Extension Existing Dahisar Tender

Scope Extension of existing Dahisar Link road to Mira road west and onwards to Bhayandar west in Maharashtra.Working towards increasing the connectivity between Mumbai and Mumbai Metropolitan Region MMR Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC is all set to build a road connecting Mumbai- Mira Bhayandar citing growing public demand. BMC will construct the proposed 6 km long 45-metre wide road from the existing Dahisar Link Road to Bhayandar west cutting down the travel time and crazy traffic snarls on the parallel route on the Western Express Highway WEH.The project cost is estimated to be over Rs 3000 crores. And this will become the sixth road to connect Mumbai to MMR and will be connecting Dahisar West to Bhayander West and further. Besides this alignment of the proposed road traverses through mangroves Salt pan land for which the civic body will have to obtain necessary environmental clearance from the concerned authorities. Due to the presence of mangroves the consultant has designed an elevated corridor through this stretch.The project will cut down a significant amount of travel time besides easing the traffic load on WEH. The project is currently in the process of handing over. This handing over process will take at least a months time.The said project was proposed by MMRDA in its regional plan and MMRDA had requested BMC to incorporate the said extension in Development Plan 2034. However MMRDA did not start the project yet for various.A joint meeting was held under the chairmanship of BMC commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on December 16 2021. It was decided that the BMC will implement and execute the project by continuing the same consultant named STUP consultant - the firm that had carried out technical feasibility report for the project for MMRDA. It was also decided that MMRDA shall hand over all the technical feasibility reports of a consultant to MCGM.Further MMRDA and BMCs chief engineer shall follow up with the state urban development department for obtaining approval for incorporating the extension plan of the 45-metre wide road in DP 2034.