Mysore :MUDA Commissioner S. Palaiah after inspecting the ORR along with Superintending Engineer Shivanna and other officials, told the media that the the Outer Ring Road (ORR) six-lane project will be completed by April 2015. The ORR is designed to be 45 metres wide, with the main road being 4 metres on either side, with 5.5 metres wide service roads on either side, apart from the 3 metre median. Street lights have been installed at every 30 metres, Paliah said. The service roads would be twice the width of the Bangalore-Mysore highway,” he added.
Palaiah, said that the full length of ORR measuring 41.53 kms (including the incomplete stretch of 9.3 kms from Bannur road junction to Nanjangud junction – aptly named as ‘Missing Link’ by officials) will be upgraded to six-lane by April 2015 provided the exchange of land takes place with APMC in Bandipalya, which comes in the way of ORR.
Palaiah said since the ORR has to pass through the APMC land in Bandipalya, they have been offered an alternative land and the proposal has been submitted to the government. “If the land exchange takes place immediately, the six-laning work will be completed by April 2015; if not, it will be delayed by another six months,” he added.
The cost of six-laning of the 41.5 km ORR is Rs. 239.51 crore, including the ‘missing link’.
A six-lane ORR was conceived based on the projected growth of Mysore and the importance of peripheral townships and the consequent increase in traffic density. A survey projected a traffic density along the ORR at 65,000 Passenger Car Unit (PCU) per day by 2029 while the present traffic volume or flow rate in terms of the PCU is said to be around 30,000 per day, according to MUDA officials.
The eastern phase of the ORR has a stretch of 7.5 km while the western phase has a length of 24.71 km. Once completed, the ORR will connect the Mysore-Hunsur Road, Bangalore-Mysore Road, Mysore-Bannur Road, Mysore-Nanjangud Road, Bogadhi and Mysore-H.D. Kote Road. It is expected to significantly reduce traffic congestion within the city as it will obviate the need for vehicles from rural hinterland from entering the city.
