BENGALURU: Nrupatunga Road will be closed for two months from February 26 for the TenderSure work. However, BMTC buses and cars of government officials will be allowed to ply on this road. Traffic will be diverted from KR Circle to Hudson Circle via Cubbon Park.
The BBMP is giving final touches to the TenderSure project (Phase-1) works on seven major roads in the Central Business District area of Bengaluru.
Works on Nrupatunga Road will be taken up under the Phase-II. Also, BBMP will be laying white topping on this stretch.
Nrupatunga Road is one of the most congested and busiest roads that connects Bengaluru South to Bengaluru East.
Speaking to Express, BBMP Commissioner Manjunath Prasad said, they are trying to complete the work on this road within one-and-half months, starting from Monday.
“We will divide the road into two halves. During the works on the first half of the road, BMTC buses and government officials’ vehicles will be allowed to ply on the other half. Later, the first half will be opened for these vehicles,” he said.
Other vehicles, including two and four-wheelers along with autorickshaws will be diverted from KR Circle via Cubbon Park (Century Club to Central Library) to reach Hudson Circle. Vehicles will be allowed inside Cubbon Park even on Sundays. However, advocates who are parking their cars in the Cubbon Park, near the city civil court, are informed to park them at Bannappa Park,” he said.
BBMP Chief Engineer K T Nagaraj said, “The stretch is around 800 metres long. For the project, we will retain the width of the road (14 metres). However, the width of the footpath on either side of the road will slightly vary. In most of the TenderSure roads, we have used black toppings. But for Nrupatunga Road, we will use white toppings.
This road has many trees, and during the rainy season, rain water dropping from these trees might damage the black toppings. Hence we decided to use white toppings,” he explained.