The move could bring an end to the prolonged uncertainty over the road-and-Metro project, with shorter double-decker stretches now being considered at key junctions.
The proposal to scale down the double-decker flyover from 37km to 11km will shortly be placed before the BMRCL Board for a final decision.
Instead of an end-to-end double-decker structure along the Namma Metro Phase III corridors, BMRCL is looking at shorter stretches at locations where traffic congestion is particularly severe. The move follows recommendations to focus elevated road infrastructure on specific locations where it could help ease traffic bottlenecks.
Engineering consultancy RITES advised against constructing a double-decker flyover along the corridor. It suggested that BMRCL should instead focus on specific locations where elevated road infrastructure could help ease traffic bottlenecks. A technical study by the IISc Sustainable Transportation Lab also raised concerns over building a flyover along the proposed Orange Line. The planned 37km double-decker structure would have a road flyover at the lower level and the Metro viaduct above.
BMRCL had earlier proposed a 37km double-decker structure along Phase III Orange Line.