Uddhav Thackeray inspects work of Mumbai Trans Harbour Link project

The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link will be a six-lane bridge, connecting Sewri with Nhava Sheva

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday visited the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project site for inspection of the work. Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray, Metropolitan Commissioner R A Rajeev, and senior MMRDA officials were also present during the visit. A detailed presentation about the progress of the work was shown.

According to MMRDA, the work on this iconic bridge is close to 30 percent complete. The 22-km MTHL project, out of which 15.5 km will run over the sea, will be connecting Sewri with Nhava Sheva and will be a six-lane bridge across the Mumbai Harbour. This bridge will ease the traffic congestion in the island city and provide better connectivity between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

Once completed, as many as 70,000 vehicles are estimated to pass through the bridge on a daily basis and will cut the travel time from more than two hours to just over half an hour.

The sea bridge will have two interchanges, one at Shivaji Nagar on Sewri end and the other at Chirle village near NH-4B.

The sea corridor will also have noise and vision barriers installed on a 6-km stretch to block the view of the BARC nuclear complex and to protect the movement of flamingos and other migratory birds at Sewri mudflats.