Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced that work on the first phase would commence shortly after inspecting Mumbai’s Coastal Road on Thursday.
“The first phase of the Coastal Road will open shortly. Along the Coastal Highway, there are around 120 acres of land that have been reclaimed for constructing a garden, and from Mahalaxmi Race Course, 120 acres of land have also been taken for the garden. Mumbai Central Park around 320 acres will be constructed here…” Shinde said.
Iqbal Singh Chahal, Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC), earlier gave some background information on the Coastal Road Project on Saturday. Chahal stated that remaining work is being hastened, ANI reported.
“Some work is still pending. I did surveillance of the entire area last night. Weight tests are going on to see what effect heavy vehicles will have on the road. All this will be completed in the next two to three days. I believe the coastal road will be inaugurated by February 28-29 or March 2-3,” Iqbal Singh Chahal said.
On February 2, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the wealthiest civic corporation in India, unveiled its Rs 59,954.75 crore budget for 2024–25. The estimated total cost of capital expenditures is Rs 31.774.59 crore.
The estimated cost of the coastal road project is Rs. 2900.00 crore, which is divided into three parts: the Dahisar Bhayandar Link Road (Coastal Road last leg) at Rs. 220.00 crore, the Goregaon – Mulund Link Road (GMLR) at Rs. 1870.00 crore, and the Mumbai Coastal Road (North) Versova to Dahisar 6 Package at Rs. 1130.00 crore.
It is proposed to implement the Access Control Project on Western Express Highway(WEH) and Eastern Express Highway(EEH).
The construction of the Mumbai Coastal Road Versova interchange to Dahisar interchange and GMLR has been started, according to the corporation, at an estimated cost of Rs 35,955.07 crore. The six packages that comprise the projects are anticipated to be finished in approximately 48 months.
