A plan has been drawn for developing two corridors of the Bus Rapid Transit
System (BRTS) in Mumbai.
The blueprint has come almost eight years after the MMRDA began working on a
plan to implement BRTS in the city.
Consulting Engineering Services (CES) India was appointed to plan, design and
implement the BRTS. According to CES, dedicated bus lanes could be set up
between Bandra and Dahisar along the Western Express Highway and between Sion
and Cadbury Junction along the Eastern Express Highway. The company has proposed
a 25-km BRTS corridor on each highway, with dedicated bus lanes on either side
of the median, at a total cost of around Rs 1,312 crore.
However, the MMRDA has backed out of the project, and BEST is expected to
execute the project.
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