Widened road to unclog traffic jam near Bombay Hospital

With an aim to reduce the crucial time while patients are being rushed to the Bombay Hospital, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to reconstruct the Bombay Hospital Lane artery.

The work in Marine Lines area was proposed in 1967 and is expected to be over by March. The one-way lane will be converted into a two-lane traffic route. Facing traffic snarls and going to the hospital via an alternate route wastes at least 15 minutes during the golden hour.  

A two-way traffic route was proposed in 1967. Several reasons, including a well that stood along the road, has delayed the project.

“The height of the well has been increased and a concrete slab will be laid on it to cover it,” a BMC official said. However, the civic body will make provision to use water from the well.  Currently, patients have to be taken to the hospital by bus, only through Vitthaldas Thackeray Marg.

The Bombay Hospital Lane, which is approximately 210 meters long, and connects to MG Road, will shorten the travel time during the golden hour.

The decision to widen the road was taken after Vijay Singhal, the additional municipal commissioner, visited the area. The road is 12.30-metre-wide and will be increased to 21.34 metre approximately.

RELAID ARTERY

• A two-way traffic route was proposed in 1967. Several reasons, including a well that stood along the road, has delayed the project.
   
• The decision to widen the road was taken after Vijay Singhal, the additional municipal commissioner, visited the area.