Changing City: Underpass between Mumbai Coastal Road and proposed Worli Sewri connector likely to be ready next month

Traffic coming from Atal Setu will merge into the proposed Worli-Sewri connector which will drop a few meters away from the JK Kapur Chowk, providing direct access for southbound vehicles.

Features of the project:

The underpass will be 550 meters long and 11 meters wide. Civic officials said that this tunnel will cater to only southbound vehicles coming from the Dadar, and Prabhadevi areas. The underpass is made using cut-and-cover methodology and will have concrete roads alongside safety measures like CCTV cameras and firefighting systems.

Timeline and cost:

Civic officials maintained that work on the tunnel is in the final stages and it will be completed by March 20. Earlier this month, the roof slab of this tunnel was installed. The cost of this tunnel is being covered under the Rs 13,893-crore budget of the coastal road.

Administration speaks:

“This tunnel will cater to only southbound traffic and one of the key advantages of this underpass is going to be that vehicles coming from Sewri-Worli connector can easily take the underpass which will give them direct access to western suburbs or southern tip of Mumbai through the coastal road and will eventually cut down travel time significantly,” said an official from the BMC.