Starting from August 1, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has imposed a ban on the usage of two-wheelers, autos, tractors, non-motorised vehicles, multi-axle hydraulic trailer vehicles, and quadricycles on the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway. This decision comes in response to an increase in the number of accidents reported on the expressway.
To address safety concerns and assess the situation, NHAI formed a committee of road safety experts to conduct safety inspections along the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway. The notification issued by NHAI cited the potential risks posed to slower-moving vehicles, such as two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and non-motorised vehicles, by high-speed vehicles on the expressway.
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The order, enacted under the powers granted by The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002, prohibits certain classes of vehicles from using the Access Controlled Highway (NH-275) between Bengaluru and Mysuru. The prohibition includes motorbikes, scooters, three-wheelers, e-carts, e-rickshaws, non-motorised vehicles, tractors (with or without trailers), multi-axle hydraulic trailer vehicles and quadricycles.
Alternative routes
NHAI emphasised that alternative routes and roads are available for commuting these restricted classes of vehicles.
The Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, a 118 Km long project inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March, has been developed as a high-speed corridor with varying maximum speed limits for different types of motor vehicles. The NHAI has designed this Access Controlled Highway as a high-speed corridor, with maximum speed limits for motor vehicles of different types set at varying speeds up to 80 km/hour.
Costing Rs 8,480 crore, the project involves the six-laning of the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta-Mysuru section of NH-275 and is expected to foster socio-economic development in the region.