It appears that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) have reached a ‘consensus’ on building a flyover at Sarakki Junction to ease the traffic movement. Earlier, the BBMP had proposed to build a flyover below the existing elevated metro corridor for the smooth flow of the traffic on the ORR and reduce waiting time for traffic below the junction significantly for other motorists. However, the proposed flyover came in the way of BMRCL’s Phase III metro extension alignment from Hebbal to J.P. Nagar on the ORR. The BMRCL had asked the BBMP to take up the project only after reaching a consensus.
Now it has been ‘resolved’ that instead of the BBMP, the BMRCL will implement the project by building a road-cum-metro flyover. The BMRCL is constructing road-cum-metro rail flyover under Phase II project of Namma Metro from Ragigudda to Central Silk Board. The line is part of R.V. Road to Bommasandra Yellow Line and likely to be operational by next year.
Chief Engineer (Road and Infrastructure) of BBMP B.S. Prahalad said, “The proposed design will accommodate both rail and metro projects. As per the plan, at grade level, existing road infrastructure will remain. Above that, at level one, the proposed road flyover will come up. Using the same pier, a new line of metro will be constructed above the existing metro corridor. The BBMP will not implement the project. Instead, the BMRCL will implement it. The BMRCL has such infrastructure under construction from Ragigudda to Central Silk Board. In the future, Sarakki Junction will see the second rail-cum-road flyover in the city,”
