Peripheral Ring Road

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Peripheral Ring Road
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Length73 km (45 mi)
Major junctions
North end Tumkur Road
South end Hosur Road
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Country India
States Karnataka
Highway system

The Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) is a 73km ring road [1] under construction [2] that runs around Bangalore, Karnataka, [3] which is outside of Outer Ring Road, Bangalore, which is a 60-kilometre-long road.

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History

The reason for creating the PRR was to decongest the Outer Ring Road which currently acts as a by-pass to the city with more than 10,000 trucks using it. According to BDA's project report, with the immense growth in intra-city traffic, the ORR is under tremendous pressure already[ citation needed ]. The city has already extended beyond the ORR which is a key factor in the increasing pressure on ORR.

In order to relieve the traffic pressure on the ORR and the major road networks of the city, a peripheral ring road (PRR) of 116 km was planned outside of the ORR. This stretch is planned to not only improve connectivity of areas beyond the ORR, but also ease the congestion on the ORR. The BDA was focussed on the first phase of the project from Hosur Road to Tumakuru Road with a distance of 67 km. [4]

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References

  1. "Karnataka cabinet gives nod to Bengaluru Peripheral Ring Road project". India Today. 10 February 2022.
  2. "Bengaluru: Not 200, over 33,000 trees to go for Peripheral Ring Road". Deccan Herald. 25 July 2020.
  3. "Peripheral Ring Road gets environment panel okay". Deccan Herald. 21 March 2023.
  4. "BDA expects cost of PRR project to skyrocket". Deccan Herald. 18 August 2019.