Mumbai Oct 07 (KNS), Oct. 7 -- Fayaz Wani

Mumbai has turned a decades-old dream into reality with the opening of the Coastal Road officially named Dharamveer Swarajya Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Marg. This 29.2-kilometre signal-free expressway from Marine Lines to Kandivali is set to change the way Mumbai moves, cutting travel time from nearly two hours to just 40 minutes and offering lakhs of commuters a smooth, uninterrupted ride along the city's western coastline.

The vision of building a coastal highway in Mumbai dates back to the 1990s, aimed at easing heavy traffic across the western suburbs. After years of planning, studies and debates, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) approved the project in 2018, paving the...