Bengaluru’s Big Traffic Fix: 75.6 km Flyover Network Approved

Bengaluru’s ₹13,262 Crore Flyover Network: What the Cabinet Actually Approved

On 16 April 2026 the Karnataka Cabinet approved a 75.6 km network of 11 flyovers and elevated corridors, costing ₹13,262.70 crore. The 17 April date in circulation is the day it was reported, not the day it was decided; the government order records the Cabinet decision of 16 April. The stated purpose is to reduce congestion and connect all five municipal corporations. That is the approval; nothing is built yet, and construction timelines have not been announced.

Core Infrastructure Boost

The centerpiece is an elevated corridor running between Yeshwantpur and KR Puram, easing north-south bottlenecks. Another key stretch runs 18.5 km between the Ragigudda junction on Marenahalli Main Road and Kanakapura Main Road at Thalaghattapura, via the BWSSB Pipeline Road, targeting southwest traffic woes. It is worth naming the ends precisely, because this corridor is widely reported as starting at the Big Banyan, which is some thirty kilometres west of it and on no part of this alignment. Additional flyovers are planned at Old Madras Road, City Railway Station, Mysuru Circle, Nayandahalli, and Nagawara.

Kanakapura Road carries a second reason to watch it: two of the three sites shortlisted for Bengaluru’s proposed second international airport sit along that stretch.

Execution and Timeline

Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited (B-SMILE) leads the charge after a two-year traffic study. Minister H K Patil and B-SMILE’s B S Prahallad hailed it as a game-changer for urban mobility. Construction timelines remain pending, but approval marks a swift start.

Bonus Projects

A ₹436.44 crore elevated rotary flyover at Baiyappanahalli IOC junction includes a two-lane rail overbridge and a one-lane overbridge, intended to improve central-to-northern links. The cabinet also cleared PPP-based sewage sludge treatment and Intermediate Ring Road updates.

What the Approval Does and Does Not Settle

What is settled is the sanction: ₹13,262.70 crore, 75.6 km of elevated corridor, 11 structures, cleared by the Karnataka Cabinet on 16 April 2026 and recorded in the Urban Development Department’s own government order, which you can read. What is not settled is anything downstream of that. No construction timeline has been announced, no tender awards have been published, and no figure has been put on the journey-time effect by the body building it — so we do not put one on it either.

That distinction is worth holding onto, because Bengaluru has approved elevated corridors before and taken years to build them. The Kanakapura Road stretch and the Yeshwantpur–KR Puram corridor are drawn through genuinely congested parts of the city, which is why the design followed a two-year traffic study rather than a wishlist. Whether the study translates into an open road is a question about execution, and execution is B-SMILE’s to demonstrate rather than ours to predict.

This map visualizes the 75.6 km network’s strategic layout across Bengaluru’s key zones.

Why It Matters for Bengaluru

Congestion is the constraint every other plan for this city runs into, so a sanctioned network on this scale is worth tracking. Track it at the sanction, though, not at the promise: the next things to look for are tender awards, a construction start on a named stretch, and a completion date committed by B-SMILE rather than quoted in a brochure. Until those exist, this is an approval — a real one, and still only that.