Changing City: How Mumbai’s Dahisar-Bhayandar Link Road will cut 1 hour travel time down to 5 minutes
The DBLR will be built over several Coastal Regulation Zone-protected areas, encompassing mangrove forests, Dahisar Creek, and the salt pan land.
The elevated DBLR will offer direct connectivity, linking Dahisar with Bhayander, and enabling travellers to bypass the jammed junctions such as Dahisar check naka. (File Photo) Aimed at reducing the travel time between Dahisar and Bhayandar from one hour to 5 minutes, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to construct the elevated Dahisar-Bhayandar Link Road (DBLR) in Mumbai for Rs 2,337 crore.
What is the project?
The Dahisar Bhayandar Link Road forms the final leg of the BMC’s ambitious Coastal Road Project, which concludes in Bhayandar. The second phase of the coastal road is divided into six packages, with the DBLR commencing from the final F package of the plan, which links Gorai with Dahisar. At Dahisar, the elevated corridor will start near the Kandarpada Metro station along the Link road at Dahisar West and land near the Subhashchandra Bose Garden in Bhayandar West.
The DBLR will be built over several Coastal Regulation Zone-protected areas, encompassing mangrove forests, Dahisar Creek, and the salt pan land.
How will the project benefit people?
At present, the route between Dahisar and Bhayander spans nearly 10 km. It traverses the congested Western Express Highway, which is choked with traffic-riddled junctions such as Kashimira and Dahisar Check Naka. For commuters, the current route takes 50-60 minutes between Dahisar in BMC jurisdiction and Mira Bhayander in the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) jurisdiction.
The elevated DBLR will offer direct connectivity, linking Dahisar with Bhayander, and enabling travellers to bypass the jammed junctions such as Dahisar check naka. It aims to reduce the travel time between the two locations to just five minutes.
Alignment
The linear length of the bridge is 4.58 km, with the interchanges and ramps at Dahisar and Bhayander ends comprising 3.64 km.
The DBLR is proposed to be a 45-metre-wide elevated road.
Timeline of the project
The project is estimated to be constructed within 3.5 years, of which the initial six months have been earmarked as a preparatory period for procuring permissions from statutory authorities.
At present, the civic body is awaiting environmental clearances, following which work on the second phase of the project will commence in full swing.
Cost of the project
Rs 2,337 Crore
Official speak
“We have floated a tender to appoint a Project Management Consultant for constructing the 45 metre-wide elevated road between Dahisar and Bhayandar, which is the final leg of the second phase of the coastal road. The consultants for all our other packages have already been appointed. Upon completion, the project will cut down traffic significantly, saving time, reducing fuel consumption, and minimising carbon emission while also generating employment opportunities,” a senior officer from BMC told The Indian Express.
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