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PRR tenders to be called soon

Afshan Yasmeen

First phase of project work to start in October

It will be eight-lane, 100-metre wide toll road
Long-distance travellers need not enter the city

Bangalore: With the State Government formally handing over work on the 116-km Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), the agency is gearing up to invite global tenders for the project. The work on the project is expected to take off in October.

The Rs. 3,000-crore project, which was earlier handed over to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), will now be executed by the BDA.

Officials, who made a presentation on BDA’s projects to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Tuesday, said the project report was ready. Although the PRR was originally mooted by the BDA, it had been handed over to NHAI for execution. But technical issues did not match the expectations of the Government and the project is back with the BDA.

“We have started the process and tenders for the project will be called in the next three months. Work on the first phase connecting Tumkur Road with Hosur Road via Old Madras Road should take off in October,” BDA Engineer Member P.N. Nayak told The Hindu on Wednesday.

The project requires 3,530 acres of land and the acquisition process had started. While 65 km would be developed in the first phase, the rest would be taken up in the second phase. “We are confident of completing work on the first phase in 30 months after it is taken up,” Mr. Nayak added.

The new road, which will circum-navigate the city linking Tumkur Road, Mysore Road, Old Madras Road and Hosur Road will be an eight-lane 100-metre wide toll road. Once the PRR is completed, access to highways leading out of the city will become easy, and long distance travellers can bypass the city. It will also facilitate easy access to international airport from Tumkur Road, Whitefield and Hosur Road, according to Mr. Nayak.

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