Piling work begins for Mumbai Coastal Road (North) connector despite pending decision on Savarkar flyover demolition
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The connector will link Mindspace in Malad to the Dindoshi sessions court.
Work kicked off from the Dindoshi end of the alignment despite the final decision on demolishing the Savarkar flyover—an obstacle along the route—still pending. "This is a 4.5-km connector, and piling started from the Dindoshi side. So far, permissions are in place only up to the Oberoi Mall junction," said a civic official.
The Veer Savarkar flyover, located nearly three kilometres onwards from the current work zone, is now being assessed for demolition.
Officials say the structure, completed in Aug 2018 at a cost of Rs 27 crore, obstructs the elevated connector's alignment and may be replaced by a two-deck structure, with the flyover forming the lower deck.
TOI reported on Tuesday that as part of the Coastal Road 2 project—which will eventually link Versova and Dahisar—the demolition of the existing flyover may become inevitable, said officials. "The slip road will greatly reduce, making it difficult for a fire tender also to pass by if we move ahead without demolishing the Savarkar flyover," said an official.
Congress MLA from Malad Aslam Shaikh said the connector is planned from his constituency and that the demolition of a flyover is a serious concern.
Former Goregaon corporator Deepak Thakur said the contractor has already begun surveying the area for the connector to be built further ahead of Dindoshi.
Mumbai Coastal Road (North), or Versova Dahisar Link Road (VDLR), is a 22-km alignment that includes roads on land, elevated sections, on stilts, a cable-stayed bridge and a cut-and-cover tunnel beneath a creek.
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