We come bearing good news! The much-anticipated Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway will be open for public before December! Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, announced that PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the expressway by December this year. Once operational, the expressway will reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai to just 2 hours!
Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway To Open By December This Year
The currently under-construction Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway will be open for public use by December this year. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari made this announcement on Thursday. He even mentioned that PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the expressway.
It is to be noted that the estimated completion time of this project was March 2024. However, the deadline was pushed to 2024-end. The 262 km-long Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway is expected to reduce travel time between the two cities to two hours.
As per a Hindustan Times report, Nitin Gadkari also mentioned that to improve the traffic congestion issue in Bengaluru, the authorities plan to speed up the Satellite Township Ring Road (STRR) project in the city. He said that the ₹17,000-crore project will also be completed by December this year.
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How This Expressway Will Help Improve Travel Between The 2 Cities
Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway will significantly improve travel between the two cities. This four-lane brownfield project spans approximately 262 km and traverses seven districts, as per the Hindustan Times report. These include Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural and Kolar in Karnataka; Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh; and Vellore, Kanchipuram, and Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu. With the completion of this expressway, it is expected that the travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai will be reduced to just two hours. Currently, it takes about seven hours to travel via road between these cities.
The Bengaluru-Chennai expressway is being built at a cost of over ₹17,930 crore. Nearly 2,650 hectares of land were acquired for this expressway. Work on this project is underway in three phases. The first phase covers a distance of 62.6 km between Hoskote and Bethamangala in Karnataka. The second phase starts from Bethamangala to Gudipala in Andhra Pradesh and stretches about 85 km. Meanwhile, the third phase connects Gudipala to Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu and is about 106 km long.
We hope for the timely completion of this expressway. Are you excited to drive along the Bengaluru-Chennai expressway soon? Let us know in the comments!
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