In a hurry to implement the bus priority lane project, the BBMP has bypassed the tendering process and awarded the work to contractors executing projects on the stretches where the bus lanes are expected.
The civic body has finalised the 22-kilometre bus lane through Indiranagar 100 Feet Road, Old Madras Road, Benniganahalli Bridge, KR Puram railway station, Outer Ring Road, Marathahalli, Iblur Junction and Central Silk Board Junction for the trial run.
The civic body would spend about Rs 21 crore to instal 25,000 metallic bollards, lane-marking, colour pigmentation at entry and exit points, signboards and surface works.
With BBMP Commissioner B H Anil Kumar setting November 1 as deadline, the civic body circumvented the tendering process and handed the project to four contractors.
