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Owing to ever increasing congestion on the existing rail and road corridors coupled with limitation of further expansion on these corridors, there is a need to expand the city on the mainland across Arabian Sea by providing additional access from Mumbai to mainland at South Navi Mumbai.
The development initiatives proposed in the Southern Navi Mumbai region will not only give rise to additional traffic movement but also accentuate the need for greater economic integration of Mumbai with mainland. The proposed economic activities taken up for development in the southern Navi Mumbai are -
· International airport at Navi Mumbai.
· New container terminals at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust at Nhava Sheva.
· Navi Mumbai SEZ (NMSEZ).
· Maha Mumbai SEZ (MMSEZ).
The proposed additional access i.e. Mumbai Trans Harbor link (MTHL) Connecting Sewari (Mumbai end) to Nhava Sheva (Navi Mumbai end) is expected to be catalyst of development of the city by promoting horizontal growth as against the vertical growth experienced over the past few years. The link will help reduce the problems of congestion and pollution in Mumbai.
The Mumbai Trans Harbor Link (MTHL) is proposed to be developed as an Expressway link with a six-lane dual carriageway road bridge and rail bridge connecting Sewri on Mumbai side to Nhava on Navi Mumbai side. The MTHL project is proposed to commence at grade from the east side of Sewri Railway Station on the Harbor Line of Central Railway proceed to Nhava and terminate at the north of Chirle village with an interchange to National Highway 4B on the mainland.
The development of project is envisaged as follows -
Phase I
Construction of main bridge with 6 lane facility from Sewri to Nhava including approaches at grade near Sewri end, interchange at Nh4B near Chirle village and underpasses at road and railway crossings. The length of MTHL road project from Sewri to NH-4B is 22 KM.
Phase II
Dispersal System at Sewri connecting Eastern Freeway and Acharya Donde Marg to MTHL (Sewri interchange).
Phase III
Construction of Metro rail link from Sewri to Nhava and from Nhava to MMSEZ area near Pen, to Panvel via proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport and to Uran.
Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)
Is nodal agency appointed by the Government of Maharashtra to implement this project. The development of phase I component is under bidding process and work is likely to be awarded soon. For remaining phase, the necessary studies have been commenced and same will implemented subsequently.
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