Karnataka government plans a suburban road grid to improve connectivity

BENGALURU: The state government is working on widening and redeveloping four roads on the city outskirts to bring down traffic congestion. Two of the four roads identified for redevelopment will improve the connectivity to the international airport as well.

These arterial and sub-arterial roads, each of which ranges from 22 km to 47 km, will become wider once the project is completed.

The Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited ( KRDCL) has prepared the proposal for improving these roads -155 km, in all -at an estimated cost of Rs 1,455 crore.


"Land acquisition would cost another Rs 500 crore," said M Lakshminarayana, principal secretary, Public Works department.

KRDCL managing director KS Krishna Reddy said the redevelopment includes widening the existing two-lane road into four lanes."The plan is to minimise land acquisition so that we can complete the project as early as possible. We have only carried out a survey. Details such as properties that need to be acquired will be known only after our proposal is cleared by the Cabinet," he said.

In his budget speech on March 15, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had talked about these proposals.

Of the proposed roads, the one connecting Anekal to Hoskote passes through the software hub of Sarjapura and Whitefield.

In February this year, the state government had approved a proposal to widen Ballari road between Windsor Manor bridge and Hebbal flyover.

The project is estimated to cost Rs 27.52 crore. In the meanwhile, the BBMP is preparing to widen the road up to the Cantonment railway station via Jayamahal.

The construction of an alternative road from Begur near Mylanahalli cross to the Kempegowda international airport may not meet the June deadline as a high-tension power line passing through the area.