Six months after its opening, Potholes have appeared on the Vile Parle Flyover; Activists are Concerned
Six months after its official opening, the recently constructed flyover at Vile Parle on the Western Express Highway (WEH) has sustained damage. In order to reduce traffic at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Domestic Terminal (T1) Junction, the structure was created. The surface of the flyover, which has a very short lifespan, has started […]
Traffic Congestion Relieve: Bridge connecting Kandivali with the Western Express Highway Inaugurated
Piyush Goyal, a Mumbai North MP and union minister, officially opened the Akurli Bridge on Tuesday. This bridge is a crucial link in the western suburbs that connects Kandivali with the Western Express Highway (WEH). Authorities started working on this bridge’s construction in 2019. However, Goyal gave the authorities instructions to complete the building work […]
MMRDA Asserts PWD’s Responsibility for Andheri East Flyover Repairs
In the ongoing dispute between the MMRDA and the BMC over the responsibility for repairing the deteriorating Jog flyover in Andheri East, the MMRDA has clarified that the flyover falls under the ownership of the Public Works Department (PWD). The MMRDA highlighted a 2015 Bombay High Court order that assigns repair responsibilities to the PWD. […]
BMC assigns MMRDA the task of fixing Andheri’s Jog flyover
The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has been directed to repair the Andheri flyover by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) following a large slab falling on a car and injuring the driver a few weeks ago on the Western Express Highway (WEH). According to HT’s article on June 28, the flyover’s superstructure is in […]
BMC Requests Fast Repairs for the Andheri WEH Flyover After Safety Report
The Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) had submitted a scathing assessment to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) deeming the flyover on the Western Express Highway (WEH) close to the Chakala junction in Andheri (East) hazardous. Immediate fixes have been requested in the report. According to reports, the BMC reportedly acquired ownership of the WEH from […]
BMC Awaits MMRDA Approval to Repair ‘Precarious’ WEH Flyover at Chakala
The Andheri flyover on the Western Express Highway (WEH) at Chakala junction in Andheri East has been flagged as being in a precarious condition, necessitating urgent repairs, according to an April audit report by the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI). However, repair work has yet to commence due to the absence of structural drawings and […]
There will be traffic bottlenecks on the Western Express Highway in Kandivali, Mumbai, at least till August
A Medium article claims that because to the gas pipeline near the piling site, the expansion construction on the Akurli Underpass in Kandivali East, which had begun in 2019, was halted in June 2023. In contrast to the initial 40-day deadline, Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) took six months, according to Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority […]
MSRDC collected ₹120.84 crore in toll on two highways in six months
Car owners in Mumbai and surrounding areas have paid ₹120.84 crore in toll for using the Eastern and Western Express Highways in the first half of 2023, according to data from the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation. The toll is for the flyovers and bridges across the city, not the highways themselves, said Radheshyam Mopalwar, […]