The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that the Mumbai coastal road will remain operational for vehicular movement throughout the week.
The BMC on Friday, September 20, said that the vehicles will be allowed to ply through the coastal road’s southbound arm – from Bindumadhav Thackeray chowk, Lotus Junction and Amarson park to Marine Drive – as well as the Northbound section on all seven days of the week between 7 am to 12 am from this Saturday, September 21.
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Besides, the work on the MCRP is 92 per cent complete. The stretch will be closed during the nights to facilitate the remaining civil works. The road is set to become fully operational by December this year, a senior civic body official stated.
In the light of Ganeshotsav, earlier this month, the civic body had extended the timing and had opened the corridor to traffic for 24 hours between September 7 (Ganesh Chaturthi) and September 18 (Anant Chaturdashi).
The extension of time came after a request was floated by the Mumbai traffic police, which had written to the civic body to allow round-the-clock vehicular movement on the coastal road stretch during Ganeshotsav.
Currently, the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP), a high-speed corridor, is in operation from Worli to Nariman Point on the south-bound arm while on the other arm, the corridor is open for north-bound traffic from South Mumbai to Bandra.
At present, while the south-bound arm is partially open throughout the week, the north-bound arm is open Monday to Friday from 7 am to 11 pm.
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