CIDCO secures permission for Ulwe Coastal Road, work to commence soon

The work is expected to start soon, said an official from CIDCO.

The proposed Ulwe Coastal Road is 7 km long (5.8 kilometers for the main alignment and 1.2 km for the airport link).

The estimated project cost stands at Rs 681.63 crore, with a requirement to cut or impact a total of 3,728 mangroves, apart from diversion of  32.6921 hectares forest land.  CIDCO has identified the compensatory land  in Nhave village in Raigad district. Whereas native species will be planted on degraded forest land at Shevare Khurd village  in Jalgaon district.

The project will take 36 months for completion. Once completed, the coastal road will  alleviate traffic congestion on existing roads such as Palm Beach Road, Amra Marg, and NH 348 highway.  According to CIDCO, due to coastal road 6.57 hectares of area will get damaged, with one hectare attributed to the construction of a 7-meter-wide temporary road, which will later be restored upon completion of work.

The remaining 5.57 hectares will incur permanent damage due to the construction of piers.

Construction of the Ulwe Coastal Road is projected to generate approximately 20,000 cubic meters of excavated material, which will be utilized for onsite filling and leveling.

The required filling material of about 7,92,722 cubic meters will be sourced from government-approved quarries located at Pale Budruk, and Kundevahal.