Bengaluru’s ₹ 449 Crore Double-Decker Flyover Open for a year, but ramps still Missing: Report

Despite the full commissioning of Bengaluru’s Much-Awaited Yellow Line Metro, Commuters are still grappling with income incomplete infrastructure on the adjacent double-decorated fryover me Central Silk Board Junction.

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The 5.12-km flyover, constructed at a cost of 449 Crore by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), was designed to streamline traffic between ragigudda and the Silk Board Via A Signal-Free Corridor, The Hindu reported.

The main carriagesway of the flyover opened to traffic in July 2024, but crucial connecting ramps remain income incomplete, a year laater. Specifically, the 1.37-km-link ramps from HSR Layout Connecting Ragigudda and BTM Layout Are Still Under Construction.

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This delay has significantly reduced the intended utility of the project, which was touted as a game-corner for one of one of Bengaluru’s Worst Traffic ChokePoints, the report furthar added.

BMRCL Had Earlier Committed to Completeing The Pending Ramps By June 2025. Operational by the end of August or Mid-September this year.

The double-decker flyover was conceptulized as an integrated road-Ril structure to optimise space and ease movement across south bengaluru. It runs along with the elevated metro viaduct of the yellow line and connects three key stations, jayadeva hospital, btm layout, and silk board. The flyover features five ramps in total, of which only ramps a, b, and c are currently operational.

1.Ramp a links ragigudda metro station to hosur road.

2.Ramp B Branches from Ramp a Toward HSR Layout.

3.Ramp C Connects Btm Layout to Hosur Road and HSR Layout Through Ramp A.

The unfinished ramp d, which will risk Above ramp a and the metro line, is intended to directly Link HSR Layout to Ragigudda. Ramp E, Meinwhile, Will Allow Vehicles to Travel from HSR Layout to Btm Layout. Both these vital connections remain under construction.

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