Mumbai: After having prepared a concept plan, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is making the Detailed Project Report (DPR) to extend the Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) right up to the Western Express Highway.
“This project will ease congestion at Imam Ahmed Raza Chowk in Kapadia Nagar as well as outside the University of Mumbai entrance in Kalina,” confirmed UPS Madan, MMRDA commissioner.
The road width is narrow near the Kalina campus, making it a congested spot.
Last August, dna had reported that the MMRDA was working on a plan to have an elevated road between Kurla and the Western Express Highway in Santa Cruz. As per the plan, a flyover and an underpass will be built.
The 3-km-long bridge has an estimated cost of Rs300 crore. It will come up just before the chowk, criss-cross the Kalina campus-Maharashtra Fire Services Academy-Grand Hyatt hotel, take a right turn for the Western Express Highway, and then cross over the Vakola flyover to land just before Vakola junction on the service road. There will be ramps in between to enter and exit from the bridge near the university.
The proposed underpass will assist in easing traffic movement between CST Road and Bandra-Kurla Complex. At an estimated cost of Rs25 crore, the underpass will be 350 metres long and 7.5 metres wide. Motorists from Kalina proceeding towards BKC will be able to use the underpass as it will start from CST Road’s east-bound lane, some metres before the chowk and take a right turn to surface at BKC.
Motorists coming from and moving towards the business district will use the existing road, which is at a grade.
Around 70,000 vehicles ply on the SCLR daily on weekdays and is a relief for those travelling between the eastern and western areas. The existing road network of Mumbai focuses on north-south connectivity.
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