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Panjarpol-Ghatkopar Link Road to be ready by mid-May

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From mid-May, driving between south Mumbai and Mankhurd will be a signal-free affair as the Panjarpol-Ghatkopar Link Road has entered the final stage of construction.

Officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) are working on giving finishing touches to the Panjarpol-Ghatkopar (Mankhurd) Link Road.

"Work on the road will be completed by May 15, and could be opened to motorists any day after that," said a senior development authority official. Presently, the lanes are being marked, and street lighting and signages are beign installed.

The 2.4km-long elevated road starts at Panjarpol and ends at the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road and is the third leg of the larger Eastern Freeway project. The first two parts are between Orange Gate-Anik (9.29 km) and Anik-Panjarpol (4.3 km). The Anik Panjarpol Link Road has twin tunnels, a first in the urban area of Mumbai. On June 14 last year, the first two phases were inaugurated, following which various ramps were opened as and when their construction got completed.

With the opening, motorists will be able to travel between Orange Gate and Mankhurd in just 30 minutes instead of the present 60 to 90 minutes.

Construction work on the third phase of the project had begun back in August 2009, and MMRDA officials had then announced February 2011 as the project deadline, but it has constantly been missed for varied reasons which include permissions from authorities concerned, rehabilitating projected affected families and engineering challenges involved during the construction stage.

Construction of the Kherwadi flyover will be completed by May 30. "Everything is under control and we do not think that the opening of the flyover will be delayed by a week or two," said an MMRDA official.

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