kolkata the state government is set to decongest barrackpore trunk bt road the northsouth lifeline for the city transport minister suvendu adhikari said in the assembly on wednesday that plans were afoot to build a 5km 6lane elevated corridor complete with three vehicular underpasses and a number of slip roads for easy accessthe corridor and underpasses between tallah bridge and dunlop crossing would reduce travel time along the stretch to onethird the time it currently takes commuters to navigate the often congested thoroughfare a source said it would take about five years to be completedb t road which connects the northern parts of the city with the northern suburbs of greater kolkata touching a number of important institutions including indian statistical institute isi rabindra bharati university rbu and birla institute of technology is poised to exceed its vehicular saturationsaturation level in a few years recently we have imposed restrictions on goods vehicle movement during the morning 8amnoon and evening 4pm9pm peak hours said state pwd minister arup biswasthe detailed project report of the project is under process the estimated cost of the is around rs 1200 crore said sourcesa lot of groundwork however needs to precede construction the busy road needs to be widened for one the bigger task will be the relocation of underground utilities including the five pipelines that supply water from phalta to tallahthe vehicular underpasses will be at sinthee tobin road and dunlop the dunlop underpass is ready and will be thrown open to traffic in two months we are also exploring the possibility of having a dakshineswarbound ramp from the elevated corridor as there is huge passenger demand said a senior pwd engineerbengals target is to set up a kitty of rs 14000 crore for infrastructure projects officials said the finance department has asked 30 departments to return unused funds so that it could be utilized for new projects