<p>The alternative road to the Kempegowda International Airport faces the prospect of huge jams.</p>.<p>The new road has to cut across roads now used for airport entry and exit.</p>.<p>This means hundreds of vehicles must stop at a junction to allow vehicles from the alternative road to reach the terminal.</p>.<p>The authorities have planned no flyover or underpass.</p>.<p>Two roads---from Hennur Main Road and Thanisandra Main Road---meet at Bagalur. The two-lane road from here is done till Bandikodigenahalli, and only the last stretch connecting Begur is pending.</p>.<p>Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) says the length of the last link is 1.3 km, and it is building 0.9 km of it inside the airport boundary.</p>.<p>"The road has been designed by traffic consultants and experts. It is expected to split the amount of traffic coming into the airport," a BIAL spokesperson said.</p>.<p>The airport authorities don't expect congestion and say adequate measures are in place---"like the widening of the road at the point where traffic will merge"---to ensure smooth flow.</p>.<p>Urban expert Ashwin Mahesh said the government had been generous with the land: it had given the airport 4,000 acres.</p>.<p>"They have so much land and yet they are not able to manage the mobility inside the airport," he said.</p>.<p>After inspecting the alternative road in September 2016, chief minister Siddaramaiah had set a deadline of February 2017 to open it for vehicular movement.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Officials are in a hurry to complete the stretch within a month. The model code of conduct for Assembly elections kicks in after that, which means the government can't open the road and claim credit for it.</p>.<p> K Radhakrishna Holla, president of the Bangalore Tourist Taxi Owners Association, said, "After the toll gate, the 5 km trumpet road inside the airport has just two tracks, and causes traffic congestion during peak hours."</p>.<p>He said requests to the airport to add two more tracks had fallen on deaf ears. "Accidents take place inside the airport," he said.</p>.<p>He fears many people will miss their flights, with jams inside the airport.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board has spent crores and acquired land but no one thought of clearing the bottleneck at the airport entry, he said.</p>
<p>The alternative road to the Kempegowda International Airport faces the prospect of huge jams.</p>.<p>The new road has to cut across roads now used for airport entry and exit.</p>.<p>This means hundreds of vehicles must stop at a junction to allow vehicles from the alternative road to reach the terminal.</p>.<p>The authorities have planned no flyover or underpass.</p>.<p>Two roads---from Hennur Main Road and Thanisandra Main Road---meet at Bagalur. The two-lane road from here is done till Bandikodigenahalli, and only the last stretch connecting Begur is pending.</p>.<p>Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) says the length of the last link is 1.3 km, and it is building 0.9 km of it inside the airport boundary.</p>.<p>"The road has been designed by traffic consultants and experts. It is expected to split the amount of traffic coming into the airport," a BIAL spokesperson said.</p>.<p>The airport authorities don't expect congestion and say adequate measures are in place---"like the widening of the road at the point where traffic will merge"---to ensure smooth flow.</p>.<p>Urban expert Ashwin Mahesh said the government had been generous with the land: it had given the airport 4,000 acres.</p>.<p>"They have so much land and yet they are not able to manage the mobility inside the airport," he said.</p>.<p>After inspecting the alternative road in September 2016, chief minister Siddaramaiah had set a deadline of February 2017 to open it for vehicular movement.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Officials are in a hurry to complete the stretch within a month. The model code of conduct for Assembly elections kicks in after that, which means the government can't open the road and claim credit for it.</p>.<p> K Radhakrishna Holla, president of the Bangalore Tourist Taxi Owners Association, said, "After the toll gate, the 5 km trumpet road inside the airport has just two tracks, and causes traffic congestion during peak hours."</p>.<p>He said requests to the airport to add two more tracks had fallen on deaf ears. "Accidents take place inside the airport," he said.</p>.<p>He fears many people will miss their flights, with jams inside the airport.</p>.<p>The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board has spent crores and acquired land but no one thought of clearing the bottleneck at the airport entry, he said.</p>