From today, Mumbai Coastal Road to remain open on all seven days
Earlier this month, in light of Ganeshotsav, the BMC had extended the timing and had opened the Mumbai Coastal Road to traffic for 24 hours between September 7 and September 18.
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The extension of time came after a request was floated by the Mumbai traffic police, which had written to the civic body to allow round-the-clock vehicular movement on the coastal road stretch during Ganeshotsav. (File Photo)From this Saturday, the Mumbai Coastal Road will remain operational for vehicular movement all seven days of the week between 7 am and 12 am, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday.
Currently, the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP), a high-speed corridor, is in operation from Worli to Nariman Point on the south-bound arm while on the other arm, the corridor is open for north-bound traffic from South Mumbai to Bandra. At present, while the south-bound arm is partially open throughout the week, the north-bound arm is open Monday to Friday from 7 am to 11 pm.
Earlier this month, in light of Ganeshotsav, the BMC had extended the timing and had opened the corridor to traffic for 24 hours between September 7 (Ganesh Chaturthi) and September 18 (Anant Chaturdashi).
The extension of time came after a request was floated by the Mumbai traffic police, which had written to the civic body to allow round-the-clock vehicular movement on the coastal road stretch during Ganeshotsav.
On Friday, the BMC said that the vehicles will be allowed to ply through the coastal road’s southbound arm – from Bindumadhav Thackeray chowk, Lotus Junction and Amarson park to Marine Drive – as well as the Northbound section throughout the week.
Earlier this month, the “bow-string” arch bridge — which connects the MCRP to Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL) — was partially inaugurated by the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis amid much fanfare on September 12. Currently, the arch-bridge only caters to north-bound traffic, enabling vehicular traffic to flow into the sea link without exiting from the Worli interchange.
Meanwhile, according to a senior civic body official, the work on the current phase of the MCRP is 92 per cent complete. The coastal swath will be closed during the nights to facilitate the remaining civil works. The road is set to become fully operational by December this year.
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