"The first phase of the Coastal Road will open shortly. Along the Coastal Highway, there are around 120 acres of land that have been reclaimed for constructing a garden, and from Mahalaxmi Race Course, 120 acres of land have also been taken for the garden," said Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

"Mumbai Central Park around 320 acres will be constructed here...," said Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde

On February 2, India`s richest civic corporation, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, presented its budget for 2024-25, with a total size of Rs 59,954.75 crore. Total capital expenditure is estimated to be Rs 31.774.59 crore

A total of Rs. 2900.00 crores has been earmarked for the coastal road project: Mumbai Coastal Road (North) Versova to Dahisar 6 Package at Rs. 1130.00 crores; Dahisar Bhayandar Link Road (Coastal Road last leg) at Rs. 220.00 crores; and Goregaon - Mulund Link Road (GMLR) at Rs. 1870.00 crore

It is proposed to implement the Access Control Project on Western Express Highway (WEH) and Eastern Express Highway (EEH)

A project costing about Rs 35,955.07 crore to construct the Mumbai Coastal Road Versova interchange to Dahisar interchange and GMLR has been undertaken, the corporation said

The projects are divided into six packages and are expected to be completed in about 48 months