The BMC wants IIT-Bombay to study the feasibility of a tunnelled road under Juhu Aerodrome, the country’s first airport, which will connect SV Road and Juhu.
Andheri legislator Ameet Satam, the latest politician to champion the cause, on Friday visited the airport with officers from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and the BMC.
The road project has been in the pipeline for decades now. It was in the Development Plan 1991; it continues to be in the new DP 2034.
The director of the airport, A K Verma, told Mirror some work is being done on the project. “Satam saheb is pursuing the case,” he said. “Underground roads are the only way to decongest the city. We have to protect the airport as well as have the road,” Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi said.
Additional Commissioner Vijay Singhal confirmed that a letter had been sent to IITBombay requesting the institute to conduct a study.
“At my insistence, the BMC has written to IIT-Bombay for a feasibility and technical survey,” Satam said. “No one can ignore an IIT report, neither the police nor the airport. This proposal has been pending for a while. It will decongest S V Road and Juhu Tara Road. It will start at S V Road and end near Amitabh Bachchan’s bungalow.” There are roads under airports the world over, the MLA said. 07/12/19 Mumbai Mirror
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Andheri legislator Ameet Satam, the latest politician to champion the cause, on Friday visited the airport with officers from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and the BMC.
The road project has been in the pipeline for decades now. It was in the Development Plan 1991; it continues to be in the new DP 2034.
The director of the airport, A K Verma, told Mirror some work is being done on the project. “Satam saheb is pursuing the case,” he said. “Underground roads are the only way to decongest the city. We have to protect the airport as well as have the road,” Municipal Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi said.
Additional Commissioner Vijay Singhal confirmed that a letter had been sent to IITBombay requesting the institute to conduct a study.
“At my insistence, the BMC has written to IIT-Bombay for a feasibility and technical survey,” Satam said. “No one can ignore an IIT report, neither the police nor the airport. This proposal has been pending for a while. It will decongest S V Road and Juhu Tara Road. It will start at S V Road and end near Amitabh Bachchan’s bungalow.” There are roads under airports the world over, the MLA said. 07/12/19 Mumbai Mirror
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