A spot visit to the Gokhale bridge site in Andheri has got BMC officials wondering if they will be able to make good their promise to Mumbai and have it partially opened by May this year. They have expressed concern over the slow progress of demolition work on the bridge. The piling and foundation work of the new bridge can start only after the demolition, said BMC officials. 

A meeting with Railway Administration will now be held on February 7 to speed up bridge work.  Additional Municipal Commissioner P Velarasu along with the engineers concerned visited Gokhale Road bridge on Thursday. The bridge has been closed to traffic since the first week of November after a structural audit report found it dilapidated and dangerous.