Bengaluru may soon get an ₹18,000-crore solution to its traffic woes

Bengaluru could soon witness a massive transformation in its traffic management system with the approval of a 110-kilometre elevated corridor project. The Greater Bengaluru Authority’s Technical Advisory Committee has cleared the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the ambitious initiative, which aims to provide a long-term solution to the city’s growing congestion.

Estimated to cost around Rs 18,000 crore, including Rs 3,000 crore earmarked for land acquisition, the project is now awaiting the state government’s formal approval, which is expected by September 25. Once the green light is given, construction is likely to commence by December, with completion targeted within 25 months.

According to the New Indian Express, the corridor will be a fully elevated network with strategically planned entry and exit points, designed to connect arterial roads and decongest the city’s core. The project will be developed under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model and will operate on a toll system, similar to the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway.


The DPR was prepared after a year-long traffic study, with inputs from multiple consultants, including Infra Support, Kannan Siddishakthi, and Nagesh Consultants. The project will employ Ultra-High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete technology, ensuring durability and strength. To expedite construction, components will be precast and factory-manufactured before being installed on-site, the report added.

The corridor will primarily cater to Bengaluru’s outer zones and provide radial connectivity, enabling smoother interchanges and faster access to key routes, including a dedicated connection to the airport road from the eastern side.

This initiative, when executed, is expected to significantly cut travel time, ease bottlenecks, and complement other ongoing infrastructure projects such as the tunnel road network. The state government may also provide viability gap funding to ensure timely execution by private partners.

Traffic is one of the major issues plaguing Indian cities. Earlier this year, a report claimed that an average Indian employee spends about 8.6% of their day commuting to and from work. In a year, a working professional spends 754 hours on the road, or 68 full working days, stuck in traffic. As per the report, Bengaluru’s average one-way commute time has jumped 16% in just one year. From 54 minutes in 2024, today it takes 63 minutes to travel an average distance of 19km in the city.