16km of the 22.5km road linking BWSL to MTHL will be in sea, saving travel time.
Commuters from south Mumbai and the western suburbs might enjoy a seamless travel to the proposed Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) if the plan to build an elevated road from Worli to Sewri materialises.
The road which the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning will connect the island city to Raigad district and the surrounding areas.
The MMRDA has floated bids for the 22.5km-long MTHL from Sewri in central Mumbai to Chirle in Navi Mumbai. Around 6.5km of it will be on the ground and the rest in the sea. The project is expected to be completed in around five years.
MMRDA commissioner Rahul Asthana said they were preparing a detailed project report for an elevated road, which will connect the MTHL to the Worli-end of the Bandra-Worli sea link to allow seamless integration with MTHL. “This is an important east-west connection,” said Asthana, adding that this was a “primary factor for (ensuring) traffic for the MTHL”. He admitted that the project was a “challenge as it would cross the railway lines at least twice”.
The 4km-long elevated road is expected to start from Sewri, along the Acharya Donde Marg, cross the Elphinstone rail overbridge and the Senapati Bapat Marg and join the Worli-end of the sea link.
Asthana said the elevated road project will help provide a connector for a dispersal system and “increase the catchment area of the MTHL”.
He added that the road will allow people from south Mumbai and the western suburbs to travel seamlessly to places such as Pune, Goa and Bangalore. It would save them around one-and-a-half-hour by using the MTHL instead of the Thane creek bridge.
The contract for the MTHL is expected to be awarded in November and construction work is proposed to start in 2013.
Asthana said the MTHL, bids for which had been floated, had received “tremendous response from Indian and foreign companies”, with consortiums of around two to three companies each actively considering the bid.
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