Source: IANS
The MCRP, which is named officially as ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Coastal Motorway’, is being executed by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporatoin (BMC) from its own resources.
As per Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s suggestion, the CSMCM will be toll-free for Mumbai commuters and will cut short the travel time from Worli to Marine Lines, a distance of 10.58 km, from the existing 50 minutes to barely 15 minutes.
When fully completed, the 8-lane, 29.2 km long grade-separated motorway will link Marine Drive with Kandivali suburb via the city’s western coastal route, the first of its kind in the state and billed an engineering marvel, costing around Rs 12,700 crore.
The work on MCRP was first proposed by the Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray in 2013, the work on the project started in 2017-2018.
Later in November 2019, work slowed down due to the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown before picking up pace later. By June 2022, the work was about 65% complete.
