Mysore Road to turn one-way to beat snarls
Those who regularly travel along Mysore Road will have a tough time commuting henceforth as the stretch from West of Chord Junction to Gali Anjaneya temple will be converted into a one-way to ease traffic congestion on the busy Mysore road, said the Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy on Monday.
Inspecting Mysore Road and Nayandahalli Junction where a flyover is being built, Mr Murthy said that the one-way would be introduced in the next two months after consulting the traffic cops. A road is being constructed over a drain near Deepanjalinagar by the BBMP to ease the congestion on West of Chord Road and Mysore Road. The road will be completed in the next two months and the one-way will then be introduced, the mayor said.
Directing the engineers concerned and the contractors to complete the work within two months, Mr Murthy said that diverting the traffic flow and introducing one-way will help ease congestion. More bad news is that there is no escaping traffic congestion on Mysore Road between Nayandahalli Junction and Azadnagar till December 2012 as the road widening work is under progress. The road widening work from Sirsi circle flyover is delayed as BBMP is yet to acquire the private properties, and the contractor is not adhering to the terms of the tender, said sources. Mr Murthy said that de-silting of a storm water drain adjacent to the Gali Anjaneya Temple is on. Once the de-silting is complete the flooding in the region can be arrested.
Mr Murthy said that the flyover connecting Nagarbhavi Road and Banashankari is expected to be completed in the next 20 days. There is bound to be chaos on Mysore Road for another seven months. There are several departments involved in road widening work including BBMP, BWSSB, BSNL and BESCOM. The land acquisition for road widening is another challenge, said BBMP chief engineer (Major roads) S. Somashekar.
On delay in completion of the project, he blamed the BWSSB for delays in laying water pipes. Until the BWSSB completes pipe laying work, asphalting cannot be done. The BBMP is yet to acquire around 25 private properties through transfer of development rights for road widening. Despite Chief Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda directing that the work be completed quickly, it is proceeding at snail's pace.
BBMP engineer-in-chief B. T. Ramesh said repair work on Sirsi circle flyover will begin from June 1. Mayor Murthy said he has written to the defence minister and minister of state for railways for co-operation in building 44 road over- and under- bridges to reduce accidents at railway level crossings.
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