The work on Mumbai coastal road project, one of the major infrastructure project in the city, is facing delay due to technical glitches.
Owing to this, now plans are afoot to start one arm of this bridge by mid-February 2024, reports stated. Earlier, southbound traffic on the Mumbai coastal road was scheduled to commence its operation from November 2023.
There are several issues like damage to the Tunnel Boring Machine, the legal battle in the Supreme Court's and the longer span between pillars of the bridge at Worli which delayed the project.
While Mumbaikars are eagerly waiting for the opening of the coastal road, BMC officials are unfavourable to start the southbound arm because according to them this would create hindrance in the ongoing work of the northbound arm of the bridge as there would be vehicular movement.
Explaining further, official stated that once the public starts using one arm of this bridge the movement of vehicles carrying material and other supplies for completion of the northbound arm will be affected.
Officials, therefore, are trying to complete heavy machinery work by February. However, if work is not completed in the northbound arm, then they need to work on traffic management.
On the other hand, engineers have assured that work related to heavy machinery for the northbound arm should be completed by February 2024.
A report by Midday says that the work of the entire bridge is expected to be completed by May 2024. The work on the Mumbai coastal road is 86 per cent complete.
For those unversed, the BMC started construction of the coastal road in December 2018 and it was expected the 10.58 km road will be operational by November 2023. The work on the coastal road was going on even during the lockdown in 2020.
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