Expect some improvement in Mumbai Infrastructure in 2009
Mumbaikars hope that the new year of 2009 will be a good one for improvement of infrastructure in Mumbai as projects finally seem to be reaching completion. The Bandra Worli Sealink, an urban haat in Navi Mumbai on the lines of Dilli Haat, eight flyovers on the Western and Eastern express highways and 50 skywalks are expected to be ready in 2009.
Bandra Worli Sea Link
The long-awaited and much delayed Bandra Worli Sealink is expected to be commissioned by March 2009 against the earlier date of Jan 2009. The Rs 1306-crore link is 6 km long and commences from the Mahim interchange (intersection of the Western Express highway and S V Road at Bandra) and ends at Worli Sea Face in Worli. The flyover at Love Grove Junction in Worli, Cloverleaf Interchange at Mahim intersection, the solid approach road from Mahim interchange up to the start of the toll plaza at Bandra and the public promenade is more of less complete. Work on construction of cable-stayed bridges with viaduct approaches extending from Bandra to Worli, is also done, except part of the sea-link towards the Worli end. Prompted by concerns about traffic dispersal towards the Worli end of the link, the MSRDC has adopted several measures like construction of steel car decks, widening of roads and trimming landscapes on the dividing lanes and footpaths to accommodate the huge traffic expected to hit Worli. The landmark project will hopefully decongest the bottlenecks at Mahim causeway and reduce travel time to the city. According to many, the sealink will create bottlenecks at the Worli end. The delay in the rest of the sea link upto Nariman Point including links from Worli to Haji Ali, from Haji Ali to Priyadarshini Park, from Priyadarshini Park to Malabar Hills and Malabar Hills to Nariman Point will choke Worli and not really solve the problem.
Skywalks
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) expects to complete 50 skywalks at different railway stations across the city. The deadline for this is August 2009, however, the administration expects to complete them only by the end of 2009. While 34 skywalks are being built by MMRDA, 14 are being constructed by the MSRDC. Of the remaining two, the one at Kalyan station will be built by the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and another will be built by Western Railways. An amount of Rs 600 crores has been allocated for construction of the skywalks. The MMRDA also plans to extend the skywalk between Bandra station (East) and Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) via Kalanagar, to Bharat Diamond Bores in BKC and Khar road junction from Anant Kanekar Marg. Some stations where skywalks will come up are CST, Churchgate, Vasai, Kalyan, Dombivali, Kanjurmarg, Borivali, Dadar, Byculla, Bandra, Parel, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Virar, Sion, Kurla, Andheri, Mahim, Ghatkopar, Mulund, Masjid, Chinchpokli, Matunga, GTB, Wadala, Sewri, Kings Circle, Malad, Goregaon, Lower Parel, Elphinston, Grant Road, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai Central, Charni Road, Kandivli, Thane, Vikhroli and a few others.
Flyovers
The flyovers expected to be completed and made operational in 2009 are:
The Santacruz airport junction flyover, part of which is already in use (from Kherwadi towards Andheri) and The Thakur Complex flyover is also expected to be opened by January End.
The flyover being constructed near Times of India building, Malad, will be completed on May 31. Hope they finish it before monsoon hits the city.
The Suman Nagar flyover on Eastern Express highway will be commissioned on June 30, The flyover Navghar junction on Eastern Express highway near Mulund (E) will be completed by November 2009.
Work on a flyover and a subway at Burfiwallah lane on SV Road, is also expected to be completed by the end of 2009. The two steel car decks at the Worli end of the sealink may get ready in 2009. Construction of the flyover between Tulpule square and Kings Circle and the one at Sion hospital junction is expected to be completed in 2009.
Urban Haat
The Navi Mumbai Haat, coming up on a four-acre land at Belapur, is 90 per cent complete and can be inaugurated anytime in 2009. The haat will be in the lines of the very popular Dilli Haat just that this haat will be miles away from Mumbai all the way in Kharghar, unlike the one in Dilli that is in the middle of the city.
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