07-07-2025
First phase of Mumbai's tree-lined Coastal Road promenade to open 15 July
The first phase includes 3.05-km stretch from Priyadarshini Park to Haji Ali Junction and a 1.7-km stretch from Baroda Place to Worli Bindumadhav Thackeray Chowk, a BMC official told ThePrint.
The first phase of the planned promenade will be inaugurated a year after the coastal road's north and southbound lanes were opened last year.
Mumbai : The wait for Mumbai's seaside promenade will soon be over. The first phase of the Coastal Road promenade is all set to open to the public on 15 July, providing much-wanted relief to residents in a city starved of open spaces.
'We are happy to inform that the promenade is set to open to the public from July 15. The total length of the promenade that we are constructing is 7.5 km and the remaining section will be opened by September,' the senior BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) engineer overseeing the project said.
The width of the promenade will be around 15 metres and it will have cycling tracks and walking tracks for the public. It will be adorned by tree plantations throughout.
'This is one of the longest seaside promenades in the country once fully complete,' the official said.
Entry and exit points will be provided from Bhulabhai Desai Road near Amarson Garden and BMC's pay-and-park facility at Bhulabhai Desai Road and Bindu Madhav Thackeray Junction.
The official said they have planned 11 underpasses for the public to access the promenade, but only four will be opened in the first phase. The four will be located at Amarsons Garden, Mahalaxmi Temple, Bindu Madhav Chowk and Worli Dairy. The BMC also plans to have bio-toilets at these junctions.
The BMC has also planned parking places, two of which will be opened at the stretch in Worli. Each parking space will have the capacity to hold 225 cars
The total cost of the entire coastal road was Rs 13,000 crore and the civic body has spent around Rs 35 crore on the promenades.
However, heavy rainfall days still pose a challenge. A portion of the promenade's pavement and parapet wall close to the tunnels near Priyadarshani Garden was damaged last Thursday after it was hit by waves.
The intensity of the waves was so strong that some tiles and materials from the promenade got dislodged and fell on the coastal road's northbound carriageway.
'This was unusually high tides of 4.75 metres. During such times, we will have to take precautions. Otherwise, there are no issues,' the BMC official said.
Mumbai experienced the highest tide of the season on Thursday, with waves reaching up to 4.75 metres. The civic body had issued an advisory.
(Edited by Sugita Katyal)
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