Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde partially inaugurated Mumbai Coastal Road (MCR), named after Dharmaveer Swarajya Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar were also present during the inauguration event in Mumbai on Monday, March 11.
MCR opened 9.5 kilometres of its entire 10.58-kilometre stretch for vehicular movement at Worli today. "The coastal road is a major milestone that will help us minimise pollution. The open spaces of the coastal road will be connected with Mahalaxmi Racecourse with an underground tunnel that will collectively become an open space of up to 300 acres," said Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
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Eknath Shinde Inaugurated Mumbai Coastal Road:
The construction of the Mumbai Coastal Road started in 2018, and the expected project cost was decided at Rs 12,721 crore. CM Eknath Shinde has said a world-class central park spread over 320 acres will be built along the ‘Dharmaveer Swarajya Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Coastal Road’.
The 10.5-kilometer-long stretch will be opened for traffic in the first phase. Motorists can enter the coastal road from Worli Seaface, Haji Ali interchange and Amarson's interchange points and exit at Marine Lines.