US EditionTired of Bengaluru Traffic? Karnataka Govt Planned ‘Business Corridor’ Says Your Nightmare May Soon End
The 117-km Bengaluru Business Corridor aims to cut city traffic by 40%, offers farmers five compensation options, and reduces project cost by Rs 10,000 crore, officials said.
- On October 16, the Karnataka Cabinet approved the 117-km Bengaluru Business Corridor, renaming the Peripheral Ring Road and assigning the Bengaluru Development Authority to develop it.
- Planned in 2007, the project stalled for almost two decades over land acquisition costs and was revised from 100 metres to 65 metres in width.
- Officials estimate a 40% traffic reduction as the Bengaluru Business Corridor will link Tumakuru Road to Mysuru Road via Yelahanka and Electronic City, with 73 km in North Bengaluru.
- To ease land acquisition, the state offers 5 compensation options, including cash for those losing less than 20 guntas, expected to reduce project costs by Rs 10,000 crore.
- HUDCO will lend to the scheme, which will be a toll road with government surety to the Bengaluru Development Authority and reserve 5 metres in the median for a future metro.
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Bengaluru Business Corridor announced: Can the new lifeline solve city's chronic traffic crisis?
The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the 117-km Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project, which has been renamed Bengaluru Business Corridor (BBC), in a bid to decongest the city. The 27,000 crore project, which will likely be completed in the next two years, will be executed under the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA). The announcement was made by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who said the state government is rewriting his…
Karnataka Cabinet clears Bengaluru Business Corridor project, to cut traffic by 40%
The Karnataka Cabinet approved the 117-km Bengaluru Business Corridor, renamed from the Peripheral Ring Road, to be completed in two years. The Rs 27,000 crore project promises 40% traffic reduction and multiple compensation options for landowners.
Bengaluru Business Corridor Announced, Promises To Cut Traffic By 40%
The government anticipates a 40 per cent reduction in city traffic once the Bengaluru Business Corridor is operational, as vehicles moving between highways and industrial zones will bypass the city core.
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