As a part of the Mumbai Coastal Highway Challenge (MCRP), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) is constructing a vehicular underpass that can facilitate south-bound automobiles travelling from Prabhadevi or Worli in the direction of Nariman Level.
The underpass can be 400-metres lengthy and can lengthen between the Worli Seaface and Worli interchange of the coastal highway, catering to solely south-bound automobiles. This may even be the second underground highway of the MCRP, other than the 2-km-long undersea tunnels that run between Marine Drive and Priyadarshini Park (PDP).
In line with the BMC’s plan, the entry level of the underpass could be close to the JK Kapur Chowk in Worli and the exit level could be close to the vehicular interchange at Bindu Madhav Thackeray Chowk close to the seaface.
“The tunnel will cater to solely south-bound site visitors and motorists, those that are travelling from Prabhadevi or Worli will have the ability to swap to the coastal highway by taking the tunnel from JK Kapur Chowk, the exit factors will join with two arms of the Worli interchange. One will enable motorists to take the Bandra Worli Sea Hyperlink (BWSL), and the opposite will drop them on the primary south-bound carriageway of MCRP that can enable them to maneuver in the direction of Nariman Level,” stated an official.
The development of this tunnel is at present underway and civic officers stated that it’s going to turn into operational by October finish. At current the coastal highway is partially operational to solely south-bound site visitors between 8 am and eight pm on weekdays, and the civic authorities have stated that the second section of MCRP will turn into operational by Might 2024.
“One of many key benefits of this underpass goes to be that automobiles getting down from Sewri-Worli connector can simply take this underpass, which can give them direct entry in the direction of western suburbs or southern tip of Mumbai by way of the coastal highway and can finally lower down journey time considerably,” the official stated.
The underpass is being constructed by utilizing the standard Austrian tunneling methodology and it’ll run beneath the Khan Abdu Gaffar Khan Highway, parallel to the Worli Seaface. The Rs 13,000 crore MCRP can be 10.58-km lengthy and may have three vehicular interchanges that can enable motorists to enter and exit the coastal highway from the mainland.
