Languishing for almost two years, finally the project of constructing a pair of bridges over Ulhas Creek at Motagaon in Kalyan may commence soon with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis performing ground breaking ceremony on Sunday.
The ceremony was held near Durgadi Fort on Sunday afternoon. "The two bridges have been proposed considering the growing populace and vehicular traffic on the Mankoli-Dombivali stretch," said an MMRDA official.
The 1.3km long Mankoli-Motagaon bridge will connect Kalyan with Dombivali railway station reducing the distance to 4 km; the 820 meter bridge near Durgadi Fort over Ulhas Creek will help decongest the existing Creek Bridge and reduce the Mumbai-Nashik travel time. Both the bridges are aimed at reducing traffic chaos, travel time and pollution that is being caused by heavy vehicular traffic.
The Rs 223 crore Mankoli-Motagaon bridge is expected to be completed within the period of 36 months and the Rs76 crore bridge over Ulhas Creek near Durgadi Fort is expected to be completed within the period of 24 months.
The bridges will connect the National Highway-3 (NH-3) with the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) area. The bridge will also provide vital connectivity between NH-3 and Kalyan bypass.
The bidding process for these bridges had got over in September 2014, and since then, it took two years for the MMRDA to perform bhoomipujan. Hadit managed to begin construction immediately after finalising the tenders, at least the second bridge over Ulhas Bridge near Durgadi Fort would have been in the finishing stages and in a couple of months would have been inaugurated for larger public benefit
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