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The upcoming infrastructure developmental projects in the region include Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, International Airport, Integrated Passenger Water Transport, Seawood-Uran commuter rail link, Rewas Port, etc.
MTHL is a proposed six-lane dual carriageway road bridge connecting Sewri in Mumbai to Nhava in Navi Mumbai and would terminate at the north of Chirle village with an interchange to National Highway 4B on the mainland. This would effectively reduce the commute time from South Mumbai to Navi Mumbai to 30 minutes, enhancing the entire traffic and development dynamics of the region. The Project is proposed to be developed through PPP route on BOT basis with a Viability Gap Funding (VGF) commitment of 20%. Re-tendering process is underway, with commencement of construction scheduled for second half of 2013.
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The City Industrial and Development Corporation (CIDCO) is the nodal agency for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). CIDCO is developing the NMIA Project with a capacity of 10 million passenger per annum (MPPA) in Phase-I and to handle about 60 MPPA by 2030, which would be the final phase. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in November, 2010 gave its approval for developing the Navi Mumbai airport which would be one of world's few "Greenfield" international state-of-art airports offering world class facilities to passengers and cargo aircraft and airlines. The implementation of Navi Mumbai international airport project has been put on fast track, and the airport is expected to be commissioned by 2016.
The state government has proposed a 23Km Integrated Passenger Water Transport system, which will facilitate the water transport from east coast of Mumbai to its satellite cities including Navi Mumbai. This will reduce the road traffic congestion by using the available water channels.
The Navi Mumbai metro project is being under taken by CIDCO and shall be fully owned by it. In Phase 1, the 11.1 km rail route shall connect Belapur and Pendhar (near Kalamboli SEZ) via Kharghar. Phase 1 is scheduled to be completed by June 2014. Phase 2 & Phase 3 of the metro project shall involve construction of the 8-km metro phase between Pendhar and the proposed airport via Kalamboli, Panvel and Khandeshwar. Phase 1 of the project is under execution and Phase 2 & 3 are planned to commence construction early next year. On completion of Phase 1, 2 & 3 the metro shall strengthen rail connectivity of Kalamboli SEZ to NMIA and the rest of Navi Mumbai.
Proposed expansion of the existing bitumen road into a 10-lane concrete expressway (25 km Sion-Panvel expressway) between the BARC junction in Sion and the Kalamboli junction in Panvel, leading to the Mumbai-Pune expressway with three flyovers and 10 underpasses offers an excellent connectivity to the Kalamboli Node. The expressway will be an extension of Mumbai-Pune expressway and will have service roads for entry and exit at various points, dedicated lanes for heavy and light vehicles and sub-way flyovers, where ever required. The road widening work is underway and is expected to be completed by December 2014.
Seawood - Uran commuter rail link which is under construction is one such corridor which connects the hub of Navi Mumbai with Ulwe, Dronagiri and Uran. It is 22.50 Km long and caters to the daily commuting needs of Navi Mumbai SEZ, proposed Navi Mumbai Airport, JNPT etc. CIDCO has planned several stations along the route and as such Dronagiri node will be served by four railway stations and Ulwe node by one station. This project is a joint venture between Central Railway and CIDCO. It is an approved project and presently construction is in progress. The bridges and Cross Drainage works are already constructed at some locations. The project is expected to be completed by 2015. After commissioning the commuter line will facilitate commuters travelling from Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai to reach Ulwe, Dronagiri and Uran.
Rewas Port for which concession is already awarded by Maharashtra Maritime Board/GoM, is planned as a deep drafted multi-purpose port in the Mumbai harbour, with draft deeper than that of Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Mumbai Port, the two major ports of India. Development of this Port would facilitate development of Trade, Commerce and industry in this region. The port will serve as a hub port for South Asia with deep draught channel and berthing facilities for handling very large vessels carrying Containers, Dry Bulk, Liquid Bulk as well as Car Carriers.
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