Four years after it was shut down, the BMC proposed a costly plan to reconstruct the Bandra skywalk on the east side of the railway station. Last year, the contract was awarded at Rs 19 crore. However, as per the latest tender, the estimated cost has escalated almost four times to Rs 83 crore, excluding an 18% GST. A BMC official attributed the cost increase to the larger dimensions of the skywalk, including its length, width, and the addition of three escalators.

The skywalk, the city’s first structure of its kind, was originally built in 2008 by the MMRDA. However, it was closed in 2019 following a structural audit report. In the latest tender issued on June 26, the BMC mentioned that the estimated cost of building the skywalk from Bandra station to the MHADA office is Rs 83.06 crore.