Bangalore Ring Roads thread

[IndiansUnite]

Originally Posted by Subra

Also is land acquisition completed for the first phase of PRR upto Hosur road ?

They've started it and according to the following article, it will be over in 3-4 months.

Originally Posted by 2Paise

I thought it was at least a 10 lane highway...maybe even 12.

Todays TOI says that it will be the widest road in karnataka.

Its just unclear reporting...Im sure its 12 lanes in total.

This article from TOI says that it'll have 4 lanes on either side -


Land acquisition for PRR underway
The PRR is back with the BDA, and land acquisition will be completed in another three to four months.

Phase I of the Rs 6,000-crore Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project which was handed over by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) is now back with them. Phase I stretching to 65 km will be taken up first at a cost of Rs 3,000 crores. As of now, land acquisition is going on for the first phase and the Expression of Interest (EOI) will be called for after three to four months. Tenders will be called for after another three months. Phase I is expected to be completed in a span of three to four years.

Highlights of the PRR:

• 100 metre wide dedicated corridor with access-controlled facilities

• Design speed of about 80 to 100 kmph

• Eight-lane divided road with service roads

• Exclusive lanes for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS)

• Provision for Metro and Mono rail along the central median

• Provision of exclusive corridor for utilities so that there is no need to disturb the utility lines in the event of any need to dig up the roads in future

• 63 cross drainage structures (smaller storm water crossings) identified

• Four minor bridge structures (bigger storm water crossings) proposed

• Box culverts proposed to avoid blockage in the drains as compared to the earlier Humepipe culvert

• Surface drainage facilitated by median drain, drain between the main road and the BRTS lane, and a drain at the end of the service road

[TOI-June20]

[2Paise]

Its a HUNDRED meters wide...it HAS to be at least 12 laned

[2Paise]

Peripheral Ring Road work may begin by December

Work on all these will be carried out at the same time as the main project. The four-lane Peripheral Ring Road will be 100 metres wide with a 10-metre wide central median.

It will have two services roads on either side, and a 14-metre-wide green belt beyond the service roads.

I guess that explains it.Its a shame...i was hoping for a 12 lane superhighway

[RameshPrakash]

Hi Folks,
Long since any updates on the different ring roads being planned & built in & around Bangalore. I do see Google Earth/Map still shows the BMIC-PR (Hosur rd to Tumkur rd) still missing huge interconnections. What is the status on this ?
Strange to see no discussions here in the last few months?

Ramesh

[sudheeshnairs]

I think it is four lane in one direction. So its an eight lane highway. Indiansunite's post about TOI report dt 20th June also says it is eight lane.

If it is 100 metres wide, no way it would be just 4 lane.

Originally Posted by 2Paise

Peripheral Ring Road work may begin by December
I guess that explains it.Its a shame...i was hoping for a 12 lane superhighway

[cleveraz]

i must do that again , cos Again no updates, i haven't been to bangaluru for 6 years, but i have closely monitoring the growth on web. I feel sad because there r no updates on most of our projects, perhaps people r busy with work, but why cant we take a little more effort to put bangaluru on the world map strongly..... comon guys get some updates

[world1]

All of them r in the BIAL discu thread....so the rest of bangalore is LEFT out...!!!

[2Paise]

PRR overcomes TG Halli hurdle

BANGALORE: After overcoming legal hurdles and ecological concerns, the decade-old Peripheral Ring Road project (PRR) will finally see the framing
of awards.

The acquisition of close to 1,810 acres is under way for Phase I of the project, between Tumkur Road, Old Madras Road and Hosur Road. So far, 21 writ petitions and a PIL have been filed against it. In addition, environmentalists raised objections over the alignment as 8 km of the 65-km stretch under Phase I - around 97 acres - passes through the sensitive catchment area of Tippagondanahalli (TG Halli) reservoir.

The BDA has assured that the project will not cause any damage to the reservoir as enough measures will be taken while laying the roads. In addition, an environment impact study will also be carried out before starting work. Compensatory afforestation measures are currently in progress, BDA commissioner H Siddaiah told TOI.

According to Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman H C Sharat Chandra, it’s not just roads but industrial activities, too, that pose a threat to the drainage pattern here. Further, a comprehensive land-use plan for the catchment area must be in place to protect the drainage pattern, he said.

While the TG Halli reservoir’s capacity is 135 MLD, only 50 MLD is supplied from here. Way back in 2003, the government issued a notification to regulate all development activities - except agriculture - in the catchment areas of the reservoir. This was following a study by ISRO and Indian Resources Information and Management Technologies - initiated by BMRDA - that cited unplanned development, increased urbanization and industrialization in the catchment area as one of the reasons for deteriorating quality and reduced inflow. Even in July, the government had maintained it would not allow any construction or development within two km of the reservoir.

This is gonna need a thread of its own in the coming weeks

[2Paise]

I can complete PRR in 9 months: Kheny

BANGALORE: Ashok Kheny, promoter of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, on Tuesday offered to complete the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) — connecting Tumkur Road and Devanahalli highway (near Bengaluru International Airport) — in nine months and open it to the public.

At an FKCCI interaction, Kheny said his company, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises, if allowed to build PRR, will disprove that the gestation period of public projects is longer than that of private ones.

On peripheral and ring roads related to BMIC, he said the project will be completed by November-end. Disclosing his plans on the 111-km expressway connecting Bangalore and Mysore, Kheny said if the government provides land, his company will complete the project by December 2009. “I have proposed a bridge across the Cauvery on the lines of San Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge,” he said.

He said a group of four companies under NICE — Karnataka First Consortium — has submitted a proposal to the CM to build nine expressways involving 2,496 km in the state.

[vlakshmi_n]

Does anyone have updates on the status of the PRR.

[iceman_ina]

Source: http://www.bdabangalore.org/pdfs/brochure.pdf

[dis.agree]

that map is from bda? are they such idiots or so corrupt to think of a prr when nice road is just a km away?

i am sorry but the only ring road in bangalore is orr. nice road is indeed nice but too far away and carries very little traffic. in a decade from now, i guess it would be much better used. all other circles are just circles that any school kid can draw. they are not ring roads.

[iceman_ina]

regarding PRR, they are building 'other' semi-circle in phase-1. Hope they will stop at that and integrate NICE and PRR phase-1 in one full ring.

regarding IRR, I think this is also known as inner ring road and i think (i'm from hyd) is a good 'circle'.

Regarding CRR, As far as i know, they are planning 'elevated' ring over existing roads and is a future project. So, its not just a ring a kindergarden kid has drawn.

[dis.agree]

Originally Posted by iceman_ina

regarding PRR, they are building 'other' semi-circle in phase-1. Hope they will stop at that and integrate NICE and PRR phase-1 in one full ring.

regarding IRR, I think this is also known as inner ring road and i think (i'm from hyd) is a good 'circle'.

Regarding CRR, As far as i know, they are planning 'elevated' ring over existing roads and is a future project. So, its not just a ring a kindergarden kid has drawn.

irr was initially just koramangala - domlur link road and if we include roads in koramangala & indira nagar, it makes up 20% of a ring. any city has a complex maze of roads and one call always connect a set of roads and make a ring out of them. but that would not make it a ring road.

i think we would agree that for a road to be useful as a ring road, people would consider using such a ring instead of straight line/radial roads through city center. what would be route from say indira nagar 100 ft road (ring road itself) or leela palace on airport road (just outside this ring) to say other side like lal bagh park - which i guess is also on this non-existent ring road you are referring to? both are technically not even diagonally opp and are slightly south of city. but no one would use this ring road and prefer driving through core city.

[sanarchie]

How far has the PRR progressed. Have they started ground work or still acquiring land?Any updates?

[Kewl Batty]

How can a 3.5 km road form a so-called "intermediate ring road"? Am I missing something here? Here's wiki article

[DELPIERO]

VERY RINGS

[phaedrus]

very rings indeed

[rogermood]

I guess the Peripheral Ring Road is almost completed between hosur road and tumkur road A small connection for this road from electronic city seems to be still pending.

[heavenlyabode]

Originally Posted by rogermood

I guess the Peripheral Ring Road is almost completed between hosur road and tumkur road A small connection for this road from electronic city seems to be still pending.

Thats true. Near gothigere village lake where i believe there is a dispute about either going around the lake or over it as a bridge.