Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation plans to develop 2 new arms of flyover to ease traffic congestion

In view of the increasing traffic congestion, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to develop two new arms of a flyover that connects Koparkhairane with the MIDC area above the Thane-Belapur Road;with these new arms in place, motorists will be able to board the flyover directly from the Thane-Belapur Road and alight from it

In view of the increasing traffic congestion, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is planning to develop two new arms of a flyover that connects Koparkhairane with the MIDC area above the Thane-Belapur Road.

To ease traffic congestion, Navi Mumbai civic body plans to develop two new arms of a flyover that connects Koparkhairane with the MIDC area above the Thane-Belapur Road. (BACHCHAN KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

With these new arms in place, motorists will be able to board the flyover directly from the Thane-Belapur Road and alight from it.

After conducting multiple surveys, the officials from the engineering department prepared a detailed project report (DPR) that will soon be sent for approval to the civic body. They have estimated a budget of ₹44Cr for this work.

The flyover was developed by CIDCO around two decades ago.

Sanjay Khatal, executive engineer of NMMC said, “CIDCO had developed the flyover so that people from Koparkhairane (and its adjacent Ghansoli) can directly travel to the MIDC area above the Thane-Belapur Road. However, there is no provision for the vehicles on Thane-Belapur Road to go either to Koparkhairane or to MIDC at that junction. So, those vehicles have to travel some more distance to enter these places and that creates traffic congestion in the area. Therefore, we are planning to develop one arm on the right-hand side and the other arm on the left-hand side of the flyover.

Manish Shirke, a 56-year-old activist from Koparkhairane, said, “A large number of people from Thane travel to their workplaces in Mahape and Shilphata (both in the MIDC area) daily. So, apart from the local residents of Navi Mumbai, all those people will be benefited by the proposed new arms.”