Flyovers around KBR to have steel piers and girders

To cut construction time and minimise traffic issues the flyovers around KBR Park will use steel piers and girders, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy recently laid the foundation stone for the project in Hyderabad.
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The Telangana government has taken a decision to use steel for the purpose of construction of flyovers around the KBR National Park as part of the Hyderabad City Innovative and Transformative Infrastructure programme, in order to save on time and minimise traffic issues.

Cost of the project has gone up from ₹826 crore to ₹1090 crore owing to the change in the material, sources informed. Orders have been revised towards this effect, they said.

Steel piers and girders will be used for the eight flyovers designed around the park, informed the officials from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, which is the implementing agency. The road portion, however, will be cast in concrete.

By incorporating steel, the construction time could be reduced at least by six months, officials said. The project duration for the eight flyovers and six underpasses has been fixed at 18 months.

Two flyovers under the previous Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) had been designed as steel bridges. The first one, constructed from VST to Indira Park, is already in use, while the second, from Nalgonda Crossroads to Owaisi Junction, is in progress.

Construction will be sped up owing to use of steel, as the piers come in a ready-to-install shape, thus reducing the on site work. Besides, it will also cut down the hassles at the extremely busy junctions, officials say.

A total six junctions around the KBR Park in Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills areas are scheduled to be developed as part of the H-CITI programme, towards signal free traffic flow towards the Outer Ring Road.