Changing City: Coastal Road project to ease woes, change traffic flow in south Mumbai

In 2016, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) carried out a feasibility study for the Coastal Road project – which had been proposed over a decade ago – to boost the transportation network and plan for future growth. The study underlined the requirement of a new arterial road along the Western Coast in support of BMC’s proposal to construct the Coastal Road. A look at the project today:

Phase 1: In south Mumbai, from BD Somani Chowk, 280 metres before the Princess Street Flyover at the end of Marine Drive, to the Worli side of the Bandra-Worli Sea link.