The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will build a three-layer flyover — two layers of the roadway and a metro line over that — on the national highway (NH) stretches running through the city, said Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, on Friday.
“Traffic congestion is a serious concern in Bengaluru. While we can build greenfield highways outside the city like we are doing in the case of the Satellite Township Ring Road (STRR), it is practically impossible to widen existing roads. So I have proposed to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to build a three-layer flyover on the national highway stretches in the city. It will have two roadway flyovers over the existing road and over that a metro line,” Mr. Gadkari said, adding such projects were under way in Chennai, Pune, and Nagpur.
There are six stretches of national highways in the city — Hosur Road, Old Madras Road, Kanakapura Road, Mysuru Road, Tumakuru Road, and Ballari Road. Mr. Gadkari did not spell out any specific projects on any stretch.
