KBR Park Traffic in Jubilee Hills to Turn One-Way from August 18 for H-CITI Work

Traffic around KBR Park in Jubilee Hills will be converted into a one-way circulation system starting Tuesday, August 18, as construction begins on the ₹1,090-crore H-CITI project. The diversion aims to manage heavy vehicular congestion around the park, where peak-hour traffic at the Jubilee Hills Check Post reaches 15,321 passenger car units per hour (PCU/Hr).

Under the new traffic management plan, motorists must follow a designated one-way route around the perimeter of KBR Park instead of making direct turns at existing junctions. The route incorporates 10 designated lane-change and U-turn points alongside 13 specific exits. The lane-change points are situated at TG Study Circle, BRS Bhavan, Omega Hospital, Jana Reddy, Apollo Cradle, Taj Mahal, Phoenix Building, Road No. 65, Mantri Towers, and Cream Stone.

Designated exits have been set up towards Road No. 14, Nandi Nagar, Road No. 10 and Zaheer Nagar, New World, Agrasen Island and Road No. 12, Omega Hospital and Lotus Pond, TTD Temple Road, BVB Junction and Film Nagar, Journalist Colony, Road No. 45, Road No. 36 and Peddamma Temple, Annapurna Studio by-lane, and NTR Bhavan.

The ₹1,090-crore H-CITI project will construct seven steel flyovers and seven directional underpasses across seven major junctions over a 24-month period. Traffic studies show substantial peak-hour pressure across the entire corridor, with the KBR Park Entrance handling 13,516 PCU/hr, Maharaja Agrasen Junction handling 10,356 PCU/hr, Road No. 45 handling 9,966 PCU/hr, Film Nagar handling 9,605 PCU/hr, and Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital Junction recording 5,880 PCU/hr.

The construction has been divided into two packages. The first package encompasses Jubilee Hills Check Post, KBR Park Entrance, and Mughdha Junction. Jubilee Hills Check Post will receive a 740-metre Y-shaped underpass and two steel flyovers measuring 745 metres and 770 metres. The KBR Park Entrance will see a 330-metre underpass and a 900-metre steel flyover, while Mughdha Junction will get a 260-metre underpass. The second package covers Road No. 45, Film Nagar, Maharaja Agrasen, and Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital junctions, where four underpasses and four steel flyovers will separate through traffic from turning vehicles.

Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar stated that the one-way plan was finalised following detailed traffic assessments, two rounds of trial runs, and consultations with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), local residents, morning walkers, and resident welfare associations. Sajjanar noted that the completed infrastructure is expected to reduce bottlenecks at the Jubilee Hills Check Post by approximately 80% while lowering fuel consumption and vehicle idling.