If you are travelling from South Mumbai to the central suburbs via Lalbaug flyover, brace yourself for a heavy traffic situation. The BMC last night started resurfacing work on the 2.5-km flyover and has shut the north-bound arm of the stretch for motorists in the night. While the stretch will be opened for traffic during the day, the scraped surface of the upper layer of the flyover will hamper smooth traffic movement during peak hours. The work is expected to continue for the next five months. "We are going to scrape the layer segment-wise to avoid major traffic problems. Most of the resurfacing will be done in the night between 1 am and 5 am," said a staff present at the spot.

The north-bound arm of the flyover was shut for motorists after resurfacing work began last night. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi