Centre Plans Six-Lane Track From Yelahanka To Hebbal

Driving to the Bengaluru International Airport could soon be a stress-free ride. You will be able to zip by on a huge network of gigantic elevated and signal-free highways.

A six-lane elevated highway will connect Yelahanka to Hebbal and a network of eight highways will connect Yelahanka to BIA. The central government is building the superstructure at a cost of Rs 450 crore. In the project’s second phase, the number of lanes will be increased to 12.

“This will not only reduce congestion on the road to the international airport, but also take care of growth of traffic in future,’’ Union minister of state for surface transport K H Muniyappa told reporters here on 23 Aug.

According to him, the Centre had extended its plans of building a dedicated elevated corridor between Hebbal and Yelahanka to the BIA. As per earlier plans, the Hebbal-Yelahanka corridor was to have six elevated lanes and eight roads beneath. The stretch between Yelahanka and BIA will be similar except that it will not be elevated. It will have eight surface roads and be built such that there’ll be scope for expansion.

“To start with, it will have six lanes and two service roads. However, its design will be flexible and another six lanes will be added in a few years,’’ Muniyappa said. Work will start by November and completed in 24 months.

Significantly, the elevated corridor will be built with just one pillar as the base. “It will be built with state-of-the-art technology, the minister said, adding, “The project has got Centre’s administrative and financial approval.’’

New surface and service lanes will be built all along the corridor. These will have interchanges that allow people to change lanes and use alternative roads. “The corridor and the highway will have extra land for possible expansion in future,’’ Muniyappa said.

Expressway to Chennai
Bangalore and Chennai will be connected by an expressway that will cost Rs 465 crore. This is part of the Centre’s efforts to build four expressways of about 1,000 km at a cost of Rs 15,000 crore. The other expressways will come up between Kolkata and Dhanbad, New Delhi and Meerut and Vadodara and Mumbai. These will be toll roads. “All will be taken up on ‘build operate transfer’ basis under the PPP model,’’ Union minister of state for road transport K H Muniyappa told reporters in Bangalore on 23 Aug 2008.
The Bangalore-Chennai expressway will be a greenfield project. Its alignment will be different from the existing roads that pass through Hosur and Chittoor.

Source: TNN