BENGALURU: After several years of pushing for road widening projects to lighten the burden on city roads, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), pushed by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s vision for a mobility plan, could change its stance in the future.
Speaking to City Express, Manoj Kumar Meena, Special Commissioner (Projects), said that he personally felt that road widening projects would only lead to increased number of vehicles on the streets. “Basically, the BBMP wants to take up these projects to decongest city traffic but we have recently learnt that the traffic volume along these roads will not come down after widening, instead it will add more vehicles to the particular stretch. Mobility plan is needed to bring down traffic in the city. Interestingly, the government in its budget has given more priority for mobility plan,” he said.
