Mumbai

Travelling on the old Mumbai-Pune and Mumbai-Goa highway is set to get faster by a minimum of 35 minutes. A 2-km flyover coming up on the main highway will not only save you from traffic snarls near Panvel ST bus depot, but take you to Goa end of Panvel in just five minutes. Another 1.8-km flyover, being built between Khanda Colony and New Panvel over a railway line, will ease traffic movement in this crowded suburb.

The flyover on the old Mumbai-Pune Highway (NH-4) is being built by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (MSRDCL) and is expected to be complete by the end of the next year. The construction of the flyover is being funded by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). It is estimated to cost around Rs. 140 crore.

Work on the flyover started in August 2009. “Resettlement of a few hutment dwellers and ensuring that traffic is not disrupted during construction are some of the challenges we faced,” said MSRDC superintending engineer M D Koli. He expressed optimism about flyover work being completed within the stipulated time. Nearly 40% of the work on both the flyovers, including digging and construction of pillars, has already been completed.

The second flyover is being constructed between ST bus depot in Panvel and Garden hotel near Vashi Naka. The project is estimated to be complete by February 2012. The flyover is being built by the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (Cidco), with help from the railways. The project also includes increasing the width of the road and construction of an underground passage for pedestrians. A single-pillar construction, the flyover will have four lanes dedicated to Mumbai-Pune or Mumbai-Goa traffic. There will be two lanes on either side leading to the city.

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