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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
 
#3,782 ·
Milan subway work on, to open in Jan

he long-pending work to join the two ends of the incomplete Milan rail overbridge (RoB) was started on Saturday night after the Western Railways (WR) and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) concluded negotiations concerning operational blocks for local trains and launching scheme for erecting one of the largest spans without pillars over railway tracks in the city.
“We successfully moved a major section of the span on Saturday night after resolving pending issues. Work on this section will take around 10-12 days and then, after a breather, another month to complete the other section of the span. By mid-January, the entire span should have been built and after some finishing work spanning a few more days, opened for traffic,” explained Ashwini Bhide, joint metropolitan commissioner, MMRDA.
A four-lane rail overbridge spanning nearly 60 metres is to be constructed over seven railway tracks for facilitating movement between the western and eastern parts of Santacruz. More than 1,200 trains run on this stretch every day, making it one of the busiest suburban train corridors in the city.
The long-pending project has already failed to meet five deadlines over the last two years due to the inability of the two agencies to finalise details about the manner in which the small but sensitive portion of the bridge passing over seven railway tracks placed closely was to be constructed.

http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=32808&boxid=15719&ed_date=2012-11-26&ed_code=820009&ed_page=2
 
#3,783 ·
A local Mumbai court in an interim order has asked authorities to maintain status quo over a masjid coming in the way of the much-delayed Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR). Hearing an application by the Jamat-ul-Muslimeen trust, the city civil court scheduled the matter over the Tilak Nagar masjid for further hearing on November 20.

The Rs 550-crore SCLR project is a proposed 6.45 km road that will connect Santa Cruz to Chembur. The project commenced in 2003 and has a revised deadline seen many delays, with the completion date now revised to of October 2013. It was proposed that the masjid, which was coming in the way of the project, be shifted to a nearby location. Priya Constructions built a new masjid on a nearby plot of land belonging to Mhada, but the trust claims that the new masjid doesn't have a no-objection certificate from Mhada and other permissions.

Refusing to move into the "unauthorized" new masjid, the trust challenged the eviction notices issued to it, the latest one in October 2012. The trust claimed that since the new masjid did not have the requisite permissions, it could face demolition and they would also be required to pay penalties, and not be eligible for property tax rebates. The trust has urged the court to quash the eviction notices and stop authorities from forcibly evicting them unless all the permissions for the new masjid are in place.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiat...umbai/35033470_1_masjid-eviction-notices-sclr
Does any one know what happened on 20th Nov hearing ? Looks like this may only open in 2014 or may be beyond.
 
#3,787 ·
SEAR delayed

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2012/no...d-into-2-phases-delayed-till-September-13.htm

Mumbaikars hoping to zip along on the ambitious Sahar Elevated Road connecting the Western Express Highway with Chhattrapati Shivaji International Airport will have to wait it out, as the project that was slated to be complete by the end of this year will be delayed further.

Confirming the same, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner Ashwini Bhide said, “The work on the Sahar elevated road is in progress but we will only be able to throw open the entire stretch in September 2013.”

Earlier this year, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) had said that the project would be completed by the end of 2012.


Slowly moving: Phase I of the Sahar Elevated Project is 75% completed and should be open by March 2013. File Pic

However, since the resettlement and rehabilitation of project-affected people was delayed, the project had seen slow progress.

MMRDA Joint Project Director Dilip Kawathkar said, “The work of the Sahar Elevated Road has been amended to two phases. The first phase under MMRDA jurisdiction is more than 75 per cent complete and will be completed by March 2013. The second phase is under the jurisdiction of Mumbai International Airport Limited, and is expected to be operational by next September.”

The six-lane approach road will have four entry and two exit points. The length of the proposed road is 2 km, and the cost of project is Rs 287.37 crore. This road has been funded under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.

Once completed, the project will help ease out the traffic congestion at Bahar Junction under the Andheri flyover and Sahar Road, and will provide relief to air travellers who have to face heavy traffic in order to reach the airport on time.
 
#3,788 ·
Eastern Freeway on track, major chunk to be ready by Jan-end

The Eastern Freeway, which promises to provide uninterrupted connectivity from the eastern suburbs to south Mumbai, is now in its final stages of construction and a major portion of the stretch is on track for completion by January 31, 2013.

Four years after construction started, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), is now left with the launching of concrete segments on just 25 spans of the 313, from Orange Gate in south Mumbai to Anik.

“About 7.5 km of elevated road from Orange Gate to Anik is ready. We are working on the wearing coat and road medians there,” said Ashwini Bhide, additional metropolitan commissioner, MMRDA. The development authority plans to finish the launching activity by January 15, 2013, and then work on the black-topping of the road.

MMRDA lost nearly a month after an accident during launching activity that killed a labourer and injured seven others.

The freeway, being built at a cost of Rs 1,135 crore, will provide relief to commuters from the eastern suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel and Pune, and is expected to halve traffic on the Eastern Express Highway and Ambedkar Road. According to MMRDA estimates, it will be able to service 1.5 to 2 lakh vehicles every day towards its peak.

“Around 85 per cent work on the four lanes of the Anik-Panjarpol Link Road is done. We are yet to finish about 30 metres of concrete lining of the tunnel, which will be part of this road,” Bhide said.

The MMRDA is also yet to complete about two slabs on the viaduct at Trombay and finishing of the four lanes it plans to open to traffic in January.

The Panjarpol-Ghatkopar Link Road will take longer to complete as the MMRDA is still grappling with land acquisition issue.

Time frame

MMRDA to commission elevated road to Anik and four of the eight laned-Anik-Panjarpol Link Road in January 2013

The Panjarpol-Ghatkopar Link Road and other four lanes of Anik-Panjarpol Link Road will be commissioned by May 2013

The Project

9.3-km elevated road from Orange Gate to Anik

5-km Anik-Panjarpol Link Road, which will be a combination of bridges, tunnels and an at-grade road

2.5-km Panjarpol-Ghatkopar Link Road

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/e...k-major-chunk-to-be-ready-by-janend/1037840/0
 
#3,790 ·
Panel recommends Versova-Bandra sea link for coastal zone clearance

After the Bandra-Worli sea link, the Versova-Bandra sea link is one of the crucial projects of the proposed Mumbai infrastructure upgrade

The Maharashtra government’s plan to upgrade Mumbai’s transportation infrastructure has received a boost as the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the ministry of environment and forest has recommended the Rs 4,045-crore Versova-Bandra sea link project for coastal regulation zone (CRZ) clearance. The state-run Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is the nodal agency for the proposed 10-km sealink project having four plus four lanes on both the sides.

The state government has proposed projects of over Rs 1 lakh crore including sea links, coastal roads, bridges, rail corridors and internal water transport schemes. The proposed Versova-Bandara sea link is part of the Mumbai infrastructure upgrade plan.

However, the EAC has laid down seven conditions such as replantation of mangroves to compensate for destruction of existing ones, compliance of assurances given to fishermen, getting forest clearance from the forest ministry and the approval of the Bombay High Court, and no dredging and reclamation for the project.

This apart, MSRDC would have to strictly follow all the recommendations made by the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Agency. All the construction equipment should have exhaust silencer.

MSRDC official confirmed this development. “EAC at its meeting held on October 18 had given its go ahead for recommending it for CRZ clearance. The minutes of the meeting were released recently. The proposed sea link will save travelling time and curb traffic congestion. There is no open space available for the expansion of existing roads connecting Bandra and Versova in north Mumbai. The sea link is, therefore, quite crucial for the alternative faster transportation system.” The official informed that MSRDC has proposed plant mangrove 10 times at Bandra adjacent to the project as necessary under the CRZ Notification, 2011. The identified land is government land, which currently has sparse mangrove.

MSRDC has prepared extensive environment management plan (EMP) and disaster management plan for the project. It has also budgeted Rs 44 crore towards EMP, which may go up during implementation of the project. The road would be constructed on silt in the mangroves at the Versova connector for construction of four-five piers.

The University of Mumbai’s life sciences department had carried out marine impact assessment studies for the project through Fine Envirotech Engineers.

According to officials, MSRDC has already held discussions with the fishermen and agreed to develop a small jetty and common area for their repairing of net, give preference of employment and compensation and provide compensation to the affected fishermen. Besides, MSRDC has also interacted with local people, NGOs, and the authorities concerned.

http://www.business-standard.com/in...a-sea-link-for-coastal-zone-clearance/493910/
 
#3,795 ·
AFTER 10- YR- LONG WAIT, DOUBLE-DECKER FLYOVER TO FINALLY HAVE TWO GIRDERS THIS SUNDAY

http://epaper2.mid-day.com/showtext...entid=187633&issuedate=01122012&edd123=mumbai

SANTACRUZ-CHEMBUR LINK ROAD

The massive structures will be positioned on flyover over railway tracks between Kurla and Tilak Nagar paving the way for completion of the much-delayed project

CENTRAL Railway ( CR) commuters can expect delays, as two girders would be launched on the much- awaited flyover above the rail tracks between Kurla and Tilak Nagar railway stations on the Harbour line tomorrow.

Nearly a decade after the Santacruz- Chembur Link Road ( SCLR) was first proposed and work began, the authorities will embark on the most crucial part of the construction process on the 6.45- km- long doubledecker flyover.

Better late, than never

Mired in delays over designs and alignment of the flyover since several months, it is understood that officials from CR and Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) set the ball rolling to launch massive girders over the railway tracks after CR officials gave the requisite clearances.

Sources said that initially plans were afoot to place cement girders, which was then changed to a steel bridge, as railway authorities felt that it would reinforce the safety aspect. CR granted permission to carry out this work only in July this year.

This, however, led to cost overruns and since its inception in 2003, the project cost has escalated from Rs 115 crore to Rs 550 crore.

Yesterday, a crane was brought to the spot, close to the rail tracks on the Harbour line, which would launch and place the girders above the pillars.

Once this work is completed, the girders would be launched on the Main line as well. “ This is a very complex procedure, as each girder weighs 40 tonnes.

We plan to launch at least two girders on Sunday,” said a senior CR official, on condition of anonymity.

Rs 550 cr The cost of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road project

FOUR-HOUR MEGA BLOCK

Authorities will impose a four-hour block to carry out the work wherein train services would most likely be disallowed. There are 10 girders to be placed above the tracks, and CR would require at least 17 such blocks to complete the work. The total length of the bridge above the tracks is around 62- metres.

“ We are planning to open a part of this flyover, that passes above the Harbour line, by February for motorists. The other portion would be opened by June 2013,” said S Nage, chief engineer, MSRDC. The sixlane road would have the city’s first double- decker bridge that will crisscross right from Western Express Highway ( WEH) to Eastern Express Highway ( EEH). It starts at Dr Hans Burga junction on the WEH before Vakola junction in Santacruz ( E) and proceeds to the east skirting Vidyanagari campus at Kalina on the west, then crosses Lal Bahadur Shastri ( LBS) Marg and joins near Amar Mahal Junction on the EEH.
 
#3,796 ·
western freeway

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...road-remain-on-paper/articleshow/17421123.cms

MUMBAI: There are fears that the coastal road project, which is considered chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's initiative, could remain a pipedream.

While giving a green clearance to the Bandra-Versova Sea Link project, the Union ministry of environment and forests has specified that it cannot reclaim land. This has put a question mark over the project, which has a major reclamation component.

Of the nearly 36km coastal road between Cuffe Parade and Malad proposed by an experts panel under the then municipal commissioner Subodh Kumar, 18km to 26km is to be on reclaimed coastal area. And of the reclaimed stretch, around 8km is proposed over mangroves.

"In the mangroves area, only road on stilt will be constructed and no reclamation will be allowed. And any loss of mangroves should be compensated. Navigation channels and noise barriers for local fisherman will have to be provided. Dredging is not allowed and dumping and machinery should not disturb habitation. Silencers are recommended for equipment to avoid noise pollution," stated the MoEF directive.

The sea link also includes a stretch towards Versova where the costal road project recommends a reclaimed road. But now, since the sea link has to be built on stilt, a coastal road on a small stretch along this route may not be built.

The expert panel had stated reclamation would have an average width of 100 metres. This, it said, will not cause not have an adverse impact on ecology. The panel had also requested the government to make appropriate amendments to the CRZ notifications and give an official stamp to the proposed plan immediately. Proponents said the road will be cheaper than a link and the toll would be less. State officials said they knew that the coastal road required amendment to the CRZ rules and, thus, proposed it in the plan. "It is up to the government to decide, looking into the urgency to improve Mumbai's transportation," said one.
 
#3,800 ·
SCLR comin from left landing on EEH futher ahead.The masjid comin in the way is right below in front of pillars without vaiducts.The replacement masjid is just on its left(white structure). They started demolishing the structure some time back before the masjid trust had change of heart but it wil be demolished soon

cc Hezi Ben-Ari

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