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Additional road to reduce commute to Sakra Hospital Road
In a move to ease traffic around its upcoming tech park in Bellandur, Prestige Group has received approval from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to construct a 1.5-km elevated flyover linking the project site directly to Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road. The entire cost of the project will be borne by Prestige, and the flyover will be open to the general public, not just the company's employees.According to a Deccan Herald report, the BBMP has allowed the flyover to be built on public land on the condition that Prestige will fund and execute the widening of Kariyammana Agrahara Road, a known traffic bottleneck. The proposed flyover will run parallel to an existing public road and pass alongside a stormwater drain.Prestige initially approached the civic body in August 2022 and revised its proposal in late 2023, citing heavy congestion on nearby approach roads, including Old Airport Road via Yemalur and Kariyammana Agrahara Road. The tech park under construction, named Prestige Beta Tech Park, is expected to host more than 5,000 employees once complete.The BBMP granted formal clearance for the flyover in April 2025. The approval reportedly followed discussions with Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar. Under the agreement, Prestige will also be eligible for Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) in exchange for any land it surrenders for public road expansion, provided all legal norms are followed.Officials have made it clear that the elevated road must be accessible to all commuters and not restricted to the tech park's users.Interestingly, while the 70-acre tech park site received its building plan approval from the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) in September 2023, the flyover's clearance was delayed by nearly a year. The delay highlights the additional regulatory scrutiny that infrastructure projects involving public land often attract.In addition to the flyover, Prestige will also construct a 40-foot-wide connector road that will reduce the distance to Sakra Hospital Road by around 2.5 km.
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