The crucial segment of the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project is nearing completion and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Friday informed that the flyover between Dindoshi Court and Film City in Goregaon will be opened for traffic on May 31 this year.
The Rs 6,500-crore GMLR project aims to substantially reduce travel time between Goregaon in the western suburbs and Mulund in the east.
The second phase of the project involves the construction of a flyover at Goregaon, which will eventually connect with a 5.3 km long twin tunnel, which will pass under the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and link Goregaon with Mulund.
According to senior civic officials, on the western front, the flyover will start at Dindoshi Court near Ratnagiri Hotel junction, curve at a 90-degree angle and finally land near Film City. In total, the bridge has 31 pillars and 30 spans.
On Friday, the BMC announced that 75 per cent of the total works have been completed so far with 30 pillars out of 31 executed and 17 of the 30 sections completed. Officials said, “Construction work on the solid approach and ancillary structures on both sides of the flyover is progressing at a rapid pace. To complete the work before monsoon, all adequate machinery and manpower must be made available,” a senior civic official said.
Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar directed civic staff to ensure that the flyover is opened for vehicular traffic by May 31. “A deadline has been fixed for installation of pillar beams, pouring works of roof slabs, approach roads etc. The necessary technical parameters in terms of structural stability, transport load capacity and safety are being adhered to. To save time, some works have to be carried out in parallel,” Bangar told officials on Friday.
The GMLR, the fourth east-west connector of its kind, seeks to reduce travel time between the eastern and western suburbs from 75 minutes to 25 minutes.
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Earlier on Thursday evening, the final consignment of the second TBM, which will be used to construct the twin tunnels, also arrived at the work site near the launch shaft in Goregaon. Preparing for the final excavation of the tunnel, scheduled to begin in June 2026, the BMC is currently removing mud from the launch shaft. Senior officials stated that starting in March, the first parts of the tunnel boring machine will be lowered and assembled.