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Maharashtra takes step forward on
Mumbai-Raigad sea bridge
Thursday November 24, 2011 08:18:11 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: The
Maharashtra government Wednesday invited request for qualification
(RFQ) for the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL), a bridge across
the Arabian Sea which will link Mumbai island with the mainland
near Raigad, an official said.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA),
which will oversee the execution of the 22-km MTHL, the country's
second bridge across the sea after the Rajiv Gandhi Bandra Worli
Sea Link, invited the RFQ for the proposed Rs.8,800 crore ($1,760
million) project.
An MMRDA official said that the last date for receiving queries
and pre-application conference is Dec 12, while the final
applications would be received by Feb 7, 2012.
Earlier this year, the MMRDA had received proposals from
internationally renowned consultancy firms for the techno-economic
feasibility for the ambitious MTHL project, before it was given
the clearance by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
According to present indications, the MTHL would be a cable-stayed
eight-lane bridge in which a railway line is also likely to be
included.
Of the proposed 22-km length, the length of the main sea-bridge
would be around 16.5 km and the length of approach viaducts would
be 5.5 km. The link would support a six lane (3x3) carriageway
which would enable high-speed movement of traffic.
Similar cable-stayed sea bridges are: Hangzhou Bay Bridge in China
(36 km) and the King Fahd Causeway, Saudi Arabia (26 km).
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