“The speed of the vehicle will be 80 km per hour. There is provision for CCTV on full roads, including tunnels. There will be CCTV installed at every 100 metres, which will monitor speed violations and disasters too,” said the official.

Municipal Commissioner I S Chahal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first part of the project on February 19, 2024. “The southbound traffic from Worli to Nariman Point will open. The full project will open by mid-May 2024,” Chahal said during the budget speech.

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According to the BMC official, the Worli to Nariman Point south channel is completed, with some miscellaneous work pending. Meanwhile, the work on the north channel and the connector between the Coastal Road and Bandra Worli Sea Link is in the final stage and will be completed in May. 

According to BMC documents, the Worli to Nariman Point Coastal Road is an 18.58-km-long project costing R13,983.83 crore, including all taxes and services. The total lane count is eight, with the tunnel road having six lanes, including a dedicated bus lane. The tunnel from Priyadarshini Park to Nariman Point is 2.19 km. BMC had made a provision of R2,900 crore in the budget of 2024-25.