Mumbai: Under the Goregaon-Miland Link Road project, an elevated circular path is being constructed along with a flyover with cable at Dr. Hedgewar Chowk on Guru Gobind Singh Road in Khandipara area of ​​Milind (West). The flyover is being constructed with a length of about 1.89 km between Tansa Waterway and Nahu Railway Bridge and this phase is proving to be more challenging in terms of the length of the entire project. A total of 48 pillars are proposed for the main flyover, out of which 39 pillars have been completed. In addition, 10 spans out of the total 47 spans of the flyover have been completed. Along with this, two small flyovers are being constructed on both sides of the main flyover over Tansa Waterway. All these works should be completed in parallel and the entire work of the Goregaon-Miland Link Road project in the Milind area should be completed by June 15, 2027, Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijeet Bangar has directed. The work of the small flyover on the Tansa waterway in the north direction should be completed on top priority to ensure smooth traffic. Bangar has also directed that this small flyover should be completed and opened for traffic by May 31, 2026.

Goregaon and Milind is an ambitious infrastructure project undertaken by the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. Under this project, the Eastern Expressway at Milind and the Western Expressway at Goregaon are planned to be directly connected. The Goregaon-Miland Link Road project, which is about 12.20 km long, is being developed in four phases. Part A of the third phase includes the construction of structures and flyovers with elevated circular route on Guru Gobind Singh Road at Khandipara in Malind (West) and cable stand at Dr. Hedgewar Chowk.

Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar today (February 4, 2026) visited Sonapur Junction in Malind (West) and reviewed the progress of the flyover. He also gave various instructions. Municipal engineers and consultants were present on the occasion.

Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijit Bangar said that the work of Goregaon Link Road includes construction of a 4.7 km long 13 m inner diameter connecting tunnel passing under Sanjay Gandhi National Park and a 1.60 km long box tunnel passing through Dadasaheb Phalke Chittar Nagari and their access roads. Flyovers are being constructed on both sides of the tunnel. Considering the potential traffic on the Goregaon-Miland Link Road, a 1.26 km long flyover is being constructed from Dandoshi Court to Ratnagiri Hotel Chowk in Goregaon East. This flyover in the Goregaon area is expected to be completed by May 31, 2026.

Therefore, the second major part of this project is the flyover in the Miland area. A 1.89 km long flyover is being constructed from Tansa Waterway to Nahor Railway Bridge. This flyover is more challenging in terms of the length of the entire project. The 120 m long bridge at Dr. Hedgewar Chowk is of the ‘cable-stayed’ type and is proposed on the lower level, i.e., level 1, of the ‘Mumbai Metro-4’. The main flyover project has three main parts. It has been divided into a main flyover and two smaller flyovers that will be built on either side of the bridge over the Tansa waterway. Out of these, priority efforts are being made to complete the smaller flyover on the northern side of the Tansa waterway.

Currently, traffic has been diverted for the work on the main flyover. Traffic is being carried out through a narrow underpass. Due to which the citizens are facing traffic jams at this location. This problem may become more serious during the upcoming monsoon. Keeping this in mind, if a small flyover is opened on the Tansa Canal to the north of the main flyover before the monsoon, it will help in smoothening the traffic to a great extent. Detailed planning has been done to achieve this goal. This small flyover will be completed and opened for traffic by May 31, 2026. After this, the work of another small bridge on the Tansa Canal to the south of the main flyover will be started.

After this inspection, Bangar visited the ‘launching shaft’ excavation site for the construction of the twin tunnel in the Dadasaheb Phalke Chittarnagari area of ​​​​Gorgaon. Two state-of-the-art Tunnel Boring Machines will be used for the construction of the underground twin tunnels for this project. The process of lowering the tunnel mining plant into the shaft will begin in March 2026 after completing the first stage of excavation. The total dimensions of this shaft are approximately 200 meters long, 50 meters wide and 30 meters deep. The excavation required to lower the tunnel mining plant into the shaft has been completed and the cradle work for the start of the tunnel mining plant has now begun.