DK Shivakumar looks for ways to initiate tunnel road projects in Bengaluru

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) called for a short-term tender to select a consultant to do a detailed feasibility study (DFS) for the Comprehensive Bengaluru City Road Infrastructure Plan on September 30th. The tender specified a “preparation of a comprehensive traffic management plan for the proposal of vehicular tunnel/grade separator/road-widening in selected corridors,” without any direct reference to the much talked about tunnel roads. “We had called for a global expression of interest (EOI) to come up with a Comprehensive Bengaluru City Road Infrastructure Plan to decongest the city. A total of nine companies from across the world have participated in the EOI round, of which eight companies have qualified. We will soon select a company from among these eight to be the consultant on the project,” Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar said regarding the issue. 

DK Shivakumar reiterated that the company that will be selected as a consultant will submit a detailed report. “Should the tunnel road be a four-lane road or a six-lane road? Where should the tunnel road open to the roadway above and should we build tunnel roads only in the core city or extend them to the entire city? These are some of the questions we are looking at,” he added.