Keypoints:
- With the improvement of roads and construction of missing links as mentioned in the ‘Development Plan- 2034’, the civic body has set a target of achieving speed of 40 km per hour on Mumbai roads by 2030.
- Officials from the road department said that improvement of more roads will be undertaken as BMC polls are going to take place next year.
- Mumbai has a road network of over 2,100 km, of which roads spanning 2,000 km are maintained by the BMC.
The repair and construction of the roads spanning over 157 km over the Mumbai City will be taken by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over the next year. The civic body has proposed to spend Rs 1,600 crore on the improvement of roads for the year 2021 – 22.More than 90 per cent of these roads meant to be repaired, will be upgraded to cement concrete.
In this year, the civic body will be repairing some of the busiest roads such as CP Tank Road and Kalbadevi Road in island city, Link Road and SV Road in western suburbs, Lake Road and Valji Ladha Road in Mulund and St Anthony Road at Chembur in eastern suburbs.
Out of the total 157-km proposed road repairs, 145-km roads will be repaired with cement concrete, that has long durability, the remaining 12-km roads will be repaired with asphalt.
Officials from the road department said that improvement of more roads will be undertaken as BMC polls are going to take place next year. “Every year during monsoons, the civic body faces criticism from motorists on bad roads and potholes. We will complete repairs with cement concrete, so that the problem of potholes can be minimised,” said an official from the roads and traffic department.
Mumbai municipal corporation Development Plan 2034 is a 20-year master plan which will oversee development in the city of dreams. The plan includes steps to boost affordable housing, education, wealth and social amenities, open spaces, and Floor Space Index (FSI).
