Mumbai: BMC to construct a 4-km-long service road parallel to Eastern Freeway

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed to create a service road that would run parallel to the Eastern Freeway, which connects PD Mello Road in south Mumbai to Eastern Express Highway (EEH) in Chembur. Sources in the civic body said the initiative has been taken to declutter traffic movement and allow smooth flow of ambulance and fire brigade engines along the stretch during the time of emergencies.

Senior officials of the BMC’s roads department said the proposed service road would be four-kilometre-long and would extend between Bhakti Park in Wadala to Jeejamata Chowk. A Rs 62-crore fund has been earmarked for this project, they added.