Deccan Herald 24.08.2012
BDA dumps signal-free corridor plan, for now

shelved the ambitious Signal Free Corridor project from Sirsi Circle to
Agara Junction.
At the recently concluded sub-committee
meeting to discuss the possible alternatives for the controversial
corridor, officials of the agency told members that they will only take
up “junction improvement” projects along the stretch.
Members of
the sub-committee told Deccan Herald that it was yet to be seen whether
the “junction improvement” works will, over the next few months,
translate into the same proposal as that of the signal-free corridor.
Wait and watch
“We
will have to wait and watch whether the junction improvement will be
from East to West, along the alignment of the previously considered
signal free corridor or from North to South,” said a member.
“For
now, the sub-committee minutes have recorded that the BDA will not be
progressing on the Sirsi Circle-Agara Junction corridor,” the members
said.
Sources in BDA told Deccan Herald that the “junction
improvement” may be taken up along the stretch between Sirsi Circle and
Agara Junction under specific project heads. “We will only be looking at
the junctions where congestion is heavy. They may require the
possibilities of a grade separator,” said a senior official.