Roundtable on the coastal road: Road to ruin? or progress for Mumbai?
- HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Mumbai |
- Updated: Sep 15, 2015 17:05 IST
Updated: February 24, 2016 07:55 IST
Coastal Road extension up to NH 8 gets govt nod
The project, that had Kandivali as its proposed end point, now has approvalto be stretched up to Mira Road and beyond
he city’s Coastal Road project just got more ambitious.
The government on Monday approved a significant extension to the 32-km
Coastal Road project up to NH 8 connecting Mumbai to Ahmedabad.
The
project that has Kandivali as its proposed end point now has approval
to be stretched up to Mira Road and further on to NH 8.
Hussain Indorewala, urban planner and assistant professor with Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture said, “We are spending crores of rupees on a project that will cater to only 2% or 3% of the population. We have well-established public transport, but we are moving away from it to promote personal transport.”
Another major decision taken was to extend the alignment of the 16.8-km Eastern Freeway by up to three km.
The alignments were
approved on Monday by the Empowered Committee on Mumbai Transformation
headed by Chief Secretary Swadheen Kshatriya, and officials of the MMRDA
and the BMC.
Officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan
Region Development Authority (MMRDA) gave a presentation on extending
the Eastern Freeway, acknowledging it was feasible to extend the freeway
from its current land point at Yellow Gate Junction on Carnac Bunder,
beyond General Post Office (GPO) and ending on Mint Road.
The
MMRDA was assigned the task of studying the feasibility of having an
elevated rail corridor along with an elevated freeway, and find out if
both could be accommodated over P D’mello Road. The authority in its
report concluded that both projects were possible on the stretch
provided land could be acquired from the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT).
Currently,
the controlled-access highway connects Express Highway at Ghatkopar to P
D’Mello Road in South Mumbai. “We have approved the MMRDA feasibility
study and directed the MbPT to take up the proposal to extend freeway at
its next board meeting. A presentation to the honourable Chief
Minister, who heads the Urban Development Department, will be given next
month for the final nod,” Mr Kshatriya told
The Hindu
.
“We feel that the advantage acquired by the
commuters while travelling on the freeway is lost at the landing point
and bottlenecks on Carnac Bunder Junction.”
A
presentation on extending the proposed Coastal Road alignment was given
by Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, proposing to extend the project up
to Mira Road and beyond towards NH 8.
The
ambitious coastal road project is estimated to cost Rs 12,000 crore,
and proposes to connect Nariman Point in South Mumbai to far north Malad
and Kandivali. The BMC has proposed a 10-km underground tunnel at two
locations starting from Nariman Point to Priyadarshani Park and from
Juhu to Versova. The road will include 22 interchanges, entry and exit
points, and lanes dedicated to the BRTS.
Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis has already said development and extension of
the integrated corridors in Mumbai is necessary by 2019, while
obtaining clearance for the 22-km MTHL, which will connect Sewri in
South Mumbai to Nhava in Navi Mumbai.
“The tenders
for MTHL will be issued by March and the government wants to extend the
proposed existing freeways. Eventually, all these have to be integrated
for a long-term solution,” said a senior official.
We
have approved the MMRDA feasibility study and directed the MbPT to take
up the proposal to extend the freeway at its next board meeting
Swadheen Kshatriya
COMMENT:-INSTEAD OF IT BECOMING MUMBAI COASTAL ROAD FOR CARS AND LIGHT VEHICLES ;
IT WILL BECOME A NEW EXTENSION OF NH8 FROM AHMADABAD TO MUMBAI WITH LOT OF TRUCKS AND COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC;THROUGH MIRA ROAD TO JUHU BEACH TO MUMBAI ISLAND CITY ;OR ALL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC HAS TO BE BANNED,FROM MIRA ROAD TO JUHU BEACH ROAD
WHEN MUMBAI Business ITSELF IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTHWARDS FROM ISLAND CITY TO BANDRA- ANDHERI- MALAD AREA,
IN ANOTHER 10 OR 20 YEARS THIS ROAD MAY NOT BE NEEDED BEYOND KANDIVLI
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