Tenders soon for 75-km elevated roads, East-West Tunnel Road in Bengaluru
Bengaluru officials plan to float tenders for 75 km of elevated corridors and a new tunnel road to address the city's severe traffic congestion. The project will be funded by private companies with government viability gap funding.
Why it matters
As urban populations grow, the reliance on multi-layered infrastructure projects like tunnel roads and elevated corridors is becoming a common, albeit expensive, solution for major global cities.
Tender works for the 22-km East-West Tunnel Road project connecting K.R. Puram to Nayandahalli will be floated soon, said Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda.
The article presents the government's infrastructure plans and the minister's rationale without taking a stance on the project's efficacy.
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