Three years on, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is yet to finish the approach road to Gokhale bridge. The road work, which was expected to be completed by September 2021, will be finished before the monsoon. The length of the stretch is around 300 metres. The BMC issued a work order for the construction of the road in March 2020 and the work was expected to be completed 18 months later. The BMC subsequently said it would be ready by April 2022.

A civic official claimed, “There were delays, mainly due to the pandemic. There were also changes in the design of the bridge.” The official claimed that work on the BMC portion of the structure would be completed by June 2023. The civic body has started digging, in order to set up pillars on which girders will be placed over the railway track.