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IN PHOTOS: MMRDA demolishes cycle track in BKC for road widening project

Updated On: 04 August, 2025 06:33 PM IST | Anushree Gaikwad

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) demolished a dedicated cycle track in G Block of Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Bandra East, as part of a road-widening project. (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE)

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) demolished a dedicated cycle track in G Block of Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Bandra East, as part of a road-widening project. (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE)

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The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) demolished a dedicated cycle track in G Block of Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Bandra East, as part of a road-widening project. (PICS/ SATEJ SHINDE)
<p>The project includes converting cycle tracks into traffic lanes to decongest the traffic in area</p>

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The project includes converting cycle tracks into traffic lanes to decongest the traffic in area

<p>Several underutilised cycle tracks across BKC will be repurposed into vehicular lanes to expand existing road widths, the MMRDA stated</p>

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Several underutilised cycle tracks across BKC will be repurposed into vehicular lanes to expand existing road widths, the MMRDA stated

<p>The conversion is projected to increase traffic capacity by 600&ndash;900 vehicles per lane</p>

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The conversion is projected to increase traffic capacity by 600–900 vehicles per lane

<p>Supporting infrastructure such as streetlights, signboards, trees, bus stops and landscaped elements will be relocated to the footpaths to facilitate the expansion</p>

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Supporting infrastructure such as streetlights, signboards, trees, bus stops and landscaped elements will be relocated to the footpaths to facilitate the expansion

<p>Last year, the MMRDA Commissioner, Sanjay Mukherjee had suggested that the track can be constructed at any other plot adjoining BKC</p>

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Last year, the MMRDA Commissioner, Sanjay Mukherjee had suggested that the track can be constructed at any other plot adjoining BKC

<p>The MMRDA had sanctioned a 13-km cycling track in G-block in 2011</p>

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The MMRDA had sanctioned a 13-km cycling track in G-block in 2011

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