The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has closed the bridge on Mithi River near Morarji Nagar, which connects Goregaon with Powai, after it was found in a dilapidated condition.
The decision was taken after the civic body’s bridges department inspected the bridge and declared it unfit for use. The BMC issued a circular stating that the bridge would be closed from both sides for pedestrian and vehicular movement until repair or reconstruction.
As per sources, the BMC had restricted movement of vehicles after auditing the bridge in May 2019. However, the bridge will be now be reconstructed as on Wednesday, December 16, the standing committee approved the proposal of reconstruction of the bridge. Though the bridge had to be reconstructed, the process was delayed.
The official said that the local light vehicles such two-wheelers will be given temporary access. Besides, the work of demolition and reconstruction will start. Though, the reconstruction will take at least one year but the civic body would try to complete it before the monsoon.
Moreover, the civic body has requested commuters and pedestrians to co-operate with the traffic police to ensure there is no traffic congestion till the bridge would remain closed.
According to the local residents, the closure of this bridge is likely to bring hardship for commuters and people living nearby.
The Bridges Department of the BMC had erected height barriers on both sides of the Mithi river bridge last year to restrict vehicles of more than 2.5 metres and weighing more than five tonnes. Large cars weigh around 4.3 tonnes while trucks are more than five tonnes. The move followed the structural audits of all bridges in the city.
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