Mumbai: 58% of coastal road work over – Times of India

The BMC said on Wednesday that 58% of the total work on the Coastal Road project’s first phase (Marine Drive to Worli) has been finished.
Tunnels
69.5% complete
Down tunnel: 100% complete
Up tunnel: 39% complete

Bridge piles
40% complete
Out of 175 monopiles* to be installed for bridges, 70 already dug in

* First use of technology in India, as per BMC. In the monopile (stilt) system, a single solid column is erected instead of a group pile comprising four pillars
Route
2.1km tunnel (from near Princess St to Priyadarshini Park, Malabar Hill)
3km of bridges on stilts
4.9km of roads on reclaimed land along sea wall
Reclamations
97% complete
Total to be done: 111 hectares
Finished: 107 hectares
Sea wall
70% work over
The sea wall is to run all along the Coastal Road route as a wave breaker
Poll pressure
The Coastal Road project is targeted to be finished by November 2023. Experts say the deadline is expected to be met given that 2024 will be a year of major elections
“The project, 42% of work is in progress, at various stages,” said Chakradhar Kandalkar, chief engineer, coastal road project.
Municipal commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said, “We are determined to finish 90% of the project by the end of the 2022-2023 financial year.”