29.80 km Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) is an under construction access-controlled expressway with a route connecting Princess Street Flyover in South Mumbai with Kandivali in the northern suburbs.
The 29.80 km Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP) is an under construction access-controlled expressway with a route connecting Princess Street Flyover in South Mumbai with Kandivali in the northern suburbs.
The project’s 10.58 km Phase 1 (southern section) is under construction between Marine Drive and Bandra Worli Sea-link by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, or Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. It comprises of an 8 lane road reclaimed from the sea, bridge on stilts, elevated road, twin-tunnels under Malabar Hills, new green spaces, sea wall / break water wall and multiple interchanges for traffic dispersal.
The project’s roughly 19 km Phase 2 (northern section) will connect Bandra with Kandivali. In Jan 2022, APCO Infratech – Webuild JV was awarded a roughly Rs. 9,000 crore contract by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation for the 9.6 km Versova – Bandra Sea Link (VBSL) project’s construction.
The coastal road project seeks to create large patches of open green space, a rarity in Mumbai. About 90 hectares will be reclaimed for the project of which 70 hectares will be landscaped to provide cycle tracks, promenades, amphitheaters, children’s play areas and other recreational space.
The project’s Phase 2 involves constructing a 19.22 km northern extension between Bandra – Versova – Kandivali comprising of a 9.6 km Bandra-Versova Sea Link with connectors to Bandra (1.17 km), Carter Road (1.80 km) and Juhu Koliwada (2.80 km).
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