26.4.11

MTHL techno study

The 22-km long Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) between Sewri and Nhava got a boost with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) deciding to go ahead with a techno-feasibility study which will be ready in five months. MMRDA officials said that they would also reapply for the environmental clearance for the mammoth project as the earlier one would not be valid. Chief engineer for MMRDA, S Nandgirkar, said that the techno-economic feasibility contract tenders would be out shortly, the agency appointed by June and the report ready in three months. The project has been in a limbo for years. The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) was initially supposed to be responsible for building the link. However, the state government recently decided that MMRDA would undertake the project. The link will have six road lanes and space would be left for a metro link which would be built later.

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