Concern over lack of easy access to Devanahalli airport

Bangalore: Even as the international airport at Devanahalli is scheduled to be operational from March 30, 2008, various stakeholders have expressed concern over the lack of easy access to the airport at a round table on the “connectivity to the new airport” organised by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) here on Tuesday.
While the high-speed rail link between the city and the airport is yet to get government approval, the expressway is mired in legal wrangles and even the trumpet interchange on National Highway No. 7 near the airport will not be fully ready when the airport begins its operations, according to Principal Secretary to the Government (Infrastructure Development) V.P. Baligar. The interchange has to pass over NH 7 and the Chikkaballapur railway line.
The two loops — one from the airport towards the city and the other from Devanahalli side to the airport — will be ready.
The third, from the city in to the airport, was caught up in litigation and was cleared only last week.
With construction of the loop from the city towards the airport likely to be delayed for over a year, traffic from the city has to take a ‘U’ turn after the interchange and enter the airport through the loop from Devanahalli side, Mr. Baligar said. He said the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has agreed to run 40 low-floor high speed buses to the new airport from different parts of the city.
31/10/07 The Hindu

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