[sustran] Preliminary report on elevated roads in a month: KJ George

[Vinay Baindur]

isn't this a violation of the NUTP
plus a series of toll roads in the city which is a condition of the
Malaysian Consortium.. because the governments cannot fund....
and what is the use of the signal free corridors then
all the major expenditure on that is being increase 10 times for access
controlled roads only for private 4 wheelers....
it seems like infrastructure overkill is such a dangerous addiction.....
fly over the whole city ..... and spend more money than Metro ph II while
you are at it....
drop the suburban rail and allow cars to rule by ruining ..........

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*Preliminary report on elevated roads in a month: KJ George*
TNN | Feb 26, 2016, 01.59 AM IST

Bengaluru: If one goes by the words of Bengaluru development minister KJ
George, the city may get rid of its traffic woes in a couple of years. The
preliminary report on the 82.7km elevated road network plan, which promises
end-to-end connectivity, will be ready in a month, he said on Thursday. "It
will be a network of six elevated corridors running across the length and
breadth of the city. Once the ground work begins, we hope to finish the
project in two years," George said.

The estimated cost of the project, to be taken up under public-private
partnership, is Rs 18,000 crore. The detailed project report is expetced to
be complete in five months. "The government is keen on elevated roads and
the Peripheral Ring Road to ease traffic congestion," the minister said.

George made the statement following a meeting with the members of
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Malaysia, and other private
company representatives from the southeast Asian country. "Malaysian
companies have expressed keen interest in taking up the elevated road
project. We will share more details with them soon. Infrastructure
development companies from Japan and UAE (Abu Dhabi) are also interested.
Tenders will be floated soon to pick the best bidder. The project cost will
be borne by the developer and they will get the returns through toll
collection under a built-operate-transfer (BOT) model," he added.

The minister said the project will not run into land acquisition hurdles as
most of the network is being planned on existing medians. "We need to
acquire some land only at the entry and exit points of the corridors," he
added.


Seamless travel


Total length: 82.7 km

Total cost: Rs 18,409 crore

The locations

*North-south corridor connecting NH-7 to NH-7: From Central Silk Board to
Hebbal
*East-west corridor 1 connecting NH-4 to NH-4. From KR Puram to
Goraguntepalya

*East-west corridor 2 Connecting SH-17 to SH-35: From Jnanabharathi (SH 17)
to Varthur Kodi (SH 35)
*Connecting corridor 1; will link north-south corridor and east-west
corridor 2: From Agara to Kalasipalyam

*Connecting corridor 2; will link east-west corridor 1 to east-west
corridor 2. From Richmond Road to Ulsoor
*Connecting corridor 3; will link corridor from Kalyan Nagar Junction on
Outer Ring Road to St John's Church Road and Wheeler Road Junction