Mumbai's Mega Coastal Road Phase-2 Gets Big 'Thumbs Up' From Commuters
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Mumbai Coastal Road: The remaining part of the project running up to Bandra Worli Sea Link is expected to be completed in a month or so and the entire phase will be fully ready by October affording Mumbaikars huge relief by saving time, fuel, pollution and other benefits.
Excited Mumbaikars gave a broad smile and a big 'thumbs up' as the second phase of the Mumbai Coastal Road (MCR) was thrown open for motorists - a day after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde inaugurated it with a drive in a 94-year-old vintage Rolls Royce beauty.
Scores of vehicles were seen entering the south-north arm of the MCR at Marine Lines and the motorists were pleasantly surprised to complete the commute till Haji Ali junction in barely 8 minutes flat - a far cry from the agonising nearly one hour it took till yesterday.
Many motorists raved about the MCR - officially a mouthful, as 'Dharmveer Swarajrakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Mumbai Coastal Road' - as their vehicles sped through the new thoroughfare including a tunnel running under the Malabar Hill and emerging at the new interchange at Haji Ali junction, along the Arabian Sea shore.
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