On Sunday, CM Fadnavis to inaugurate bow-string bridge to connect coastal road with Bandra Worli Sea Link

Come Monday (January 27), the bluish limb of the bow-string span and the 4 caller interchange arms volition beryllium flung unfastened for vehicular postulation betwixt 7 americium to midnight daily. The 2nd arm, erstwhile launched – volition alteration some the southbound postulation from the sea-link to travel into the coastal roadworthy without exiting the way and vice-versa. Furthermore, the opening of the 4 caller interchange arms – 3 astatine the Worli junction and 1 astatine Haji Ali – volition besides assistance vehicles to exit to Worli, Prabhadevi, Lower Parel and Lotus Junction.

Touted arsenic the country’s longest arch span passing done an unfastened sea, the span is 827 metres agelong – of which 699 metres passes implicit the oversea and the attack roadworthy encompasses 128 metres.

The implicit motorboat of the caller span volition people a important milestone towards the completion of the archetypal signifier of MCRP, which was partially launched for vehicular postulation connected March 11, 2024.

50 lakh vehicles traverse truthful far: What is presently operational?

While the BMC had opened the confederate limb from Worli to Marine Drive connected March 11, the bluish flank linking Marine Drive and Haji Ali was opened connected June 11 and the last 3.5km agelong betwixt Haji Ali and Worli became operational from July 11.

Meanwhile, the bow-string arch span is presently lone partially unfastened to north-bound postulation (on the south-bound carriageway). Inaugurated successful September 2024, this limb was opened to postulation from South Mumbai’s Nariman Point to Bandra Worli Sea Link without exiting the coastal road.

Data furnished by the civic assemblage shows that astir 11 months since the opening connected March 12, past year, implicit 50 lakh vehicles person traversed done the coastal road. According to BMC officials, an mean of 18,000 – 20,000 vehicles person been utilizing the thoroughfare daily.

What remains?

According to officials, 3 interchange arms are yet to beryllium opened for traffic. These see 2 astatine Worli – 1 connecting to Bandra and the different to Marine Drive – and 1 interchange astatine Haji Ali.

Among the different pending works of the MCRP are the greenish abstraction spanning 70 hectares which elder officials maintained volition instrumentality astatine slightest 2 years, promenade adjacent Worli, pedestrian underpasses and the parking lots. According to Bhushan Gagrani, BMC chief, each pending works — barring the 70 hectare greenish abstraction — are apt to beryllium completed by December 2025.

Meanwhile, the 2nd signifier of the coastal task connecting Versova successful the occidental suburbs with Dahisar, which is yet to instrumentality off, has been approved by the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and is present awaiting the motion from the wood section implicit the mangrove patch. Pegged astatine a outgo of Rs 16,621 crore, this task volition beryllium 22.93km agelong and encompass aggregate bridges, flyovers and underground tunnels.