The proposal to develop an alternative road to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) gathered momentum with Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) pursuing the matter with the government, said civil aviation minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju in a letter to BJP Lok Sabha member P C Mohan.
Raju said BIAL has been told that the land survey has been completed and a preliminary notification issued for acquisition. "The government already approved the proposal for alternative road connectivity to KIA in October 2015, a project which requires land acquisition and road development to widen the existing road and for new road alignments," he said.
Mohan, who represents Bengaluru Central in the Lok Sabha, had written to the civil aviation the Lok Sabha, had written to the minister on December 16, urging him to expedite the process. Raju said the project includes widening and improvements on the Jala-Mylanahalli Road from Mylanahalli to Begur, and construction of an approach road from Begur to the south-west corner of the KIA boundary. The public works department has been identified as the implementation agency for road construction; the road within the airport boundary will be built by BIAL.
Raju said BIAL has been told that the land survey has been completed and a preliminary notification issued for acquisition. "The government already approved the proposal for alternative road connectivity to KIA in October 2015, a project which requires land acquisition and road development to widen the existing road and for new road alignments," he said.
Mohan, who represents Bengaluru Central in the Lok Sabha, had written to the civil aviation the Lok Sabha, had written to the minister on December 16, urging him to expedite the process. Raju said the project includes widening and improvements on the Jala-Mylanahalli Road from Mylanahalli to Begur, and construction of an approach road from Begur to the south-west corner of the KIA boundary. The public works department has been identified as the implementation agency for road construction; the road within the airport boundary will be built by BIAL.