Further extension of the deadline for completion of the coastal road work is going to cost the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) an additional Rs 6 crore. The civic body will pay the extra amount to the consultant for a two-year extension – one year of pre-consultation work and one year for construction activities. The work is already running behind schedule.

On January 23, 2017 M/s AECOM Asia Company Limited was appointed as the general consultant for the coastal road project. The BMC had decided on a 68-month time frame for completion of the project and Rs 34.92 crore was sanctioned as consultation fees. This included eight months of pre-consultation work, three years of construction activities and two years of defect liability period.