![]() ![]() Under this project, a new bridge will be built over Vasai creek. ![]() The Vasai Creek Bridge on NH8 – the only link between Vasai-Virar and Mumbai – is all set to complete in 2023. The MMRDA is preparing to open the flyover in February 2023. Only the deck and other preparatory works remain. The current one skips only one out of two junctions on towards Thane, but the new flyover will change that.Īs of January 24th, all steel girders over the EEH flyover have been placed. To improve this, a bridge from the Eastern freeway to EEH towards Thane has been planned for 2023, which will allow vehicles to skip the busy junction on their way towards Thane.Īnother improvement is the construction of a new flyover on the EEH. Pic: Sunit Raut, Mumbai Wiki Chheda Nagar Junction ImprovementĪ consequence of the SCLR has been the traffic congestion of the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) at the Chheda Nagar junction. The Santa Cruz–Chembur Link Road was India’s second double-decker flyover when constructed. ![]() Vehicles will be able to zip past the BKC junction, Kalina and Vakola signals to reach the WEH directly. The remaining Phase 2 will start on June 2023. The SCLR extension work is now nearly finished and should be inaugurated partially – between Kalina, the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and the Kurla bus depot – in February 2023. In 2016, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) began work on expanding the SCLR from BKC junction to the WEH at Santacruz. As a result, the link became congested at the BKC junction and required an immediate solution. Santacruz-Chembur Link Road ExtensionĮver since the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) was thrown open in 2014, it has quickly become the city’s most important east-west connector, leaving behind the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR). This integration means anyone from the Western suburbs can travel to Ghatkopar and vice versa by hopping on and off the metro, without exiting the stations. For the first time, interchanging between metro lines is possible. Pic: Sunit Raut, Mumbai WikiĪnother important milestone Mumbai has achieved with the two lines is of a metro “network”, not just standalone lines. The lines have cumulatively racked up a ridership of a crore since their opening in April 2022. With these two lines running, it is estimated that the crowd on the Western Railways (WR) and the traffic on Western Express Highway (WEH) will decreaseto an extent. Line 7 begins with Line 2A, moving parallel to the WEH and ending at Andheri East. The much-needed north-south connector in the crowded western suburb, Line 2B, starts from Dahisar East and moves towards the West, continuing till Andheri West at DN Nagar station on Line 1. With the entire stretch of the metro lines 2A and 7 having begun operations in January 2023, a transformation of the way people live and work in the western suburbs is afoot. ![]() Let’s have a look at each of them, and what they bring to the table for Mumbai and Mumbaikars. These promise to change the face of Mumbai, and most likely, they will! The Trans-Harbour Link, metro lines 2A & 7, the underground metro line 3, the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road extension, and the coastal road are the top transformative projects up for opening this year. Surrounded by barricades in all parts of the city for the past five years, at least a few of these barricades will be pulled down and new modes and alternatives of transport and commuting will be thrown open to the public. Pic: Gopal MS, Mumbai PausedĢ023 has arrived and with it, hopeful Mumbaikars are looking forward to some of the key infrastructure projects opening to the public this year. Nearly half of the BMC budget is allocated for infrastructure in Mumbai, including roads, stormwater drains and water projects. ![]()
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