalore,June 11, DH News Service:

Of all the projects proposed by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the road-widening works are bound to raise the maximum storm. Reason: The fear of losing property.
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For instance, the proposed signal-free corridor from Sirsi Circle to Agara Lake has sent the shopkeepers on this stretch into a tizzy.

Many shopkeepers and owners of residential buildings are worried that they may lose their properties this time.

This is one of the eight roads handed over by the BBMP to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to not only widen wherever required, but also to develop a signal-free corridor passing through Minerva Circle and Dairy Circle.

DPRs not ready

Minerva CircleThe Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of these schemes have not been formulated yet.
But according to the BBMP sources, there could be some underpasses or overpasses, if required. Since this stretch also passes through Lalbagh, there is another worry that the project might cause harm to the historical garden. But these are still early days.

Whatever the eventual plan, environmentalists and several concerned citizens of the area are sure Lalbagh couldn’t be targeted again.

Yet, residents are already in a panic mode. A resident of the area, Nawab Ali said the proposed project had caused a flutter among the shopkeepers and the residents.

"We have read about the project in the newspapers and are keen to know more about it. Some of our people visited the BBMP office but could not get details. In fact, there should be a separate counter for people like us who want help from the BBMP," said Ali, who runs an automobile-mechanic shop near Minerva Circle.

Another shopkeeper Naseer said his family has been running an automobile repair shop for more than 30 years. He said he had been hearing about this project for the last many years but this time he is worried since it has an official stamp.
The series on the projects worth Rs. 2,000 crore proposed by BBMP continues, with Deccan Herald taking a look at the road-widening projects. The Palike and the BDA are bound to face stiff challenges in this area since it involves acquiring and demolishing properties on either side of the road. After all, the Palike’s Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) mode of compensating property losers hadn’t gone down well. Send your
responses to dhreporting@gmail.com

BBMP has transferred all the proposed projects related to road widening and infrastructure development to BDA. Overall, the projects are estimated to cost Rs. 1,000 crore.

PROJECTS:

Road widening from Mekhri Circle to Sir C V Raman Road via CNR Rao Circle, Tumkur Road and Hessarghatta Road.

Road widening from Herohalli to Tumkur Road via Magadi Road

Road widening from Hosur Road (near Chandapura) to NH 4 (Kodihalli) via Sarjapur Road, Varthur and Whitefield.

A signal-free corridor from Sirsi Circle to Agrahara Lake via Chamarajpet, Minerva Circle and Dairy Circle.

A signal-free corridor from Cubbon Road to Ring Road via Buddha Vihar

Construction of a flyover from Balabrooie (High Grounds) to Hebbal flyover.

Construction of a flyover on Mysore Road from Sirsi Circle to BHEL

A grade separator from Kanakapura Road (Khoday Beverages) to BCC layout junction

DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/74918/public-apprehensive-property-loss.html)
Smash all properties,raze down illegal buildings and widen roads for the public.

^^ dont sound so harsh Akash, not all the properties are illegal.
Acquiring property for a grade seperator is to an extent justified but not for widening of the roads.

^^ dont sound so harsh Akash, not all the properties are illegal.
Acquiring property for a grade seperator is to an extent justified but not for widening of the roads.

I was not harsh Nandan :) I agree not all properties are illegal but most of them In bangalore atleast are illegal,Bangalore realized it late,planning was lacking then,now when plots are developed and the authorities wake up late, what else can you expect DEMOLITIONS that is all.Bangalore authorities should have widened the roads way back in 90's.Now we cannot pity the people who lose land and put ourselves at discomfort.People losing land must voluntarily come forward and give up land for Bangalore's better future.Best example for road widening- Bidar Town-
The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/22/stories/2010052264020900.htm)

BIDAR'S PRIDE BANGALORE'S ENVY (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Bidar-sees-a-silent-revolution/articleshow/5029168.cms)
BIDAR SEES A SILENT REVOLUTION (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Bidar-sees-a-silent-revolution/articleshow/5029168.cms)

Look at Mysore: on its way for Pragmatic development

Mysore on the other hand is upgrading the existing Outer Ring road into 6 lanes at the cost of 219 crores(JNNURM) upgradation work is underway, scheduled to be completed by feb 2011.
Cities must plan today to see a good tomorrow.:okay:

Mysore is gearing up for the right urbanization

^^ less than 1% of property is illegal esp in btm jp nagar. It is national waste to destroy propety. Destroyed concrete or steel, unusably small patches of land. It takes long for new commercial complexes to come up.
bjp sucks sometimes. Sarjapur flyover not complete yet they digged few more places to make travelling there a hell

Bangalore east on growth path
Large land parcels, efficient connectivity and built spaces are combining to develop this part of the city further


ALONG THE PRR
The proposed 116 km Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) will be the vital link in the connectivity to the international airport with the other radial roads in the city, especially those within the east zones.

CONNECTIVITY Road projects of BBMP
Widening and asphalting four major arterial and sub-arterial roads in the east - ITPL Road, Old Airport Road, Hennur Road, and Banaswadi Road
Widening work is in progress on Banaswadi Road (from Cantonment Circle up to the ORR junction). It will be widened to 24 metres at an estimated cost of Rs 32 crores Hennur Road will be widened to 24 metres
The BBMP has called for tenders for a bi-directional underpass at Graphite India junction, near EPIP. The estimated cost for this project is Rs 13.5 lakhs. Another two-lane bi-directional underpass will come up at the Hope Farm junction Plans are underway for a two-lane bi-directional underpass and eight-lane flyover with a service road on either side at Hoodi junction
Out of the 12 signal-free corridors, two corridors have been planned for the east - Old Airport Road from Vellara junction to Whitefield and from Mekhri Circle to Benniganahalli via Old Madras Road
BDA projects The BDA has taken up the major project of making the portion of the Outer Ring Road - from Hebbal junction to the Central Silk Board junction - signal-free Work on the Rs 94 crores Agara and Iblur flyovers is in progress and is expected to be completed by June end Work is on to put up grade separators at eight other junctions - HSR 14th Main, Bellandur, Devarabeesanahalli, Kadubeesanahalli, Mahadevapura, Kalyannagar, Hennur, and Veeranapalya Flyovers are coming up at three junctions - HSR 14th Main, Bellandur, and Devarabeesanahalli. Completion by June end at a cost or Rs 117 crores Flyovers at Kalyannagar and Veeranapalya junctions, and an underpass at Hennur junction. Completion by December end at a cost of Rs 133 crores Underpass at Kadubeesanahalli junction and a flyover at Mahadevapura. Completion by March end at a cost of Rs 70 crores
TOI Times property page 6

I don't care,I want the roads to be wide enough - to experience hassle free drives.
Just read the above articles posted on BIDAR CITY-It has been rightly put -BIDAR'S PRIDE BANGALORE'S ENVY.

BJP is doing splendid and I support them in their every move,last week was in Basvangudi even small streets are being surfaced,my God awesome.I had never seen such a Bangalore before.
Do you build structures in Air?? Its pretty obvious that you need to DIG.Most cities in the state are in the transitional phase,come to Mysore you will see every road dug up :hammer:,give another 5 years - Bangalore will look splendid.

I support the road widening spree of the BBMP,BDA,BJP and BSY :lol:

^^ Total value demolished in bidar roads is less than value of buildings between silk board and jayadeva in btm. You are throwing gold into sea, that is national waste.

^^ Total value demolished in bidar roads is less than value of buildings between silk board and jayadeva in btm. You are throwing gold into sea, that is national waste.

I am vapourizing platinum by wasting petrol/fuel :hammer: International waste and adding to enviro/health problems :hammer:

Even if Bangalore is mighty there is no harm in taking lessons from a small city like Bidar.

Just see Bidar- 22 nd cleanest city in India(Urban ministry ranking)
33 roads widened from mere 20-30 feet to whopping 100 feet,ring road developed with manicured lawns.
Last of all>>>> It owns an Automatic road sweeping Machine imported vehicle which costs 85 lakhs-Even cities like Mangalore don't have such machines :lol:

Changing the face of Bidar

Rishikesh Bahadur Desai

It has been named the 22nd cleanest city in the country

NABARD recognises Bidar as model SHG district

The town generates 40 tonnes of garbage every day

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Hygienic:The imported vacuum suction sweeper of the Bidar CMC

Bidar:How did Bidar, that was considered a dirty place three years ago, earn the distinction of being the 22 {+n} {+d} cleanest city in the country? Innovative ideas to achieve cleanliness, people's participation, and a responsive administration have helped the city achieve it.

Three years ago, there garbage was strewn on the streets and drains were overflowing. There was no concept of door-to door collection of garbage and there were no garbage dumping sites.

However, a coordinated effort by the district administration, the CMC, NGOs and SHGs ensured that Bidar is a much cleaner city now. In the first ever National City Rating by the Union Ministry of Urban Development, the tiny town has beaten cities such as Udupi, Belgaum, Bellary, Tumkur, Gulbarga and Hubli-Dharwad.

The Union Government's benchmarks were keeping the city free from open defecation; universal access to toilets for all, including the poor; elimination of manual scavenging; wastewater treatment; solid waste and storm water and recycling or reuse of treated wastewater, to ensure improved public health outcomes and environmental well-being.

Bidar has scored on three important areas — primary collection of garbage from houses, hygienic transportation of garbage and sanitary filling in landfill sites. Use of hi-tech machinery for cleaning of roads, drains, night soil pits and lifting and transporting garbage containers has helped.

“Nabard has recognised Bidar as a model SHG district. We decided to make use of it and we outsourced garbage collection and some other specified tasks to SHGs. It has been a huge success,” says Bidar CMC environmental engineer Abhay Kumar Habib. NGOs helped them choose SHGs. Women members of SHGs go door-to-door to collect garbage. SHGs were given 25 auto tippers on subsidy. This ensured that primary collection of garbage was complete within 35 hours. SHGs are also in-charge of cleaning drains, roads and footpaths.

The garbage is stored in dustbins placed in every ward. A trash truck picks up the containers and brings them to a site within the city. Two compactors pack garbage from 20 containers into one truck, reducing the need for movement of trucks.

Bidar generates around 40 tonnes of garbage everyday. The CMC has long-term plans to segregate this garbage and manufacture manure. “Now we are using sanitation fills to prepare manure. We plan to start harvesting very soon,” Commissioner S.R. Garwad said. “In a few months, we will distribute separate garbage bins for dry and wet waste to every household to segregate degradable and non-degradable garbage at the primary level. This will make manure production easier,” he said.

“The journey to fame has been hard and slow. But we achieved it with the cooperation of council members, NGOs and SHGs,” Deputy Commissioner Harsh Gupta said. “We were helped by the Backward Regions Grant Fund of the Union Government. We could buy 19 vehicles and other high tech equipment costing around Rs. 2.5 crore using the grant,'' he said. Three years ago, Bidar had three tractors and two small trucks. Now, it has 40 containers, four dumper placers, 30 auto tippers, a nala cleaning machine, an earthmover, 20 mobile toilets, a multi purpose jetting unit that cleans roads and underground drains, and a vacuum suction sweeping machine.
The Hindu (http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/22/stories/2010052264020900.htm)

Learn from Bidar there is no harm-That is all I want to say :cheers:

^^ Different kind of vacuum cleaners are spotted on bangalore roads. From auto sized(likely of a private company) to bigger than lorry sized with 12 wheels :) They come with yellow rotating lights!
But bangalore now doesnt need dust cleaners as footpaths are in place already and hardly any dust on road.

But bangalore now doesnt need dust cleaners as footpaths are in place already and hardly any dust on road.

Really? Which part of Bangalore you live in?

Fly over coming up at Iblur Junc

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^^ dont sound so harsh Akash, not all the properties are illegal.
Acquiring property for a grade seperator is to an extent justified but not for widening of the roads.

Why NOT?
At some point or the other, you need to do so. Look at Hosur Road. NHAI demolished stuff along the BETL.

Also, whats the status of NBTPL?
Last I heard, it was stalled due to same High Tension cables coming too low?

^^ BETL was not an already developed area. Hardly any good commercial properties along hosur road. What is NBTPL by the way..

^^ BETL was not an already developed area. Hardly any good commercial properties along hosur road. What is NBTPL by the way..

NBTPL = Navayuga Bangalore Tollways Private Limited.
The Tumkur Road project.
BETL demolition was excess buddy.. Tons of houses and shops were demolished, I remember seeing them before and after...

NBTPL = Navayuga Bangalore Tollways Private Limited.
The Tumkur Road project.

4.3 KM ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY
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ALL PHOTCOPYRIGHTED TO SREEJIS 12 on PRAJA
JAN25 2010 Updates....

Tumkur Road flyover hits a roadblock

DNA : Daily News &amp; Analysis; Mumbai, Apr 19, 2010 | by Khanna, Bosky

Motorists bearing the brunt of slow moving peak-hour traffic on Tumkur Road every day can expect no relief for two more months as work on the signal-free elevated corridor here and the axis road to Nelamangala has been delayed.

Officials of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) said that the work hit a roadblock in the form of two 66kv electrical transmission lines falling along the route of the 4.5km-long four-lane elevated expressway.:ohno:

"We had written to the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) to shift the lines, but did not receive any response from them for 15 days. After that we decided to take up the task ourselves. Under KPTCL's supervision, we are increasing the height of the towers above the transmission lines. Once this is done, the last mile connectivity between the two segments at Peenya will be completed and the road will be thrown open to the public," said a senior NHAI official on condition of anonymity.

Work on the elevated expressway on NH-4 was started in November 2007 at an estimated cost of Rs775.7 crore. Once completed, it will connect to a 15km long, six-lane axis control toll road leading to Nelamangala, giving commuters seamless connectivity along a four-lane main carriageway, three-lane service road and four-lane elevated expressway.

To enable motorists to take U-turns along this stretch, NHAI has provided an underpass for every two kilometres.

Urban planner Dr AS Kodandapani said that though land acquisition and other technical issues delayed the project, it would ease traffic flow. He said that parts of the city along that stretch were fast developing and the density of traffic was expected to rise by 30%. The NHAI had to be prepared.

The flyover would also ease the flow of traffic plying to and from Tumkur, Davangere, Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum and from the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat.

After the completion of this project, NHAI will take up the task of converting the four-lane Hebbal flyover to six-lane, and make NH-7, from Hebbal flyover to the international airport, eight-lane wide and signal-free. :banana2:

Let's hope they build a single flyover at Yelahanka, and annexe an RoB aswell..

Tumkur Road flyover hits a roadblock
After the completion of this project, NHAI will take up the task of converting the four-lane Hebbal flyover to six-lane, and make NH-7, from Hebbal flyover to the international airport, eight-lane wide and signal-free

Would that mean that they would again demolish lot of properties next to the highway ?

Flight of fantasy: Mega flyover proposed over existing structures
Flying over ground realities
G Manjusainath, Bangalore:

This is one mega project proposed under the Rs 2,000 crore series that should shake up everyone and everything, including the many structures already erected on the Bellary Road (also called the Airport Road): A massive 7.5-km long elevated flyover connecting Balabrooie and the Hebbal flyover is in the pipeline.

Now, it is anybody’s guess how this project will affect the existing structures that include a whirling junction near the Chief Minister’s house, an overpass at the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) junction, magic box underpasses at Cauvery junction and the underpass at Mekhri Circle. If the proposal gets the go-ahead, the elevated flyover will apparently trivialise these infrastructure projects.

With the scale of the proposed project as massive as the Hosur Road elevated tollway and the Mysore road flyover, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has entrusted the task of building it to the BDA. The Palike’s rationale- the Authority has the expertise to carry out such mega projects and does the work in a ‘very systematic way,’ as many Palike insiders themselves acknowledged.

It is another matter that the Opposition Leader in the Palike, M Nagaraju had strongly criticised the manner in which projects were handed over to BDA. “Are the BBMP engineers good for nothing and lack expertise,” questioned Nagaraj, indicating that the transfer of projects to the Authority was to create room for corruption. But Palike insiders say it is because the BBMP and the ministers related to the city do not want interference of corporators in any of these projects.

Questions

Although the elevated flyover project is still in its infancy with no plan as yet, the proposal itself has raised many questions. For instance, the flyover would have to be quite high at the spots where it crosses the Windsor Manor bridge and the overpasses. Experts have estimated that the structure’s height should be close to 50 ft at these spots.

To build a flyover of that height, the funds required would be nothing less than Rs 800 crore, as one BBMP official estimated. “Under normal circumstances, the project would have cost around Rs 80 crore per kilometre. But because this flyover would be quite high at many places, the project cost would easily touch around Rs 800 crores,” explained a senior engineer in the Palike.

Experts’ criticism

Outrightly rejecting the proposal as a farcical idea, traffic expert and advisor to the Government, M N Sreehari sarcastically commented that the city planners ought to be given a Nobel Prize for coming out with such concepts.

His loaded question: Why this project, when the Government of India is providing Rs 654 crore to widen the existing road making it four-lane in each direction along with service roads. “What is the need for such a project when already a high speed rail link is also coming up,” wondered aloud Sreehari.

Highlights

1. Elevated corridor
(flyover) from Balabrooie to Hebbal.
2. A stretch spread in an area of 7.5 km.
3. Palike assigns job to the BDA.
4. Project may cost around Rs 800 crore.
5. Fate of the grade sepa- rators at BDA junction and Cauvery Theatre junction not known.

Points to ponder

1. Utility of the whirling junction near the CM’s house on Bellary Road
2. What would happen to the overpass at BDA junction?
3. Impact on the underpass at Cauvery junction?
4. Does the BBMP have space to build the corridor?
5. Is the project meant only for serving the air-travellers?
6. Is the BBMP aware that a high speed rail corridor is coming up on this stretch?


The series on the projects worth Rs. 2,000 crore proposed by BBMP continues, with Deccan Herald taking a look at the proposed elevated flyover on Bellary road. With four structures already in place on the stretch from High Grounds to Hebbal flyover, the new proposal raises a lot of questions.

Voices

Ashoka, businessman: This Bellary road stretch is strangely designed from Windsor Manor to Cauvery Junction. Some solution is required, but I am doubtful whether this proposed elevated corridor of 7.5 km would serve the purpose.

Paramananda, private firm employee: I am not a frequent user of this road. But still, I am sceptical about the feesiblity of this corridor. I think road widening would be better.
It would save a lot of money.

Land from Palace Grounds

Bangalore: For the last several years, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been persuading the scion of Mysore royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar and his family to give up some land from the sprawling Palace Grounds for road-widening.

Until recently, the Palike’s efforts proved futile. But now, it is learnt from BBMP sources that an area of six acres and 21 guntas of land might be available for the road project provided the Wadiyar family wins the case related to the land.

The Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) is expected to come into play in this case as well, the sources said.

Besides Wadiyar, other stake-holders in the property are Meenakshi Devi, Kamakshi Devi, Vishalakshi Devi, Sirdar Ramachandraraja Urs and Indrakshi Devi. With the additional land--expected to come its way depending on the ongoing litigation--, BBMP has proposed to build a 45 metre wide road from BDA junction to Mekhri Circle.

A BBMP officer said, had this area been given earlier, the two grade separators at BDA junction and Cauvery junction could have been avoided.
source:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/75076/flying-over-ground-realities.html

^^ hebbal in 2020. just for fun
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^^ It would be better if you post only facts, not personal fantasies. In my opinion there is a difference between being optimistic and day dreaming.

A snap of the Underpass at the junction of Inner Ring Road and Hosur Road (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RCC-Magic-Box-Hosur-Road.jpg).
Using Magic Boxes, one side [towards Dairy Circle, 2 lanes, has been placed. There are 30 magic Boxes ALONE, on this stretch.

Image Copyright ME, released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Creative_Commons) licence. You are free to share or remix the work but must attribute it to me.

^^ It would be better if you post only facts, not personal fantasies. In my opinion there is a difference between being optimistic and day dreaming.

:lol:

^^ It would be better if you post only facts, not personal fantasies. In my opinion there is a difference between being optimistic and day dreaming.

Amen to that.
Besides, that design isn't possible. There are only two roads intersecting at the area.

ALSO......

Somewhat belated reply, but since no one had clarified I thought of doing so. Better late than never? :)




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There was supposed to be an underpass constructed at #1, but as of last month absolutely no sign of even any preliminary work. Nothing happening (or proposed) at #2 or #3. Magic boxes are present at #4, #5 and #6.

At #1.
I was there yesterday, they're digging for an underpass under JnNURM out there...

Gentem..good work

I went to kaderenahalli yesterday and was surprised to see the fate of the underpass.There are weeds growing out of the trenches and there was absolutely no one working on the project.Land aquasition will be a hurdle and there are a lot of boulders to be blasted.I beleive it may take ~2yrs for this to be a reality.

I also managed to goto tagore circle underpass in basavangudi and the project is headed to the same fate as kaderenahalli underpass.

Amen to that.
Besides, that design isn't possible. There are only two roads intersecting at the area.
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Flight of fantasy: Mega flyover proposed over existing structures
Flying over ground realities
G Manjusainath, Bangalore:

A BBMP officer said, had this area been given earlier, the two grade separators at BDA junction and Cauvery junction could have been avoided.
source:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/75076/flying-over-ground-realities.html

Two roads intersecting but according to above report there will be 3 level flyover. @rsrikanth05, not possible is not possible.


That is the FIRST image result on google search for "Hebbal".. Foreign people think it is actual bangalore :lol:

I went to kaderenahalli yesterday and was surprised to see the fate of the underpass.There are weeds growing out of the trenches and there was absolutely no one working on the project.Land aquasition will be a hurdle and there are a lot of boulders to be blasted.I beleive it may take ~2yrs for this to be a reality.

I also managed to goto tagore circle underpass in basavangudi and the project is headed to the same fate as kaderenahalli underpass.

Tagore Circle has topography DISsimilar to Banashankari.
The condition of the underpass will be similar to either Puttenahalli [I gave a sketch few posts ago] or Madiwala, I posted an image yesterday.

Was yesterady at K RM Market area,the subway construction seems to have gone haywire :bash:

Today i traveled below the Nelamangala 4.5 KM elevated expressway...Its awesome looks like Mini BETL :banana:

Today i traveled below the Nelamangala 4.5 KM elevated expressway...Its awesome looks like Mini BETL :banana:

How close is it to completion?
The shifting of KPTCL's power line is the only thing left.
Are the Toll booths completed?
P.S The project is called the NBTPL..

How close is it to completion?
The shifting of KPTCL's power line is the only thing left.
Are the Toll booths completed?
P.S The project is called the NBTPL..

yes tool booth is done,but total bakwaas structure-looks like typical PWD structure.Toll booth near PARLE industries.

Structure is complete and lighting works are also over,Landscaping works underway below the expressway.

yes tool booth is done,but total bakwaas structure-looks like typical PWD structure.Toll booth near PARLE industries.

Structure is complete and lighting works are also over,Landscaping works underway below the expressway.

Thats great, I guess this means, the road under the flyover will be opened up soon.. :)

Kadirenahalli underpass


View from Kumarswamy layout towards DG Petrol Bunk

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Top of the underpass being partially opened for traffic

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nice pics Nandan please take few shots of vittal mallya road as well....:)

Lots of work still uncomplete :bash: :bash: had a small chat with one of the worker, he said - dont be surprised if this is still not complete even after a year. :bash: :ohno: Land aquisition issues :ohno:

This is on the Padmanabhangar side.

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nice pics Nandan please take few shots of vittal mallya road as well....:)

ur wish is my command :lol: will try to upload that aswell by tomoro :cheers:

ur wish is my command :lol: will try to upload that aswell by tomoro :cheers:

Thankyou Nanadan avare,I will try to click some shots in and around Basvangudi area :)

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Poles meant for streetlights

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what is missing here is the scope for landscaping.....:nuts:

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@nandanks More or less same as this : http://wootify.com/rsrik/Puttenahalli%20resize.jpg
??
Has the condition of Madiwala progressed beyond this? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RCC-Magic-Box-Hosur-Road.jpg

And any news on the Rajajinagar-Okalipuram-Yesvantpur Dr. Raj Road Corridor ??

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@nandanks More or less same as this : http://wootify.com/rsrik/Puttenahalli%20resize.jpg
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Has the condition of Madiwala progressed beyond this? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RCC-Magic-Box-Hosur-Road.jpg

And any news on the Rajajinagar-Okalipuram-Yesvantpur Dr. Raj Road Corridor ??
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Nice pic there! dated 14 June cc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rsrikanth05

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How many years has the railways kept shut on about this?

I have a question(s) about Okalipuram:
The Okalipuram railway bridge will be brought down to make way for a swanky flyover and a pedestrian bridge, as part of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) plan to smoothen the journey of thousands of motorists from Rajajinagar, Vijaynagar and Yeshwantpur commuting to the central business districts of the city.
1> If they bring down the bridge, the SBC-YPR [no, not the user, he's my real life friend] track, will be cut off.
2> Will the railways permit that?
3> where are they going to build a Swanky flyover UNDER that?
4> Why does Bangalore love the word Swanky? Does it have anything to do with Sankey Tank ?

Traffic expert to soothe city's woes

Jaideep Shenoy, TNN, Jun 20, 2010, 10.50pm IST

MANGALORE: He is credited with bringing sense of order to traffic in cultural capital of the state - Mysore, and is now battling hard to do a Mysore in the capital city of Bangalore. What Praveen Sood did to traffic in Mysore as police commissioner there, and is trying to do in Bangalore as additional commissioner of police (traffic/security) has caught the eye of home minister V S Acharya, who wants his traffic skill sets for this city.

In fact, it was an impromptu decision by Dr Acharya to pull Sood's name out of the hat when traffic woes haunting this port city came overflowing at a review meeting of city's infrastructure problems conducted by the Urban development minister Suresh Kumar recently. Having seen Sood's performance closely in Bangalore, Acharya had no qualms in stating that Sood would find solutions to traffic problems here as well.

Sood, appreciative of the confidence that home minister has in his abilities told TOI over phone that there are no quick fix solutions to traffic problems the world over. "Each city has its peculiar problems," Sood said. But problems in each city although different can be addressed by sticking to the three Es - namely engineering, education and enforcement. Each of these components has its own importance and cannot be neglected, he adds.

While the engineering aspect has to deal jointly by the police, city corporation and public works department, Sood said education (of all road users) plays a vital aspect in having orderly traffic. Enforcement though an important part should be the least used weapon in police armoury, but an important one when education fails, he avers.

Some offences for which there should be zero tolerance, he said include jumping signals, over speeding, drunken driving and motorists entering no-entry roads. They are important from safety point of view of all concerned. Enforcement in Bangalore has netted a revenue of Rs 44 crore up from Rs 14 crore, but at the same time has brought down fatal accidents from 1,000 to less than 600 on a comparative basis in last two years, he pointed out.
TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Traffic-expert-to-soothe-citys-woes/articleshow/6072174.cms)
Believe me that guy Praveen Sood is fantastic. :banana:

^^ Sood stopped traffic police extorting two wheelers. Now they can catch only if someone jumps signal, no more random checks :banana:

^^ Sood stopped traffic police extorting two wheelers. Now they can catch only if someone jumps signal, no more random checks :banana:

Used to happen outside my college in Jayanagar.
Every friday, 3PM, a triad of Traffic Cops stop ALL two wheelers, and issue challans, mostly for pillion riders without helmets, or else breaking a signal, when taking left turns with a free left turn..

They made my friend pay up for riding a cycle without a learners licence... :bash: Now, with Pravin Sood, it has been a whole lot better..

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Huh?
*Rv*

nandan any idea on why they have stopped work on the tagore circle underpass ? i am seeing from almost a month that nobody is working on this project.

Further the aiyappa swamy temle underpass near madiwala is in full swing and looks like its going to be completed in a month.

nandan any idea on why they have stopped work on the tagore circle underpass ? i am seeing from almost a month that nobody is working on this project.

Further the aiyappa swamy temle underpass near madiwala is in full swing and looks like its going to be completed in a month.

Yep. I posted a pic a few days back. On the prev. page.
The Tagore Circle underpass is in some legal issue I think..

^^ Hope our courts and appeal courts give verdict by around 3-4 years time. Gottigere NICE road they took 5 years in court, still road is not constructed..

^^ Hope our courts and appeal courts give verdict by around 3-4 years time. Gottigere NICE road they took 5 years in court, still road is not constructed..

Don't worry. The approach slip roads for the flyover next to the lake is complete. The flyover approach on the Western side of Bannerghatta Road is stalled due to rehab of some hutments.

‘12 more acres of UAS land required to complete road’
Bangalore, June 23, DHNS

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has submitted to the High Court that it requires an additional 12 acres of land in University of Agriculture Sciences (UAS) campus to complete the road connecting Yeshwanthapur to Yelahanka.

Submitting the status report on the link road, the BBMP has stated that the road has been completed up to Canara Bank Layout by utilising 24 acres of land in the campus. But it required an additional 12 acres to connect National Highway number 7 from Canara Bank Layout via GKVK and L&T gate.

Original plan

As per the original plan, the varsity authority had agreed to hand over 12 acres to BBMP to build the road as per the original CDP plan. BBMP has completed the road from Chikkabettahalli, Vidhyaranyapura, Thindlu and Canara Bank Layout.

“The road is opened for public use,” the Palike informed the court.

K N Puttegowda, Counsel for the BBMP said: "After the University objected to the link road passing through the middle of the campus, the BBMP has constructed the road along the edge of the campus. Due to this zig-zag formation of the road we need more land to complete the same,” he argued.

“If the road had divided the campus in the middle there was no need of additional land," he added.

Will affect biodivesity

Earlier, Dr P K Shetty, Professor and Dean of National Institute of Advanced Studies, in his report submitted to the Court on April 12, 2010, had stated that the formation of the link road would affect the biodiversity in the long term.

Former vice-chancellors of the UAS had filed a public interest litigation challenging the
formation of the link road in the middle of the campus.
DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/77166/12-more-acres-uas-land.html)

Heard that there is a flyover/underpass, aaarg, GRADE SEPARATOR, coming up at Arekere junction on Bannerghatta Road.
Anyone got ideas?

Roads cleared for traffic


DHNS (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/77726/roads-cleared-traffic.html)
Bangalore, June 26, DHNS:

Indiranagar 100 Feet Road, a crucial thoroughfare connecting Old Madras Road and Old Airport Road and a vital link to the intermediate Ring Road, is now open for two-way traffic in its full stretch as the metro work near it has been completed.

The decision was taken after the metro work between CMH Road and Old Madras Road got over, police said. Similarly, a stretch of the road in front of Lido Mall has also been opened to two-way traffic as metro work between Trinity Circle and 515 Workshop Junction is also over. Restoration of this road, will be on an experimental basis.

:banana:
finally...

Some road in whitefield

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Kadugodi flyover - almost ready
http://praja.in/en/projects/2869/announcement/kadugodi-flyover-almost-ready
Since good number of members have sent petitions, DPAR complaints, RTIs and what not to chase status of this bridge, it feels good to see the flyover nearing completion.
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ROB near to complete- Putting Tar

8th July 2010 as the Inauguration date for the Kadugodi ROB.


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Palace grounds smaller by 30 acres
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/79814/palace-grounds-smaller-30-acres.html
Royal family gives its consent for road widening on three sides
Bangalore, July 6, DHNS:

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has embarked upon the road widening along three sides of the Palace Grounds which saw the Royal Family give their “consent” to 30 acres of prime property for the projects.

However, Palike officials now state that the Wadiyars will be compensated with Transfer of Developmental Rights (TDR) for the disputed land pending the Supreme Court judgement.

The Wadiyars, including scion Srikanta Dutta Wadiyar, agreed to the road widening project based on the fact that the BBMP will develop the roads on the three sides for the good of the people and also that it will add value to their property.

‘Additional value’

“We were always for the road widening project which was envisaged long time back. But the BBMP approached us only last December. We have readily parted with 30 acres of the property based on the additional value it will add to the property, and more importantly benefit the citizens of Bangalore,” said, Chaduranga Kantharaj Urs, member of the Royal family.

BBMP officials in the meantime have stated that the consent has been given by the family on the understanding that the Palike will provide them with TDR pending the SC verdict on the land.

“The land is under dispute at the Supreme Court. The Government and the Royal Family have come to an understanding that they will be paid the compensation in TDR only if the SC decision favours them,” said a BBMP official.

The Rs 35 crore project, apart from the TDR to be given to the Royal Family, will see the width of three roads adjacent to the Palace Grounds increase by atleast 15 meters.

As per the plan the stretch between Mekhri Circle to the TV Tower junction will be widened to 30 meters with Bellary Road being widened to 45 meters and from TV Tower stretch till Cantonment station also to be widened to 30 meters.

BBMP Chief Engineer (Major Roads), Chickrayappa stated that the Palike will not be touching any private property except that of the ones which are under the Palace Grounds premises.

“We also have a small stretch of Defence land on the other side which we wish to acquire for widening the road, but that is still pending with the Central Government. For the time being, the project will proceed only along the Palace Ground side,” he said.

The road widening project is expected to take a minimum of one year to complete barring the monsoon season that will commence shortly in the City. The Wadiyars before giving consent to the project had asked the BBMP to build an inner wall before breaking down the original Palace Ground compound.

“The understanding was that the Palike will finish the inner wall to avoid future demarcation issues. The inner wall was scheduled to be completed within a month of acquiring the land,” informed Urs.

Fact file

*Total length of the road to be widened from Mekhri Circle-TV Tower-Cantonment Station underpass: 2.67 Km

*Total length of the road from Mekhri Circle-BDA Junction flyover: 1.45 Km

*Total cost of the project: Rs 34.30 crore

*Total extent of land acquired from the disputed Palace Grounds: 30 acres

Bad road humps will go
TNN, Jul 8, 2010, 11.14pm IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City-Bangalore/Bad-road-humps-will-go-/articleshow/6144685.cms
BANGALORE: The government will initiate steps to identify and remove bad road humps and replace them with more scientifically designed ones.

"This will not be restricted to Bangalore alone, but across the state,'' home minister V S Acharya said in the council on Thursday.

Replying to JD(S) member Abdul Azeem, he admitted that most of the road-breakers built across the state are unscientific and promised to correct them on a priority basis.

"We have already directed the BBMP, BDA and district authorities, police, public works department officials to remove unscientific road brakers. We've told them to strictly follow engineering specifications while erecting road humps,'' Acharya said.


:banana: This definitely deserves celebration :cheers:
:dance:

Marathhalli, closer than you thought
BDA to open two flyovers on the Silk Board-Sarjapur route in a week, cutting travel time by half on this stretch
Sahana.Charan @timesgroup.com


Your commute from Silk Board Junction to Marathhalli on the Iblur-Sarjapur stretch just got shorter. Two flyovers on the stretch - the Agara flyover towards Marathhalli and the Iblur flyover - will be thrown open to the public in the next few days, albeit unofficially.

The project, which includes three flyovers - two of them at Agara and one at Iblur - will not just ease traffic at the two busy junctions but also make the Outer Ring Road signal free for commuters taking this sretch.
The Rs 93.94-crore Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) project has been executed by Nagarjuna Construction Company. The Agara flyover, connecting Silk Board Junction to Marathhalli, will open for public use by July 10, and the Iblur flyover is expected to be thrown open in a week.
“We are, unofficially, opening these two flyovers to ease the traffic on this stretch to some extent. Also, once the Agara flyover from Silk Board to Marathhalli is thrown open to the public, we can concentrate on the construction of the second flyover at Agara, in the opposite direction (Marathhalli towards Silk Board). Because of the heavy traffic flow here, we were finding it difficult to continue work at a fast pace on this particular stretch,” BDA Executive Engineer Nagaraja Murthy, working on the project, told Bangalore Mirror.
The entire project, including the second flyover at Agara, will be completed in September, he said. This will mean free flow of traffic to Silk Board, Bellandur, Marathhalli and Sarjapur.
While BDA officials insisted that the flyovers were being opened to speed up work on the second flyover at Agara, sources said the idea was to complete one phase of the work before the inauspicious “Ashaada” month (which starts from July 12) began.
The flyovers will come as relief for staffers of tech companies on the Outer Ring Road-Marathahalli stretch. “It will really help people going from Bellandur towards Agara and those coming from Silk Board to Bellandur and Marathhalli, as the traffic will be free flowing on both these sides. Definitely the travel time will be reduced. We had deployed private security personnel to man traffic at Iblur and Agara junctions and are now planning to redeploy them at Bellandur and Marathhalli junctions, as there are chances of a traffic pile up here. But the opening of the flyovers is definitely good news,” said Vishwanath Seetharam, Facility Manager, AOL and General Secretary, Outer Ring Road Companies Association.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
AGARA JUNCTION FLYOVER (from Silk Board towards Marathhalli) Length: 691 metres Width: 12 metres Number of piers: 30
IBLUR FLYOVER (connecting Bellandur to Agara) Length: 642 metres Width: 11 metres Number of piers: 20
:banana:

Marathhalli, closer than you thought
BDA to open two flyovers on the Silk Board-Sarjapur route in a week, cutting travel time by half on this stretch
Sahana.Charan @timesgroup.com
Your commute from Silk Board Junction to Marathhalli on the Iblur-Sarjapur stretch just got shorter. Two flyovers on the stretch - the Agara flyover towards Marathhalli and the Iblur flyover - will be thrown open to the public in the next few days, albeit unofficially.

:banana:

FYI I commute on this road everyday and from the looks it may take atleat another month.

^^ Wait till monday and report back here :)

I had been there a month back, and those were ready already then. Out of those 3, 2 were ready one month back.. Only on third flyover, that is outer of the 2 in Agara, there was a gap and construction..


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Three new flyovers will decongest Sarjapura Road
Shwetha S / DNA
Friday, July 9, 2010 12:00 IST

Bangalore: Commuting on Sarjapura Road is set to become a smooth affair as three flyovers are ready to be inaugurated on the thoroughfare anytime next week. The first flyover is located at Iblur Junction, while the second flyover is at Agara. The third flyover is an extension of the Agara flyover, reports DNA.

Iblur flyover will be a signal-free stretch and it will make the movement of vehicles to Silk Board Junction on Sarjapur Road faster.

Vehicles can now take the main road instead of taking service roads and cross roads and this will also ease the traffic movement towards Koramangala, Sarjapura Road, Marathahalli and Outer Ring Road.

Bangalore Development Authority officials said that there would be some bus lanes and grade-level roads dedicated to the Iblur flyover as it was a part of three-flyover interlink.

The three flyovers will also help the BDA make the Outer Ring Road signal-free.

MN Sreehari, advisor to the government for traffic, transport and infrastructure, said, “These three flyovers will facilitate the free flow of traffic on the Outer Ring Road. They will reduce traffic congestion by about 50% on Agara-Marathahalli junction stretchand about 60% on the Sarjapura Road.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_three-new-flyovers-will-decongest-sarjapura-road_1407322

Bikes barred

Bangalore-Nelamangala flyover will be ready next month, but no two-wheelers or autos on it

Sridhar.Vivan@timesgroup.com
Posted On Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 09:09:27 AM

A 4.5km long flyover that cuts travel time down from an hour to 15 minutes should be a reason for all of Bangalore to celebrate — unless of course you’re one of the 25 lakh people in the city who use two-wheelers for your daily commute.
Two-wheelers will not be allowed to use the Bangalore-Nelamangala flyover, which will be ready in about a month, official sources said. This access-controlled road will be the second-longest elevated corridor in the city after the one connecting Bangalore to Electronics City on Hosur Road.

Flyover features
» The project includes the construction of a 4.5km flyover and an access-controlled highway with six mini-flyovers.

» The road connects Bangalore to two-thirds of Karnataka, and to cities like Pune and Mumbai.

» 1.2 lakh passenger car units (PCU) travel on this stretch each day.

» Of the 19.5km, 4.3 km will be a four-lane elevated highway, while the rest is a six-lane highway with two-lane service roads on either side.

Banning autos is must, they dont know lane discipline, i've never seen 2 autos going one behind another!
Hosur road flyover is 9km, that is double of this one.
Lotsa good news these days! :banana:

:banana:

Police To Take Up Junction Improvement


TIMES NEWS NETWORK



Bangalore: Another 15 days and plying on the Tumkur Road stretch from Yeshwantpur will become comparatively easier. At present, commuting on this road is no less than a nightmare.
Traffic police, who had earlier taken up junction improvement to decongest Hosur Road before inauguration of the elevated expressway, are trying to do the same on this stretch.
To ease vehicular movement, traffic police have identified four new junctions starting with Hesaraghatta Cross. “We are already working on improving the junction and will have two new signals in place of old ones, one on Hesaraghatta junction and another on Jalahalli Cross. We will also install two new signals, one in Peenya police station circle and another at SRS junction. In another 10 days, the road below the elevated expressway will open fully,” said additional commissioner of police (traffic) Praveen Sood.

TRUCKS TO BE DIVERTED

Police are also diverting heavy trucks going to Hosur Road via Nice Road. Soon, trucks plying towards Kolar in Dobbspet will also be diverted, thereby barring them from entering the city.
With nine BDA flyover projects under way on Outer Ring Road, trucks are being forced to take the service road, resulting in more collisions and parking problems.
“Due to various ongoing projects, trucks ply on service roads. This has resulted in more accidents. Since we cannot do anything till the flyovers become operational, we are diverting these vehicles at Dobbspet itself,” explained Sood.
The trucks will be diverted at Dobbspet via Doddaballapur, Devanahalli and Boodigere Cross to reach Kolar. Trucks comprise a major part of traffic on Tumkur Road towards Bangalore and by restricting their movement before city limits, traffic police hope to ease the flow even before the elevated expressway opens.


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A 4.5km long flyover that cuts travel time down from an hour to 15 minutes should be a reason for all of Bangalore to celebrate — unless of course you’re one of the 25 lakh people in the city who use two-wheelers for your daily commute.
Two-wheelers will not be allowed to use the Bangalore-Nelamangala flyover, which will be ready in about a month, official sources said. This access-controlled road will be the second-longest elevated corridor in the city after the one connecting Bangalore to Electronics City on Hosur Road.

National Highways Authority of India project director R K Gupta said such a proposal was under serious consideration.” In all probability, we will not allow two-wheelers on the elevated highway,” Gupta told Bangalore Mirror. “Bikes are free to use the roads below.” This ban from using the flyover comes as a big surprise as Bangalore has one of the highest number of two-wheelers – 24.16 lakh.

Also, sources confirmed that it wasn’t just two-wheelers that would be banned from using the flyover, but other “slow” vehicles. “We won’t allow two-wheelers, autos, and tractors to ply on the elevated road,” another official said. When asked to explain the logic behind the decision, he said, “They will be a hindrance to fast moving vehicles.”

Transport Department officials said that the four-lane road below the flyover and the service roads parallel to the highway should be enough for bikes and scooters.

This elevated stretch is set to cut the travel time from Goraguntepalya (on the Outer Ring Road) to Nelamangala down from one hour to just 15 minutes. Once it is completed, vehicles going out of Bangalore towards Tumkur, and then onwards to Pune and Mumbai, will no longer face a bottleneck. The Rs 776-crore flyover, being constructed by Navayuga constructions, is likely to be thrown open in August, but no date has been fixed yet. According to NHAI sources, the project is 98 per cent complete.

Traffic expert Prof M N Sreehari, however, believes the ban on two-wheelers is justified, as they tend to violate lane discipline. “Two-wheelers change lanes as they please, and that affects vehicles following them. This can be very dangerous for cars and big vehicles,” he said. Kishore Rangaraj, moderator of the Bangalore Royal Knights club, feels using poor road-sense as an excuse was not fair. “Today’s bikers are well-educated. Instead of banning them, they could monitor the flyover and fine those who are changing lanes.” Amrit Appaiah, founder of the Bangalore Java-Yezdi Club, agrees. “If they don’t allow cycles or mopeds, I can still understand. But why shouldnt they allow a good two-wheeler?”

While such bans have been in effect on other highways — notable the Delhi-Gurgaon and Mumbai-Pune Expressways — this will be a first for Bangalore.

1 Place | Entrance
The gateway (approach ramp) of the Tumkur Road elevated stretch is in the final stages. Upon completion, road users who wish for a non-stop journey towards Nelamanagala and beyond can take the approach ramp which promises them a signal-free journey of 20 km in less than 15 minutes.

2 Place | Toll gate
Road users from Bangalore have to stop at this point (near Kennametal factory) to pay a toll. Tentatively, a car has to pay Rs 15 to drive ahead. (Final rates will be announced just before the inauguration).

3 Place | Corridor
The six-lane highway between Kennametal Widia factory to Nelamangala will be a major relief for road users. Currently, travelling on this stretch is a hellish experience.

4 Place | Nelamangala
This is a crucial junction where Mangalore and Tumkur roads meet and is also notorious for traffic jams. The NHAI is constructing a six-lane flyover to provide a non-stop drive to those heading to Tumkur while those heading to Mangalore or Nelamangala have to drive below the flyover and take the turnings.

Bottleneck
The Silk Board junction is where the road to Electronics City runs into a bottleneck. Similarly, Goraguntepalya, where Tumkur Road intersects Ring Road, could turn into a bottleneck once the flyover is operational. The NHAI project concludes just before junction. As vehicles encounter two traffic signals here, it is likely to be a nightmare to negotiate. The flyover will have three closed circuit televisions (CCTVs) at three junctions. It will also have two electronics boards to display weather updates for the benefit of motorists entering Bangalore.

Quick facts
» Date of agreement: May 9, 2007
» Commencement date: Nov 2, 2007
» Projected completion date: Nov 2, 2009
» Revised date for completion: Aug 2010

Two-wheeler facts
According to RTO records, Bangalore has
» 5.27 lakh scooters
» 2.42 lakh mopeds
» 16.45 lakh motorbikes
The Nelamangala RTO has registered
» 2,512 scooters
» 4,594 mopeds
» 3,230 motorcycles

Flyover features
» The project includes the construction of a 4.5km flyover and an access-controlled highway with six mini-flyovers.

» The road connects Bangalore to two-thirds of Karnataka, and to cities like Pune and Mumbai.

» 1.2 lakh passenger car units (PCU) travel on this stretch each day.

» Of the 19.5km, 4.3 km will be a four-lane elevated highway, while the rest is a six-lane highway with two-lane service roads on either side.

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:cheers:

The flyovers at Agara and Iblur Junction were thrown open to traffic on Friday.
These flyovers will help commuters travelling on the Outer Ring Road, Bellandur Junction and commuters moving towards Marathalli. TNN


Lots of flyover opening news :cheers:

4.5 KM Nelamangala flyover is like Mini BETL :banana:

Somebody post those images of the elevated way which has appeared in TOI. Avinash, where are you?

Bangalore is changing fast:cheers:

Hebbal lake

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beautiful pics !

New deadline for underpass work

TNN, Jul 11, 2010, 04.21am IST

BANGALORE: BBMP commissioner H Siddaiah on Saturday expressed displeasure at the undue delay in the construction of underpasses. He set a deadline for the same after a day-long inspection at KR market, Russel market and several pedestrian underpasses across the city.

At the Puttenahalli and Kadirenahalli underpasses, where construction has been going on for the past two-and-a-half years, he told engineers: "These projects have inconvenienced the public a lot. Puttenahalli underpass must be over by August and Kadirenahalli by December, failing in which, stringent action will be taken against the contractors."

Inspecting the construction of underpass at Tagore Circle, he said the project will be completed by December.
"The vacant land of one-and-a-half acre adjacent to Bugle Rock has not been used for years which can be developed as a beautiful park," the commissioner said.

TOI (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Bangalore/New-deadline-for-underpass-work/articleshow/6153351.cms)

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This is truly a beauty

Koramangala jams to end this month

No deadline worries: authorities say they can open Madiwala underpass by the end of July if work progresses at the current pace
http://cms.mumbaimirror.com/portalfiles/22/10/201007/Image/under%20pass.jpg
manasi.pk@timesgroup.com
Posted On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 05:05:37 AM

The underpass coming up near Kendriya Sadhan on Madiwala main road vows to accomplish what most public infrastructure projects have failed to — meeting the deadline.

This underpass coming up in front of the Ayyappa Temple will help motorists on Hosur Road reach Central Silk Board junction easily

BBMP Chief Engineer (Storm Water Drain and Major Roads) Chikkarayappa said the work had been going on at a quick pace to meet the 90-day deadline. “If we succeed in maintaining the same pace, we will be able to open it by the end of July itself,” he said.

For a road user, this underpass will mean easy movement on the busy stretch of Madiwala road and better connectivity of Bangalore East to Electronic city. It will also help motorists avoid a detour via Madiwala market to reach Hosur Road. The immediate advantage that the BBMP sees is that vehicles moving from HSR layout, Electronic City and J P Nagar will be able to cross the St Johns Hospital Junction in less time.

The project also introduces an engineering technique which reduces the cost and construction time by half. “We are using a technique called soil nailing instead of the conventional RCC retaining wall that will line the underpass. This method allows us to just nail the soil with iron roads covered with a steel mesh and coated with concrete mix. This reduces the time taken as well,” said BBMP Superintending Engineer (Major Roads) K T Nagaraj.

Seven more to come

This underpass is part of the Big Ten Signal-Free Corridors project mooted to replace the Inner Core Ring Road project. It is also the first of the eight underpasses that will dot the 6-km stretch between Electronic City and Vellara Junction. “The other under passes will come up at Sarjapur Junction, Mari Gowda Junction, Forum Mall Junction, Adugodi Junction, Banneghatta Cemetery Junction, Langford junction and Vellara Junction,” said Nagaraj.

However, it is unlikely that work on these seven underpasses will start in a year due to the difficulty in land acquisition. “While the military has agreed to give us land for the project — the underpass will eat into the Military School premises — we are yet to give them alternative land,” said Chikkarayappa.

But military land is the least of BBMP’s problems. The private owners are yet to take up the option of TDR.

The big project

The Big Ten Signal Free Corridors project was mooted after the BBMP found that Inner Core Ring Road project would not be financially viable and they would need to levy toll from commuters. The elevated Inner Core Ring Road was to run a full circle starting from Yeshwanthpur and go through Magadi Road, Binny Mill Road, Sirsi Circle, Chamarajpet, Minerva Circle, Dairy Circle, Hosur, Trinity Circle and Ulsoor before going back to Yeshwanthpur.
The first phase of the signal-free corridors with multiple underpasses will include Rajajinagar to Yeshwanthpur, Old Airport road to Vellara junction, Silk Board to Vellara Junction and Mekhri Circle to Hope Farm via Jayamahal and Murphy Road.

The underpass

Cost Rs 8 cr
Length 260m
Width 15m
Length of 30m
pre-cast element

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/10/201007142010071405053775c184e02/Koramangala-jams-to-end-this-month.html

Tumkur Rd expressway to be opened by mid-August

Shwetha S / DNA
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:03 IST

Bangalore: The Rs775.7-crore elevated expressway and access-controlled corridor on Tumkur Road are likely to be thrown open to vehicular traffic by mid-August, sources in the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) said on Monday.

It has been estimated that the expressway would daily benefit more than the estimated 1.2 lakh commuters, heading towards North Karnataka and farther to Pune and Mumbai.

“National Highway - 4 is likely to be inaugurated by August 15,” the NHAI source said. The 15km long, six-lane axis control toll road leading to Nelamangala will provide commuters seamless connectivity along a four-lane main carriageway, three-lane service road and four-lane elevated expressway.

Commuters, who use the expressway, would cover reach Nelamangala from the city in 15 minutes, compared to present one hour.

The NHAI said it had tentatively fixed the toll to be levied on motorists for using the elevated expressway. Claiming that the charge would be “cheaper” compared to those in other toll roads in the city, the source said the rates would be between Rs15 and Rs50.

“If you are driving a car along this stretch, you have to pay Rs15 toll for a distance 19.5 km, which narrows down to about 13 paise a kilometre. For a kilometre drive on the elevated expressway along Hosur Road, people are shelling out 33 paise a km. And for the NICE Ring Road, it is Rs2.50 a kilometre,” he said.

The NHAI official said the toll has been partially finalised. “Toll rates have been partially confirmed. Four-wheelers, which include cars and jeeps, have to pay Rs15. ‘L series’ vehicles (SUVs and MUVs) and minibuses will pay Rs25 and buses and trucks will pay Rs50,” he said.

The deputy commissioner of police (traffic-west), Panduranga H Rane, said the expressway would segregate the local traffic flow.
“The service roads provided are quite helpful. But until we see the usage of vehicles on the expressway, we cannot analyse the traffic movement. If it becomes like the Hosur Road expressway, then it will be of no use,” he said.

Several motorists have been avoiding the Hosur Road expressway. citing high toll rates.


http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_tumkur-rd-expressway-to-be-opened-by-mid-august_1409043