MAHARASHTRA Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said new infrastructure projects in Mumbai would help create seamless north-south and eastwest connectivity, helping realise the vision of reducing travel time across the city to 50 to 60 minutes. Fadnavis was speaking after virtually inaugurating three new flyovers -- the railway overbridges at Sion in the island city and Vidyavihar in the eastern suburbs, and a flyover on the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) in the western suburbs. “These infrastructure projects will be important in our plan to reach from one part of Mumbai to another in 50 to 60 minutes,” he said, adding that improved traffic flow would facilitate better movement and enhance ease of living.

 

The three projects aim to improve east-west connectivity, reduce travel time and ease traffic congestion at key junctions in the city. The reconstructed Sion railway overbridge has been built after demolishing the 112-yearold British-era structure, which was declared unsafe in 2019. The new flyover will facilitate the planned construction of the fifth and sixth railway lines between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Kurla under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-II).