Kolkata Port Trust, now known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, has approached the construction engineering department of Jadavpur University to study and provide consultancy for the repair of the Brabourne Road flyover.
The repair will be carried out in the first two bays on both flanks of the flyover, closer to the Howrah bridge.
A letter addressed to the department headed by Partha Prtatim Biswas, said the port trust wants recommendations on how to carry out the repairs and manage traffic when work will be on.
Teachers from the JU department have visited the flanks.
The 1.2km-long flyover, built in 1978, is taken by a large number of Kolkata-bound vehicles coming down the Howrah bridge.
“The port authorities have approached our department for the study and consultancy work.... We are working on it,” said Dipesh Majumdar, a teacher of the department.
“We have undertaken such flyover projects in the past,” said Biswas.
“We have sought suggestions from the department,” said an engineer of the port authority.