Mumbai: Goregaon-Mulund link road project proposed in four phases, will have underground twin tunnel

The GoregaonMulund Link Road GMLR Project being undertaken by the BMC is proposed to constructed in four phases the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidIn an official statement on Saturday the BMC said the fourth and the most important EastWest link planned for providing the muchneeded connectivity for the suburbs At present the existing road connectivity from east to west of Santacruz ndash Chembur Link Road Andheri ndash Ghatkopar Link Road Jogeshwari ndash Vikhroli Link Road are already saturated resulting into traffic congestion and subsequent impact on the environment The GMLR envisages road connectivity from Western Express Highway at Goregaon in the Western suburb to Eastern Express Highway at Mulund in the Eastern suburbIt said the total length of GMLR is 122 Km with an underground twin tunnel below Sanjay Gandhi National Park SGNP of length 47 Km The completion of the GMLR will vastly decongest the existing road network of the Mumbairsquos suburbsPhase I ROB at Nahur Railway stationThe first phase consists of widening of ROB at Nahur Railway station from 1 X1 lane to a 4X4 lane with service road Estimated cost for the work is Rs 2023 Crore The work is in progress and expected date of completion is May 2023Phase II Widening of GMLRThis phase consists of widening and improvement of the existing 30 m wide road on both sides along the alignment of the proposed tunnel to its full width of 4570 mts as per the Development Plan for total length of 530 Km The total cost of this component is Rs130 crores The work is in progress and expected date of completion is May 2023Also Read Elevated road from Dahisar to MiraBhayander to be completed in 42 months BMCPhase IIIA Improvement of major intersectionsThis phase consists of Design and Construction of Flyovers and Elevated Rotary along GoregaonMulund Link Road at the following1 Junction near Ratnagiri Hotel Goregaon Length 126 Km Width 242 m 3x3 lane2 Elevated Rotary at Junction of GG Singh Road and GMLR3 Hedgewar Junction Mulund Length 185 Km Width 242 m 3x3 laneThe flyover proposed on single pier with prestressed precast segmental box girder having good aesthetical appearance At Dr Hedgewar junction cable stayed bridge of 120 m span is proposed with advanced lighting illumination to the cableThe total cost of this component is Rs66606 crores The work is in progress and expected date of completion is Jan 2025Phase IIIB Tunnel constructionThis phase consists of Twin Tunnel below Sanjay Gandhi National Park SGNP with Box tunnel in Film city Goregaonbull Length of twin tunnel 470Km eachbull Dia of Tunnel13 m internal finish Diameterbull Approx Length of Box tunnel within Film city 160Km including open cuts film city side approachesbull Tunnel depth varying from 20mt to 160 mt Approxbull Mulund side approaches032 Kmbull Total Road length 662 Km Approxbull Cross passages at every 300mbull Approximate cost of tunnel including cut amp cover box tunnel Rs6322 Croresbull Two numbers new Tunnel Boring Machine TBM with shield having advanced technology for tunnel boringbull Advance Technology for Ventilation and lighting system with electronic surveillancebull Provision of cameras and a linear heat detection system inside the tunnel to alert the Integrated Tunnel Control Room ITCRbull SOS boxes installed every 150 m will act as emergency hotlines for commuters in distressTender is floated and work is likely to start from March 2023At tunnel portal on Mulund side about 711 structures are affected on plot bearing CTS no4693 of village Nahur out of which about 51 structures are commercial structures The said plot belongs to GoM In addition forest department has asked to accommodate about 100 PAPs of national park area as a one of the compliances of wild life NOCThe total cost of this component is Rs33271 crores Seven buildings of G23 stories are planned for occupying 908 PAP tenements at village Kanjur at LBS marg Kanjur West Work started from Oct 2022Phase IV Arrangements over Eastern and Western Express HighwayIt is proposed to start the work of 122 km long flyovers with cable stayed span at EEH and underpass over Western Express Highway when the work of underground tunnel is in progressFollowing the completion of the GoregaonMulund Link Road project a new link road will be available for Mumbai metropolitan transport to the western suburbs and eastern suburbs to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport and to the Airoli to KalyanDombivali Municipal areas the BMC saidThe statement further said the total length of GMLR is 1220 Km which includes tunnels of length of 63 km Elevated flyover of 437 Km and remaining 153 km of at grade road This link between Eastern Suburbs and Western Suburbs not only decongest the existing traffic of Mumbai Suburbs but also reduce the travel time from 75 min to 20 25 min This will result in fuel saving and will enhance Air Quality Index of Mumbai This is one of the initiatives of BMC towards improving the standard of living of Mumbai Citizens