"We will not al
low two and three-wheelers to ply on the bridge," Sanjay Barve, Jt Commissioner of Police (Traffic) told reporters here on Monday.
Without elaborating the reason for taking such an action, which might contract the toll revenue, Barve trying to clear the "misconceptions" said that the bridge would ease the traffic.
Half of the bridge will be opened today, while remaining work to complete the other half might take upto the year-end, HCC Chairman and Managing Director Ajit Gulabchand said.
HCC is constructing the bridge, implemented by the Maharshtra State Road Development Corporation.
The bridge would provide an additional moving outlet from the island city to the Western suburbs and thereby providing much-needed relief to the congested Mahim causeway, which records around 1.25 lakh public vehicles in a day.
The Bandra-Worli sea link project was conceived in the 1990s. But plagued by a series of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) from fishermen and environmentalists, the work on the project could not take off till October 2004.
Agitations, however, forced MSRDC to make drastic changes, to the tune of 80 per cent, in the design of the bridge which, in turn, escalated the cost of the project by around Rs 350 crore from the initial planned outlay of Rs 1,306 crore to Rs 1,650 crore.
The new look of the bridge, however, is a beauty - a treat to the eyes. It will certainly become a thriving tourist spot in the island city. Another destination in the "Mumbai Darshan" package.
For further details visit as : www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200906300920.htm
low two and three-wheelers to ply on the bridge," Sanjay Barve, Jt Commissioner of Police (Traffic) told reporters here on Monday.Without elaborating the reason for taking such an action, which might contract the toll revenue, Barve trying to clear the "misconceptions" said that the bridge would ease the traffic.
Half of the bridge will be opened today, while remaining work to complete the other half might take upto the year-end, HCC Chairman and Managing Director Ajit Gulabchand said.
HCC is constructing the bridge, implemented by the Maharshtra State Road Development Corporation.
The bridge would provide an additional moving outlet from the island city to the Western suburbs and thereby providing much-needed relief to the congested Mahim causeway, which records around 1.25 lakh public vehicles in a day.
The Bandra-Worli sea link project was conceived in the 1990s. But plagued by a series of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) from fishermen and environmentalists, the work on the project could not take off till October 2004.
Agitations, however, forced MSRDC to make drastic changes, to the tune of 80 per cent, in the design of the bridge which, in turn, escalated the cost of the project by around Rs 350 crore from the initial planned outlay of Rs 1,306 crore to Rs 1,650 crore.
The new look of the bridge, however, is a beauty - a treat to the eyes. It will certainly become a thriving tourist spot in the island city. Another destination in the "Mumbai Darshan" package.
For further details visit as : www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200906300920.htm
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