Goregaon-Dahisar traffic to increase as Metro 7 work begins

MUMBAI: Travellers frequenting the Western Express Highway and western suburbs, particularly between Andheri and Dahisar, need to brace for more traffic snarls from

MUMBAI: Travellers frequenting the Western Express Highway and western suburbs, particularly between Andheri and Dahisar, need to brace for more traffic snarls from Monday, as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Developing Authority (MMRDA) plans to barricade the roads for construction of the Metro 7 corridor.

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Three contractors will barricade a one kilometre stretch each at three locations. M/s Simplex will barricade the stretch from Hub Mall to the beginning of Aarey flyover; M/s J Kumar will barricade between Pathanwadi and Pushpa Park, and M/s NCC will do it between Metro Mall and Devipada.

The planning and developing authority for Mumbai Metropolitan Region added that the work will take about 10 to 12 days, after which utility wrenching will begin around August 20.

MMRDA is building the Metro-7 corridor between Andheri (East) and Dahisar (East). The estimated cost of the elevated corridor is Rs6,200 crore. It will have 30 stations.

The corridor is expected to severely affect traffic on Western express highway and western suburbs.

Commuters said it usually takes 1.30 to 2.30 hours to travel from Bandra to Dahisar via Western Express Highway. Barricading a total of three kilometres is expected to bring down the speed of traffic, leading to the increase in travel time.

Taking this into consideration, the MMRDA has appealed to citizens to cooperate with them. “We request people to cooperate with us to complete the project in time. It will relieve traffic congestion on WEH. The corridor will save time, energy, fuel and improve the environment,” said Pravin Darade, additional metropolitan commissioner, MMRDA.