Thackeray also tweeted the latest pictures of the newly constructed flyover. Talking about Gokhale bridge in the tweet, Thackeray continued, “While about the Gokhale bridge, the corrupt MC of the @mybmc is saying the bridge is ready but awaits load test, while the local BJP MLA says that mastic work and some other work remains. I don’t want to put the MLA into an awkward situation about his intentional misleading of the people. But the MC of the BMC (who is due for a transfer and trying for a higher post) is only wasting time to ensure that the illegal CM finds time to inaugurate half the bridge. What a shame! I invite the media and Mumbaikars to visit both the bridges to see how ready they are and how the regime of the BJP and Shinde are only adding to the woes of Mumbai!

The question is, will the illegal CM keep aside his ego and open it up to the people??” mid-day has been consistently writing about the newly constructed domestic airport flyover. The structure, also known as the T1 flyover, was expected to open on February 15. On Tuesday (Feb 20), an MMRDA official had told mid-day that the final touches and installation of signboards on the flyover are underway after which the flyover will be opened.

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Vile Parle East residents, who did not wish to be named, had even expressed fears that the new flyover might lead to traffic jams once it is opened. Construction work on the 790-m-long project started in June 2021 at a cost of R48.43 crore (provisional). The MMRDA had decided to construct the two-lane flyover as motorists coming via the Sahar elevated road and going towards Bandra via the WEH get stuck in traffic near the domestic airport flyover signal. With the construction of the new flyover, which is adjacent to the existing domestic airport flyover, motorists will be able to bypass the signal.