MMRDA is acceptable to revolutionise question betwixt Thane and Borivali with its ambitious Twin-Tube Road Tunnel project. Once completed, it volition chopped driving clip to conscionable 15 minutes and shrink the region betwixt the 2 cardinal areas to 12 km. The passageway volition supply the much-needed nonstop connectivity, present absent.
Significance
- At present, determination is nary nonstop way connecting Thane and Borivali. Commuters trust connected the Thane-Ghodbunder Road (SH-42), a cardinal nexus betwixt NH-3 and NH-8, which serves dense commercialized traffic.
- Current way spans 23 km and question clip during highest hours agelong from 1 to one-and-half hours. The Twin-Tube Tunnel volition tally nether Sanjay Gandhi National Park
- 80,000-1,00,000 vehicles expected to usage the tunnel
- 23 km existent region betwixt Thane and Borivali
- 12 km region betwixt Thane and Borivali via Twin-Tube Road Tunnel
- 15 minutes driving clip via duplicate tunnel
Highlights
- 2 lanes positive 1 exigency lane successful each direction
- 11.8 km full magnitude — 10.25 km passageway & 1.55 km approaches to junctions
- 12.89 metres diameter of each tunnel
- Safety is simply a cardinal consideration, with cross-connection lanes each 300 metres, occurrence extinguishers, h2o hoses, fume detectors, and illuminated signboards
Official-speak
“Upon completion successful 5 years, the task volition importantly heighten connectivity betwixt Thane and Borivali, offering a faster and much businesslike commute for thousands of regular travelers. This task volition alteration decongestion of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) — Dr Sanjay Mukherjee, MMRDA Commissioner