TWO MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE COMING UP ON THE ROAD TO BIA.BOTH PROMISE TO CRUNCH THE 25-KM STRETCH INTO A TRAVEL SPAN OF 20 MINUTES
Urban transport is set to get fascinating for those on the route to the Bangalore International Airport (BIA).The road is undergoing a transformation.Right now,it may be torn up by excavators,but the National Highways Authority of India promises that work on the six-lane elevated expressway to the airport will be ready by 2013.
The expressway will be a series of seven flyovers from Hebbal to the Trumpet Junction near BIA in effect,the commuter will be riding in waves to the airport,and will reach in a flat 20 minutes.The High Speed Rail Link will run parallel to the expressway.
The corridor will have one 4-km long expressway after Hebbal flyover to Yelahanka bypass,and after that,six flyovers each 700-800 m long connecting major junctions.On the road beneath,crossings will connect localities along the corridor,said AK Mathur,regional officer,NHAI,Karnataka.Service roads will serve the localities alongside.The flyovers and subways will have entry and exit points from the expressway,and enable pedestrians to cross through safely.
Navayuga Construction Company is handling the entire stretch.Construction sites have been barricaded near Yelahanka and Byatarayanapura,piers erected and a few spans laid.
The road beneath will have six lanes,and is designed for a speed limit of up to 80kmph.Once construction is complete,the state government will have to reset the speed limit for light motor vehicles and heavy motor vehicles,because part of the road is within city limits,Mathur added.
HEBBAL TO BIAL
Time taken from Hebbal to BIA now: 45 mins Service roads & exits: Sahakaranagar,Jakkur,Yelahanka and Amruthahalli residents can use service roads.There are lateral exits at Kogilu and Vidyanagar Time taken from Hebbal to BIA after May 2013: 18.75 mins Toll booth: At Sadahalli Cross,500m before Trumpet Junction.Toll plaza now has six lanes;it will be reconstructed after road-widening
DEEP FOCUS
THERES A HIGH SPEED RAIL TOO
You could speed down the expressway,or swoosh on the High Speed Rail Link,running parallel.HSRL,connecting the heart of the city to BIA,will be taken up by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation.The DPR is ready and fund allocation from the state and Centre are to be finalized.Union urban development minister Kamal Nath had announced the project during the inauguration of the Metro in October 2011.NHAI had known that the HSRL project would be elevated all along the route.NHAI sources said the space requested for the project was less than 10m,for the tracks to run along on the left side of the road.BMRC has already shortlisted the consortiums constructing the HSRL,and is waiting for approval from the Centre.The expressway was designed keeping the HSRL in mind.Our roads or flyovers will not be affected by the construction or operation of the HSRL,which will run almost parallel to a little below the level of the elevated road, said an NHAI official.
TRAIN SPEED
155-165 KMPH
COMPARISONS
E-City Elevated Expressway
Completed 2010
Cost 765 cr
Length 9.5 km
Width 15 m
Tumkur Expressway
Urban transport is set to get fascinating for those on the route to the Bangalore International Airport (BIA).The road is undergoing a transformation.Right now,it may be torn up by excavators,but the National Highways Authority of India promises that work on the six-lane elevated expressway to the airport will be ready by 2013.
The expressway will be a series of seven flyovers from Hebbal to the Trumpet Junction near BIA in effect,the commuter will be riding in waves to the airport,and will reach in a flat 20 minutes.The High Speed Rail Link will run parallel to the expressway.
The corridor will have one 4-km long expressway after Hebbal flyover to Yelahanka bypass,and after that,six flyovers each 700-800 m long connecting major junctions.On the road beneath,crossings will connect localities along the corridor,said AK Mathur,regional officer,NHAI,Karnataka.Service roads will serve the localities alongside.The flyovers and subways will have entry and exit points from the expressway,and enable pedestrians to cross through safely.
Navayuga Construction Company is handling the entire stretch.Construction sites have been barricaded near Yelahanka and Byatarayanapura,piers erected and a few spans laid.
The road beneath will have six lanes,and is designed for a speed limit of up to 80kmph.Once construction is complete,the state government will have to reset the speed limit for light motor vehicles and heavy motor vehicles,because part of the road is within city limits,Mathur added.
HEBBAL TO BIAL
Time taken from Hebbal to BIA now: 45 mins Service roads & exits: Sahakaranagar,Jakkur,Yelahanka and Amruthahalli residents can use service roads.There are lateral exits at Kogilu and Vidyanagar Time taken from Hebbal to BIA after May 2013: 18.75 mins Toll booth: At Sadahalli Cross,500m before Trumpet Junction.Toll plaza now has six lanes;it will be reconstructed after road-widening
DEEP FOCUS
THERES A HIGH SPEED RAIL TOO
You could speed down the expressway,or swoosh on the High Speed Rail Link,running parallel.HSRL,connecting the heart of the city to BIA,will be taken up by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation.The DPR is ready and fund allocation from the state and Centre are to be finalized.Union urban development minister Kamal Nath had announced the project during the inauguration of the Metro in October 2011.NHAI had known that the HSRL project would be elevated all along the route.NHAI sources said the space requested for the project was less than 10m,for the tracks to run along on the left side of the road.BMRC has already shortlisted the consortiums constructing the HSRL,and is waiting for approval from the Centre.The expressway was designed keeping the HSRL in mind.Our roads or flyovers will not be affected by the construction or operation of the HSRL,which will run almost parallel to a little below the level of the elevated road, said an NHAI official.
TRAIN SPEED
155-165 KMPH
COMPARISONS
E-City Elevated Expressway
Completed 2010
Cost 765 cr
Length 9.5 km
Width 15 m
Tumkur Expressway
Completed 2011
Cost 720 cr
Length 19.5 km
Cost 720 cr
Length 19.5 km
Airport expressway
Cost 680 Cr
Length 25 Km
from Hebbal to Trumpet Junction near BIA Flyovers
7 Lateral exits
Length 25 Km
from Hebbal to Trumpet Junction near BIA Flyovers
7 Lateral exits
2 crosses
4 underpasses Project time
25 months From Sept 2010 to May 2013
If there are easy exit points from the flyover and a station close to the hospital,many patients can access our services.Signal-free flyovers will help ambulances move faster to the hospital.
Tufan Ghosh | CEO,COLUMBIA ASIA HOSPITAL
Many of our projects coming up on BIA road are residential complexes.If connectivity to the city centre and workplaces is better,people will look at our projects because travel time is reduced.
Nitesh Shetty | CHAIRMAN,NITESH ESTATES
These things should have been planned five years ago.Work on the elevated road is going on fast and will reduce pressure on the regular road.Its good the government is thinking about the train right now.
Dayananda Pai | FOUNDER,CENTURY BUILDERS
Vehicles moving to the airport can take the elevated expressway,leaving the road below for school buses to
move freely.This will reduce travel time and the wait at traffic junctions,and reduce stress for students.
Manju Balasubramanyan | PRINCIPAL,DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL,NORTH
4 underpasses Project time
25 months From Sept 2010 to May 2013
If there are easy exit points from the flyover and a station close to the hospital,many patients can access our services.Signal-free flyovers will help ambulances move faster to the hospital.
Tufan Ghosh | CEO,COLUMBIA ASIA HOSPITAL
Many of our projects coming up on BIA road are residential complexes.If connectivity to the city centre and workplaces is better,people will look at our projects because travel time is reduced.
Nitesh Shetty | CHAIRMAN,NITESH ESTATES
These things should have been planned five years ago.Work on the elevated road is going on fast and will reduce pressure on the regular road.Its good the government is thinking about the train right now.
Dayananda Pai | FOUNDER,CENTURY BUILDERS
Vehicles moving to the airport can take the elevated expressway,leaving the road below for school buses to
move freely.This will reduce travel time and the wait at traffic junctions,and reduce stress for students.
Manju Balasubramanyan | PRINCIPAL,DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL,NORTH
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