According to a latest development, the ongoing work at the elevated corridor from MTNL junction at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to LBS bridge has been completed by 80 per cent as on Tuesday, November 8.
With this, it has come to light that the motorists will be able to travel on the flyover by September 2023.
Moreover, this signal-free, 1.2-km-long, two-lane bridge will connect the Eastern and Western Express Highway and will help to reduce traffic congestion at MTNL junction and the rest of BKC.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has been working on a war footing to decongest BKC and Santacruz–Chembur Link Road (SCLR) junctions by constructing two roads at an estimated cost of INR 449 crores.
It is pertinent to note that a lot of traffic jam is witnessed on the SCLR in the morning and evening peak hours, especially between Kurla and Kalina as scrap and second-hand motor dealers' shops and garages are present along the stretch.
Therefore, the locals and MMRDA have complained several times to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) ward office and also to traffic police officials about shops and garages occupying almost a lane of the road in both directions, which leads to traffic jams.
In addition to this, work on a 3.89-km elevated road from Kapadia Nagar in Kurla West to Vakola near the Western Express Highway is also in progress and this project will also help decongest the SCLR junction.
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