Motorists struggling to cope with the congestion on the link road in the western suburbs would likely get some relief with the civic body planning to build five flyovers in the next couple of yearsAt what stage is the proposal?The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to construct the flyovers at five points where bottlenecks have been found to be worst. The total cost is estimated at Rs300 crore.The bridges department has appointed three agencies to prepare a feasibility report on the proposal. The report will describe the traffic situation at these places.Which are the flyover points?"The plan is to construct flyovers at the intersections near Don Bosco school at Borivli, on MG Road, at Mith Chowky and Chincholi Bunder in Malad, and at Bangur Nagar in Goregaon," said SO Kori, chief engineer, bridges department.Kori explained that the issue of regulating traffic in the JVPD scheme area is also being looked at by the MMRDA. "The plan is at a preliminary stage," he said.When will work start?A senior civic official said that the additional municipal commissioner (eastern suburbs) will meet with consultants shortly to discuss details of the project. The bridges department is under the additional commissioner (eastern suburbs)."Even if the flyovers run over the road the congestion at these points will be eased. The movement of traffic along the road and from east to west will not be affected," the official said.What does traffic police say?Dr BK Upadhyay, joint commissioner of police (traffic), applauded the proposal. "I am not aware of the plan. But if these flyovers will definitely help to improve the traffic situation on the link road. Currently, there is severe congestion on the road and it's worse during peak hours," he said. The traffic police chief explained that the problem was compounded by a lack of adequate parking space and he hoped that this would also be addressed.Project estimatesAt Don Bosco school (Borivli) 3 km Rs32 crOn MG Road 1.2 km Rs55 crAt Mith Chowky (Malad) 1.8 km Rs71 crChincholi Bunder (Malad) 1.8 km Rs36 crBangur Nagar (Goregaon) 6 km Rs 42 cr

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