The Karnataka Cabinet has approved the long-pending Peripheral Ring Road project, now renamed the Bengaluru Business Corridor, aimed at easing the city’s chronic traffic congestion.
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said the 117-km corridor will link Tumakuru Road to Mysuru Road via Yelahanka and Electronic City, providing an alternative route for heavy and inter-city traffic.
The project, to be implemented by the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA), will be developed as a 60-metre-wide toll road running parallel to NICE Road, with provisions for a future Metro corridor, he said.
“The planning has been completed. The Peripheral Road, now called the Bengaluru Business Corridor, will be constructed by the BDA as a toll road with space for the Metro. It will connect Tumakuru Road, Electronic City and Mysuru Road. The project will be completed within two years,” Shivakumar said, according to a report by Moneycontrol.
The state government plans to raise around INR 27,000 crore from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) to fund the project.
Officials said the corridor is expected to reduce Bengaluru’s traffic congestion by up to 40% once completed.
