Almost twenty years ago, the Hebbal flyover, a gateway for vehicles coming from National Highway 44 to enter the city, was opened to motorists. The flyover, with several loops, also helped people travel towards Yeshwanthpur and K.R. Puram.
Over the years, the city expanded and vehicular population increased drastically (it has crossed the 1 crore mark), and more importantly, the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) also opened. This has resulted in an increased usage of the flyover, turning it into a traffic gridlock.
For more than a decade, the civic bodies and the State government made multiple proposals to decongest the junction. However, most of the projects either remained on paper or were halted midway through the work.
