The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to construct a bridge and pedestrian underpass (PUP) in Worli to improve the connectivity between Nehru Science Center and Nehru Planetarium. According to the civic body estimates, the project will cost about Rs 280.78 crore.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal corporation (BMC) has planned to set up 200 bus shelters at different locations in the Mumbai suburban area at an estimated expenditure of Rs 9 crore.

The Central Railway, along with the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), will soon start the construction of a foot over bridge across the railway lines at Kurla, to allow the movement of funeral processions to the Kasaiwada cemetery.

To decongest the primary arterial roads including the Western Express Highway and New Link Road, and increase connectivity in areas of Oshiwara, Jogeshwari, and Andheri East, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed a vehicular bridge over the Goregaon Creek, from the Bhagat Singh Nagar slums near New Link Road in Goregaon. This is the third big-ticket flyover proposed this year by the civic body, including the ones at Senapati Bapat Road and Mahim to connect the area with the proposed coastal road at Bandra Worli Sea Link, and a new flyover at JVPD in Andheri. BMC’s plan to decongest New Link Road, and improve connectivity to the suburbs of Oshiwara and Jogeshwari aligns with the inauguration of phase I of the Metro line 2A. A senior civic official associated with this flyover project said, “BMC expects vehicular traffic to reduce along the Link Road due to the new metro line, especially once its phase II is complete. Hence, this is a good time to make a comprehensive plan for decongestion of the Link Road.

Mumbai In what will be a major inconvenience for commuters on Babasaheb Ambedkar road at Parel TT junction, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to reconstruct the Parel TT flyover. The flyover, which helps to decongest the BA road at the junction, sees heavy traffic snarls at peak hours, sometimes taking a commuter over 10 minutes to travel a mere 100-metre stretch. Recently, the BMC built an elevated road between the Hindamata flyover and the Parel TT bridge to ensure smooth traffic during waterlogged monsoons. However, authorities said that it is a necessary project. The cost of the project is about Rs 16 crore. BMC will retain the pillars of the existing flyover at the junction - which will keep the traffic at the junction free flowing - and demolish the overhead carriageway and ramps. The civic body will construct walls on both landing sides, fill them up with concrete, then re-lay the carriageway.

Mumbai, Thane and Mira-Bhayandar municipal corporations will be able to resolve their solid waste management issues and reclaim land occupied by garbage and dump sites. The Central government approved a Rs 433.74 crore action plan submitted by 28 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to effectively address the issue of urban waste. The Centre had last year announced a plan to make Indian cities garbage-free under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 and one of the major objectives under the mission is ‘Lakshya Zero Dumpsite’. This was to remediate 16 crore tonnes of legacy waste dumpsites occupying nearly 15,000 acres of city land parcels. Twenty-eight urban local bodies from Maharashtra had submitted action plans for remediation of dumpsites to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Greater Mumbai tops the list, aiming to address the issue of 2.6 crore metric tonnes of waste to transform its urban landscape by reclaiming approximately 355 acres of land followed by Thane Municipal Corporation handling 8.3 lakh metric tonnes of waste lying in the city’s dumpsite. Mira-Bhayandar plans to dispose of approximately 9 lakh metric tonnes of the waste, reclaiming acres of prime land. “The project will ensure the ecological balance in about 1,532 acres of land,” an official said.

The Mumbai Coastal Road project will be completed as per the decided deadline of November 2023 as the construction of the 10.58 km long coastal road is on track. Once complete, it will add an 8.5 km long and 20-metre wide sea promenade to the city between Priyadarshini Park at Napean Sea Road, and the Worli side of the Bandra Worli Sea Link.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to start work on its ambitious project of connecting Dahisar and Bhayander via a 5.6 km long Link road. The linking road project is expected to decongest traffic at Dahisar checkpoint, where thousands of vehicles pass daily towards Bhayander-Vasai-Palghar as well as Gujarat and further towards Delhi and western and north India. The tender for construction will be awarded in June 2022 and work will start in October 2022.

The BMC administration has tabled a proposal worth Rs 20 crore to paint 438 roads in the city before the standing committee and under the painting work, the dividers and zebra crossings will be painted. The BMC will also make white arrows on the road help motorists.