Hyderabad officials have scrapped earlier proposals for separate underpasses and grade separators around KBR Park and finalised a 4.3-km elevated corridor costing Rs 1,090 crore, while the existing one-way traffic system will continue in the area.
The revised plan was conveyed to BC Welfare Minister and Hyderabad district in-charge Ponnam Prabhakar during his inspection of works around KBR Park on Friday. Officials said the integrated corridor was being planned as a long-term response to congestion between NFCL Junction and the KBR Park entrance.
The new project will run from Jubilee Hills Check Post Junction to NFCL Junction and replace the earlier proposal involving multiple grade separators and underpasses. Officials said the single elevated structure would reduce the need for extensive construction changes at ground level and limit the acquisition of high-value private land.
According to the officials, the revised plan is expected to save an estimated Rs 800 crore in land acquisition costs and reduce construction expenditure by around Rs 400 crore compared with the earlier plan. The existing one-way traffic arrangement around the park will remain in place while the new project is taken forward.
The six-lane elevated corridor is designed to provide signal-free movement across five major junctions and accommodate higher volumes of vehicular traffic. Construction will be carried out in two packages under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction mode.
Package 1 will cover a steel flyover from Jubilee Hills Check Post Junction to Mudha Junction at an estimated cost of Rs 580 crore. Package 2 will extend from Mudha Junction to Mufakkam Jah College and include a dedicated ramp connecting to Banjara Hills Road No. 1. This package is estimated to cost Rs 510 crore.
Officials said modern modular steel construction technology would be used to speed up the work and minimise inconvenience to commuters during construction. The use of steel components is intended to allow faster assembly than conventional construction methods, according to the officials quoted in the announcement.
The change follows criticism of the earlier proposals over planning, public expenditure and the disruption they could cause to commuters and surrounding areas. The revised approach brings the separate interventions into one continuous elevated corridor, although the project’s implementation schedule and construction milestones have not been specified in the information released.
The GHMC has finalised the corridor design and divided the work into two packages. Further progress will depend on the execution of the EPC contracts and the commencement of construction under the revised plan.
