Repair work on the Sion bridge will finally begin next month as the ball-bearings and jacks needed for it are ready to be shipped from Nashik and Bangalore to Mumbai by the end of this month. Motorists on the Eastern Express Highway and Dr Ambedkar Road from Sion to South Mumbai will face traffic snarls though, during the repair work.

"Manufacturing of the jacks is going on near Bangalore and that of the ball-bearings is on near Nashik. By this month end, we are hoping to procure both after which work of replacement will begin," Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) chief engineer Anilkumar Gaikwad told mid-day, adding that work will be completed in a month's time.