Bengaluru real-estate firm to build 1.5-km private flyover linking Bellandur to ORR

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Prestige Group, a leading Bengaluru real-estate firm, is set to construct a 1.5-km flyover to link its under-construction tech park in Bellandur to the Outer Ring Road (ORR), Hindustan Times reported. The flyover will run alongside a public road and skirt a stormwater drain.

The project has been approved by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Meanwhile, in exchange for permission to build on public land, the real-estate firm has committed to widen the Kariyammana Agrahara Road and fund the flyover from its own resources, the report added.

As per the report, the Prestige first submitted a proposal to Bengaluru's civic agency in August 2022, followed by a revised request in November 2023. To construct a dedicated flyover to its private campus, the company cited severe congestion on Old Airport Road via Yemalur and Kariyammana Agrahara Road as justification.

Once operational, the upcoming Prestige Beta Tech Park is expected to accommodate over 5,000 workers.

As per the report, approval for the project came through in April this year after consultation with Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar. BBMP officials have stipulated that the new flyover must remain open for general public use, not just for Prestige employees. The firm is also eligible for Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) in return for land ceded for road expansion, provided all legal criteria are met.

Interestingly, the flyover's approval lagged nearly a year behind the sanctioning of the tech park’s building plan. As per the report, the site, spanning 70 acres, received its initial clearance from the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) in September 2023.

The Technical Director at Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Ltd confirmed the project’s approval and noted that Prestige will also fund a new 40-foot-wide connector road, the report added. This road will shorten the travel distance to Sakra Hospital Road by about 2.5 km, he was quoted in the report. He added that framing the initiative was part of a broader push for public-private collaboration in infrastructure development.

Following this move, the firm will join a select group of companies that are undertaking private projects on public land to provide access to their offices.