Skip to main content

Bangalore ring road project faces costs

Bangalore’s ring road project is facing high costs for the land required.
By MJ Woof January 29, 2021 Read time: 1 min
Plans are in hand for the Indian city of Bangalore to feature a new ring road, although the project faces challenges – image courtesy of © Brett Critchley, Dreamstime.com

High land costs pose a challenge for the development of Bangalore’s planned ring road project. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) is keen to source a private agency that will be willing to pay for the land required for the planned Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project. The project is envisaged under the PPP Model and has seen its estimated cost now climb to as much as US$2.88 billion. The 65km route will require around 931ha of land in all and some 214.5ha still remain to be purchased.
 

Related Content

  • Ontario government call for matching federal funds for ‘Ring of Fire’ roads
    April 30, 2014
    The governing Liberals in Ontario, Canada say they are willing to commit US$907 million (CAD 1billion) to develop a transport corridor including roads to the ‘Ring of Fire’, believed to hold one of the biggest chromite deposits globally, if the funds are matched by the federal Conservatives. They have asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper to pay for 50% of the $2.03 billion (CAD 2.25 billion) estimated cost of developing project-linked roads and industrial infrastructure.
  • Cost drop for Albania’s Thumana-Kashar motorway?
    August 15, 2019
    Albania’s Thumana-Kashar section of the A1 motorway may cost 50% less than planned, according to a recent feasibility study.
  • Tolling model for funding road development
    April 4, 2017
    Road tolling is being used worldwide as a way to develop highway infrastructure, with road users paying for access. Tolled roads are not a new concept and date back centuries, but in recent times, as governments have struggled to fund highway development programmes directly, tolling has increased in popularity worldwide. In Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America, tolled highways are now extremely well established. The specifics of the business models vary but state-owned toll-road firms ty
  • Tolling model for funding road development
    April 4, 2017
    Road tolling is being used worldwide as a way to develop highway infrastructure, with road users paying for access. Tolled roads are not a new concept and date back centuries, but in recent times, as governments have struggled to fund highway development programmes directly, tolling has increased in popularity worldwide. In Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America, tolled highways are now extremely well established. The specifics of the business models vary but state-owned toll-road firms ty