Don’t settle on flyover plan too soon, experts warn BBMP

As the BBMP considers the proposal to build four flyovers along Ballari Road, experts said it should study all plans before settling on this.

Some warn that the hasty decisions months before the state elections may trigger public protest. The BJP had opposed the steel project on the same stretch. Former Infosys director T V Mohandas Pai, a vocal critic of Bengaluru’s poor infrastructure, wants the civic body to prepare short- and long-term arrangements.

“The Hebbal flyover requires an immediate fix. Traffic from more than four lanes join the two-lane flyover, which again gets traffic at two more points. This is an absolute disaster. The urgent remedy is to build one more lane for traffic heading towards the city.”