Once all flyovers and underpasses are constructed, the entire ORR will be handed over to BBMP and it will co-ordinate with the traffic police to provide signal-free travel. While the in-principle clearance has been given, five days ago the Defence officials sent the file to New Delhi for final approval. The project has been delayed as nine acres of Defence land is yet to be handed over to BDA, which had sent the related file to the Defence authorities in September, 2014. Meanwhile, the piling work at Gurguntepalya underpass from Gurguntepalya to Alisda Junction began four months ago and work is expected to be completed in a year’s time. The project was delayed due to continuous traffic. One lane of the flyover (leading towards Yeshwantpur) has been completed, at a cost of Rs 44 crore. He said the flyover at Kanteerava Studios Junction will be completed by September, 2015. The construction of flyover at the Kanteerava Studios Junction and an underpass at Gurguntepalya is underway, BDA engineer member P N Nayak told Deccan Herald.

These two are in addition to the construction of 25 skywalks on the ORR. The State government has entrusted the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) with the task of constructing an underpass on the ORR, beneath the Hebbal flyover’s loop leading towards Nagawara, and a flyover at Doddanekundi. This is due to two projects that are still under progress on the ORR, even as two more have been announced in the State budget for 2015-16. Bengalureans will have to wait for another couple of years to experience a seamless drive on the Outer Ring Road (ORR).

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