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#1 ·
The Mumbai Roads and Flyovers thread went missing during the reorg, so this thread will basically serve the purpose of tracking updates on projects related to Roads including Bridges, Flyovers and Freeways.

x-posting the last couple of posts retrieved from Google's cache.

Axw11 said:
Freeway won’t spoil heritage view: MMRDA

Source: www.mumbaimirror.com
The city can rest assured that its heritage structures will not be put in the background by the elevated section of the proposed freeway from Colaba to Anik in Wadala.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has told representatives of Asiatic Society that the elevated sections would begin only after the point where the heritage buildings end.

The society had expressed reservations that the freeway, which is supposed to begin at the Prince of Wales Museum and pass through Shahid Bhagat Singh Road and P D’Mello Road before entering the Mumbai Port Trust area would obscure views of Town Hall, Hornbill House, Church of St Andrew and St Columba, Old Customs House, Government Mint, INS Angre and other naval establishments, and the Reserve Bank of India headquarters. All these and several more buildings on this route are heritage structures and the pride of this city.

The Asiatic Society feared that if elevated sections of the freeway come up in front of these buildings, they would be robbed of their grandeur.

On March 4 , Mumbai Mirror had reported the concerns raised by Asiatic Society about the freeway obscuring the city’s heritage structures

The society wrote to the MMRDA about its concerns in the second week of March and sought a meeting with commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad.

A meeting was fixed two weeks ago where Gaikwad assured the society’s members that the proposed 22-km freeway would in no way obstruct the view of the various heritage structures on Shahid Bhagat Singh Road.

He told them that there would be no elevated structure or road widening in the 1.6 km stretch between Prince of Wales Museum and Shahid Bhagat Singh Road.

Secondly, widening of the existing road would begin only after the Dena Bank building at Horniman Circle. The existing road will be widened between Walchand Hirachand Marg and Carnac Bunder.

Elevated sections would begin from Carnac Bunder.

Joint project director (public relations) Dilip Kawathkar told Mumbai Mirror that all necessary precautions have been taken to ensure that the heritage structures are not disturbed in any way and retain their grandeur.

WHAT IS THE FREEWAY ABOUT?

The proposed freeway will provide a high-speed corridor between Colaba and Anik in Wadala. It will start at Prince of Wales Museum, pass through Shahid Bhagat Singh Road and P D’Mello Road before entering the Mumbai Port Trust area. It will take the Anik Panjrapole Link Road and touch the Eastern Express Highway at Wadala. It is estimated to cost Rs 600 crore and is expected to be completed in 36 months.

WHY IT WON’T OBSCURE HERITAGE

There would be no elevated structure or road widening in the 1.6 km stretch between Prince of Wales Museum and Shahid Bhagat Singh Road where most of the heritage structures are located. Widening of the existing road would begin only after the Dena Bank building at Horniman Circle. The existing road will be widened between Walchand Hirachand Marg and Carnac Bunder. Elevated sections would begin from Carnac Bunder.
Jubin said:
MM: JVLR gets presidential nod
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With President Pratibha Patil giving the go-ahead to acquire a part of the Indian Institute of Technology land for widening the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is doing everything it can to speed up work on the project.

A senior MMRDA official said that after several months of negotiations between MMRDA and IIT officials, the matter went to the President whose consent is required as IIT is run by the central government.” The President gave her consent last month enabling MMRDA to acquire the land for road widening,” said the official.
IndiansUnite said:
Thought i'd mention it here. Mumbai has around 50 functional flyovers right now. The ones U/C compiled from different sources are-

5 U/C on the WEH (Kandivali, Malad, Goregaon, Santa Cruz, Kherwadi)
5 U/C on Ambedkar road (Byculla, Lalbaug, Parel TT, Dadar TT, Sion)
Navghar flyover on EEW
Suman Nagar flyover
Barfiwalla lane- SV Road
Kurla Flyover
Sahar Elevated road (1.8kms)
Adi Shankaracharya Marg : LBS road
R.C.F. Junction

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Apr 5: Kurla flyover on track again

MUMBAI: Work on the city's first double-decker flyover, coming up near Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Kurla, which adjoins the Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR), is finally progressing after some initial delays. The flyover is expected to be ready by the end of next year.

The flyover will be 1.75 km in length and will cost Rs 110 crore. It will connect Sable Nagar near Tilak Terminus to New Tilak Nagar, which is between Hans Bugra Marg and Amar Mahal Junction.
cptracker said:
Kandivli west to east in 15 mins

Some shanties (in the background, on left) on the eastern end of the Kandivli flyover were blocking construction of the approach road. Last week, the BMC removed the last of the shanties

BMC removes shanty that held up work on flyover for nine years, will make it operational in May

Residents of Kandivli can rejoice as the last of the tenements that had held up work on a flyover connecting the eastern and western parts for over nine years was removed last week. Considering the delay, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished the shanty within an hour of the occupants getting alternative accommodation.

The flyover is almost complete but for the approach road, which could not be built as it necessitated removal of the tenement.

R-South ward assistant municipal commissioner V V Shankarwar said, “Once the occupants were allotted alternative accommodation, we called up the family and gave them an hour to vacate the room. Our staff then took a tempo to help the family shift to their new home at Kandivli (W). As soon as they left, we demolished the structure. We did not want to waste even a single day. The flyover will be made operational in May 2008.”

The tenements were part of a chawl lying at the eastern end of the bridge over the Western Railway line. Apparently, BMC never took the 115 shanties into account while planning the flyover in 1995. Work began in 1996 but was held up in 1999 after residents of the shanties refused to make way for the flyover.

In May 2005, occupants of 107 shanties were given alternative accommodation. Seven more were rehabilitated later but one remained because of a dispute between two parties. The last one was removed last week. Rs 60 crore went into the rehabilitation project.

But it seems to be money well spent. Nishant Chavan, Mahindra & Mahindra employee, says, “It takes me around 45 minutes to reach my office in the east. From May, I expect to make it in just 15 minutes.”

ABOUT THE FLYOVER

The flyover can be reached from Killachand Road (Shanker Lane) in the west. It will lead to Ashok Chakravarty Road and further to Akurli Road in the east. It is 600 metres long, 90 feet wide and cost Rs 9.85 crore.

At present, people have to travel all the way to either Borivli or Malad to cross over from Kandivli west to the east. Alternatively, they can try the Kandivli station railway crossing, which is, however, closed during peak hours in the morning and evening. Incidentally, WR plan to close the crossing once the flyover is operational due the high number of accidents.

Interestingly, a 57-foot high wall will be built on the eastern side as a visibility barrier at the insistence of defence authorities. The adjacent plot belongs to the armed forces who wanted the wall for security reasons.

It takes me around 45 minutes to reach my office in the east. From May, I expect to make it in just 15 minutes.
- Nishant Chavan, M&M employee

I am very happy because I have to travel from east to the west every day, sometimes twice. Also, this flyover will be boon for those facing a medical emergency. And, in case of a fire, the fire engines will reach here quickly
- Usha Patel, housewife
 
#102 ·
bkc-chunna bhatti map

this is the map of the proposed road. it will have to cut through the nature park/bird sanctuary and go over both the main and harbour lines.

what is interesting is that the sclr is about a kilometer to the north. when that is built, it should also siphon off a lot of traffic from EEH and vashi going to bkc and points beyond. so this new road is more for people coming from south bombay to not cut across dharavi once they reach sion.
of course the sclr is also stuck in limbo as the railways own all the 'air' rights over their lines and are loath to make things go smoothly.

 
#106 ·
Huh!?

this is what i found in times of india about the various skywalks in mumbai

Am i reading this wrong or are those the real numbers in the first column (3)!?

4,630 lakhs?


:uh:
 
#109 ·
Mumbai: A BJP corporator from Kandivli has threatened to break the law if his demands are not met with. Claiming that work on the Kandivli east-west flyover project has been pending for the last 14 years, Yogesh Sagar has demanded that the structure be completed immediately. “The public should be able to use the bridge by October, failing which I will start constructing hutments on the flyover.’’ he said, adding that he was ready to face the legal consequences.
According to Sagar, the work order for constructing the bridge was issued in 1994. “At that time, the cost of the project was Rs 11 crore. It was to be completed within
18 months. However, only part of the bridge was constructed in 16 months and the work slackened. Now, the cost has escalated to Rs 19 crore,’’ he said.
According to Sagar, the administration had promised that the bridge would be accessible to the public in March 2008. “However, it never happened and they extended the deadline to October 2008. But at the pace at which things are going, I doubt if the deadline would be met,’’ he said. “Even Shri Ram’s vanvas got over after 14 years, but I don’t think this bridge will ever be completed,’’ he said.
Sagar has listed out his demand in a letter to civic chief Jairaj Phatak.
Source: TOI


I (used to) live right opposite (a couple of blocks north of it) the Bridge on SV Road..

It has been really pathetic about the way they are coming up with the bridge. The last I knew of the bridge was that they were re-undergoing construction on the eastern side. If you look down from Google Earth, you can see that there is some construction going on the Eastern Side.

Since the bridge started the construction right in 1994 and its almost 14 years that its not fucking constructed. It is going to ease so much traffic because the one going on the eastern side is one way by the tracks.

So if this bridge is constructed, I think it should ensure a steady flow of traffic. (if it gets connected to the highway directly, it will be awesome).
 
#110 ·
Plan to connect trans-harbour bridge, Eastern freeway

Linking Road and Rail

The State Government is planning to provide an approach to the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), which will link Sewri in mainland Mumbai to the Nhava across the creek, with the Eastern Freeway project, which will run from the Chatrapati Shivaji museum to Ghatkopar. Senior State government officials said funding for work on the eight-lane bridge, which is estimated to cost around Rs 8,000 crore, would be met in phases through sources like a hike in the FSI in areas which will benefit from the 22-km bridge, the kitty of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), financial institutions and auction of toll rights.
 
#119 ·


Source: Hindustan Times

Something good here. I am pleased with their notion of decreasing the width of a lane from 3.5 to 3.1 meters. Honestly as I have seen in some of the pictures, the lanes are too wide and I am pleased they have heard the message.

By the way, does anyone know what the Road Alignment of the Mahim Causeway was about?
 
#120 ·
It was actually St. Michael's church junction that had been studied by the duo, and consequently, re-aligned. I doubt that they've already dealt with Mahim Causeway.
It's great news...something I've been looking forward to for a while now.
 
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