According to reports, it has come to light that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) might partially reconsider the original plan for the construction of two Road Over Bridges (ROBs) in South mumbai in a bid to ease traffic in the area.
Civic official stated that they are considering a plan in which we could extend the first ROB to Haji Ali (instead of Mahalaxmi to Saat Raasta) towards the Byculla railway station.
BMC would take the original plan into consideration if there are demographic changes in the area in the future, official added.
For those unversed, in 2020, BMC proposed that one of the two ROBs would connect Dr E Moses Road adjoining Mahalaxmi Race Course with Jacob Circle, and the other one — a cable-stayed ROB — would connect Mahalaxmi with Saat Raasta.
The civic body is reconsidering the construction plan of the second ROB. The extension of the first ROB would mean that the proposed cable-stayed second ROB, which was supposed to connect to Saat Raasta, will go till Mahalaxmi’s KK Road, also ensuring there is no congestion near Saat Raasta.
However, the cost of project is likely to remain same, with a possible extension of the project under reconsideration.
The estimated cost of the project was INR 740 crore. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the civic body had fixed a 36-month deadline for the completion of the project, with contractors being finalised at that time.
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