150 km of flyovers and signal-free corridors to be built in Bengaluru: DKS
The Hindu
The aim is to ease traffic congestion in the city.
Vowing to give importance for the development of Bengaluru, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar said the government is set to construct 150 km of flyovers and signal-free corridors to ease traffic congestion in the city.
Addressing the 515th birth anniversary celebrations of Bengaluru founder Kempe Gowda in the city, Mr. Shivakumar, who also holds Bengaluru City Development portfolio, said he is also working on a plan to turn the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project into a business corridor.
Claiming that there are no takers for the PRR project though tenders had been called up to eight times, Mr. Shivakumar said a decision has been taken to remodel it as a business corridor through the BDA.
The project would soon be placed before the State Cabinet for approval, he said.
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