The spectacular Bandra Worli Sea Link will open to traffic on Maharashtra Day
The spectacular Bandra Worli Sea Link will open to traffic on Maharashtra Day
Your wait to commute on the much-awaited Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL) is about to end. One side of the
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ENJOY THE VIEW: The Bandra Worli Sea Link project is in its last phase. PICs/SAYED SAMEER ABEDI. |
ambitious project consisting of four lanes will be completed on April 15, and vehicular traffic will be allowed only from May 1. The second side is expected to be ready after the monsoons.
The delay in opening the BWSL to traffic is because the MSRDC needs time to clear machines used for construction and to level the road. The biggest hurdle will be moving a 1,260-tonne crane from the south (Worli) to the north (Bandra). It will take over a week to move the crane.
Almost thereA senior engineer from the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) that is constructing the BWSL said, "We expect to connect Bandra with Worli anytime between April 15 and 18. But traffic will be allowed on the 5.6-km bridge only from May 1."
Sources in Mantralaya confirmed that Vimal Mundada, PWD minister and MSRDC chairperson, asked officials to start the BWSL by May 1 during a meeting yesterday.
At present, the project is in its last phase though two 50-metre pillars and four 24 metre pillars have yet to be connected at the Worli end.
Rs 1,604 croreThe total cost of the project
75,000The number of vehicles the MSRDC expects on the BWSL every day
35,000
Vehicles that presently use the Bandra-Mahim route who are expected to take the BWSL
Rs 40
The amount you will have to pay to commute one way on the BWSL
