The traffic police will take some quick-fix measures on Outer Ring Road and Bannerghatta Road to minimise traffic chaos on these busy stretches. On Bannerghatta Road, the stretch between Sagar Hospital Junction and Old Gurappanapalya Junction will be turned into a one-way. The stretch between Sagar Junction and Swagath Road/East Road Junction will be turned into a one-way. Police have chalked out alternative routes. The changes will come into effect from June 16.
On Outer Ring Road, the police have banned right turn at Nagawara Junction where close to 5,000 cars entering Manyata Tech Park blocked traffic on the main road. Vehicles heading to the tech park will now have to take a U-turn further ahead under the Eranapalya Flyover. Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M.A. Saleem said the changes have been made after a detailed survey. “Both ORR and Bannerghatta Road handle heavy traffic. During peak hours, Bannerghatta Road handles close to 20,000 Passenger Car Units (PCUs) per hour. There is intense commercialisation here and lorry traffic has gone up on ORR,” he said. The police pointed out that the Sagar Hospital Junction on Bannerghatta Road vehicles had to wait for three rounds of signal before clearing the traffic bottleneck. This is because the 1 km stretch between Sagar Junction and Old Gurappanapalya Junction is just 40-foot wide. Three IT majors, Oracle, IBM and Accenture, hospitals and marriage halls are located on this stretch causing traffic jams. “You cannot widen the road anymore. But these solutions will ease movement of traffic on these stretches,” Mr Saleem said.