190-km tunnel to ease Bengaluru traffic: Which are the areas covered?
“There are 12 High-Density Corridors within the city that are to be studied and prepared report for implementation, and the total length of these corridors is 203 kms,” BBMP said.
To ease Bengaluru’s traffic congestion, the Congress government in Karnataka has proposed to build a 190-kilometre tunnel and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has invited public tenders.
The details of the roads through which the tunnel will pass have been shared by BBMP. According to its document, there are 13 corridors.
Bellary Road, Old Madras Road, Esteem Mall Junction to Mekhri Circle, Millers Road, Chalukya Circle, Trinity Circle, Sarjapura Road, Hosur Road, Kanakapura Road to Krishna Rao Park, Mysore Road to Sirsi Circle, Magadi Road, Tumakuru Road to Yeshwantpur Junction, Outer Ring Road, Goraguntepalya, KR Puram, Silk Board areas have been identified.
“The government of Karnataka (GoK) has an ambitious programme to develop Bangalore into a world-class city. Among various infrastructure works that are being undertaken, a Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Plan which might result in the construction of elevated corridors/tunnels is an important project that the government wants to develop to ease traffic movement in the city,” BBMP said in its invitation for bids document.
“GoK has entrusted the task of implementing the project to BBMP and hence BBMP is desirous of obtaining the services of a reputed consultant in preparing the Detailed Feasibility Report.
“There are 12 High-Density Corridors within the city that are to be studied and prepared report for implementation, and the total length of these corridors is 203 kms,” BBMP said.
What Karnataka Dy CM said
On Thursday (October 5), Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said eight companies have qualified to apply for tenders.
“A 190-km long tunnel road has been proposed to combat traffic congestion in Bengaluru and eight companies have qualified for it. These companies will submit a feasibility report and we are preparing to call for public tenders within 45 days,” Shivakumar, who is also the Bengaluru Development minister, said.
These companies will study and report on how the tunnel road should be, whether it should be four or six lanes, from where it should begin and end, and a decision also needs to be taken on whether it should be expanded across the city, he added.