24.12.12

Pedder Road flyover update


Work on the proposed Pedder Road flyover may start early next year, with the government floating a tender for national competitive bidding among developers. Builders will have to submit their design and construction proposals by February 14, 2013 for the project, which is meant to decongest the western corridor.
MSRDC senior officials said work could start in April. The proposed flyover, estimated to cost Rs 380 crore, has already received environmental clearance from the ministry of environment and forests, crossing perhaps the final hurdle in its way. The traffic police, which will plan and manage traffic diversions for nearly two years of construction, have also given their nod for soil testing. Authorities hope that the flyover, which will run from Lala Lajpatrai College on Annie Besant Road near Haji Ali to Wilson College on Marine
Drive, will be able to stem the heavy flow of traffic, that has increased ever since the Bandra-Worli Sea Link was opened in 2009.
Keeping in mind the Pedder Road residents’ grouse that air and noise pollution will go up, the MoEF has asked MSRDC to instal noise barriers during work. “Thick vegetation cover will be used for the attenuation of noise. Stationary construction equipment should be placed away from habitation... High noise generating construction activities should be carried out only during the day... Big solarpowered air purifiers should be mounted on streetlight poles,” the MOEF has instructed the MSRDC in its green clearance.

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