In some relief to commuters from the traffic woes on the BKC to Eastern Express Highway route, the work on the elevated road connecting BKC with Chunabhatti is nearing completion and the road will be open for public use by September, according to a Mid-Day report.
Commuters on this route face heavy traffic near the Kurla-Sion Bandra Link Road stretch. Metropolitan Commissioner R A Rajeev told Mid-Day that construction work on the BKC-Chunabhatti elevated connector has been completed. "Only blacktopping (surfacing with tar) the road is pending which will be done post monsoon and the road will be thrown open for motorists in September," he said.
The MMRDA, last month, launched six major girders each over Sion Rail Over Bridge (ROB) and Chunabhatti Rail Over Bridge (ROB). This helped the MMRDA to construct a bridge across the Mithi River along the Rail Over Bridge over Central Railway tracks near Sion station and over Harbour Railway tracks near Chunabhatti station. The Elevated Connector from BKC to EEH cost MMRDA Rs 155-crore. This elevated connector will help to decongest traffic in the Sion-Dharavi area.
