Mumbai: The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that 50 per cent of the showpiece Rs 12,000-crore Mumbai Coastal Road Project on the south side has been completed, here on Wednesday, and it will be operational by November 2023. Of the total 111 hectares land required for the project, 107 hectares, or 97 per cent, land has been reclaimed from the Arabian Sea, and 70 per cent of the work on the sea-wall is also done.
From the total reclaimed land, 70 hectares shall be utilised for creating public spaces and amenities, 26.50 hectares will go for building the inter-changes on the project and 14.50 hectares for building a sea-wall to protect the coastal road from the lashing sea-waves. Similarly, of the 175 mono-piles to be constructed under the bridges, 70 - or 40 per cent, have been built so far on the 10.58 kms long road.
The MCR comprises twin tunnels of 2.07 kms of which one from Priyadarshini Park to Netaji Subhash Marg is ready and the work on the other tunnel is almost 40 per cent completed. On completion of the south phase, an additional 8.50 kms long and 20-mts wide sea promenade will be available to the city, along with attractions like a biodiversity park, a butterfly garden, landscaping, recreational facilities like cycle tracks, open-air theatres, seating for tourists, toilets plus underground parking lot for over 1,800 vehicles.