Mahalaxmi Bridge Redevelopment Shows How To Build Without Paralysing City Traffic
October 15, 2025: Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi bridge is being redeveloped into a modern cable-stayed structure quietly alongside the old bridge, demonstrating how infrastructure projects can progress without causing major traffic chaos. Unlike earlier bridge reconstructions at Elphinstone, Sion, Lower Parel, and Gokhale, which disrupted traffic for years, the Mahalaxmi project allows the existing bridge to remain […]
BMC Moves Ahead With Pier Construction For Coastal Road Despite Awaiting Clearances
August 23, 2025: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has commenced pier construction and other preliminary work in non-Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas for the ambitious 27-kilometre Versova-Bhayandar Coastal Road project. Full-scale construction is expected to begin by the end of September, pending final approvals from the state mangrove cell, officials said. The coastal road, designed […]
Historic Belasis Bridge Near Mumbai Central To Be Rebuilt By Year-End 2025
August 12, 2025: Significant progress has been made in the reconstruction of the Belasis flyover, a key connector between Tardeo-Nagpada and Mumbai Central railway station. The 130-year-old British-era Belasis bridge is currently being demolished and rebuilt. While Western Railway undertakes work within the railway’s jurisdiction, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is managing the construction of […]
BMC Plans Big Manpower Push For Rs 16,621-Crore VDLR Project
August 5, 2025: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to strengthen its Bridges Department with the proposed deployment of nearly 200 additional engineers to supervise the ambitious Versova–Dahisar Link Road (VDLR) project. This move comes as the department faces mounting pressure from multiple large-scale works, including the Goregaon–Mulund Link Road (GMLR), the Madh–Versova bridge, […]
Green Signal For Madh–Versova Bridge As Environmental Clearance Granted
July 28, 2025: A major step forward has been made in the long-delayed ₹239 crore Madh–Versova bridge project, with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) granting environmental clearance this week. The approval brings Mumbai closer to constructing a crucial fixed-link bridge connecting the Madh and Versova jetties—currently linked only by ferry services […]
Mumbai’s Rs 3,990 Cr Madh-Versova Bridge Inches Closer To Approval
July 25, 2025: More than five decades after it was first proposed in Mumbai’s 1967 Development Plan, the Madh–Versova bridge is on the brink of becoming a reality. The Maharashtra state government has submitted a request to the Deputy Director General of Forests (Central), seeking final environmental clearance for the long-awaited project. Once constructed, the […]
Final Phase Of SCLR To Deliver Signal-Free Link Between Chembur And BKC By This Month
July 23, 2025: Mumbai’s infrastructure development is set for a major milestone with the final phase of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) extension nearing completion. Scheduled to become operational by July 2025, the project will establish a fully signal-free east-west corridor, significantly easing travel between Chembur and Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC). A key feature of this […]
Ghatkopar Bridge Project Pushed to 2027 Due to Encroachment Issues
To reduce traffic in the eastern suburbs of the city, the bridge—a vital connection between Ghatkopar East and West—is being completely rebuilt. The 78-year-old building, which was first built in the British era, gained attention following the collapse of the Gokhale Bridge and prompted structural checks throughout Mumbai. The Ghatkopar ROB was deemed overburdened and […]
Mumbai’s First Cable-Stayed Reay Road Bridge to Open on May 13
On the evening of May 13, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will officially launch the Reay Road bridge in Mumbai.Another road overbridge over railway lines at Titwala will also be remotely opened from the location. The event is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m. Since the previous bridge was demolished in February 2022 and the […]
BMC Plans Two Key Road Projects & Cable-Stayed Bridge To Ease Traffic At Mulund-Airoli Junction
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is studying two significant road construction projects in an effort to reduce traffic at the congested Prabhu Shri Ram Chowk, also called the Mulund-Airoli Junction, on the Eastern Express Highway (EEH). The decision follows a detailed meeting held on Monday at the BMC headquarters between Mulund MLA Mihir Kotecha and […]