The BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) has issued a request for proposals for all six packages of the Rs 16,621 crore Versova-Dahisar phase of the Coastal Road project-North extension.

Once complete, the Versova-Dahisar extension of the coastal road is expected to reduce the travel time by 70 per cent and will decongest the SV Road, Link Road, and Western Express Highway (WEH), which are the currently the only available mode of travel between north and south Mumbai.

The Versova-Dahisar extension will comprise of six packages. The package A will cover a length of 4.5-km and will include elevated roads, a basket bridge, and an arterial road built on stilts. This phase will connect the under construction Versova–Bandra Sea Link interchange in Versova to Lokhandwala.

The package B will be provide connectivity with the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project which aims to connect the Western and Eastern Express Highways. Last week, the BMC awarded the construction contract for two underground tunnels as part of the GMLR project to a joint venture between NCC, based in Hyderabad, and J Kumar Infra Projects, located in Mumbai.