Major hurdles cleared for Mumbai Coastal Road project; work to begin soon: Goyal

Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday that all major hurdles in the Mumbai Coastal Road project, planned to extend up to Virar in Palghar district, have been resolved and that work on it will begin soon.

The ambitious Coastal Road now runs from Marine Drive in south Mumbai to Worli, where it connects to the Bandra Worli Sea Link. In later phases, the road will be taken to Versova and then to Virar, which is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

Once completed, the travel time from Nariman Point to Virar is expected to be reduced to just 35 to 40 minutes.