Mumbai, Dec 4 (PTI) The MMRDA on Friday said 35.29 per cent of the overall work of the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) has been completed.

The 22-kilometre link, of which 16.6 kilometre is over sea, connects Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

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MMRDA officials, while conducting a media visit, said it is on schedule to be completed by September 2022, despite the coronavirus outbreak posing hurdles.

State Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde said the six-lane project, from Sewri in Mumbai to Nhava Sheva in Navi Mumbai, will be completed within the set deadline.

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The bridge, estimated to cost Rs 17,843 crore, will reduce travel time between the two points to 40 minutes.

"With MTHL, Sewri-Worli connector, multimodal corridor between Virar and Alibaug, coastal road and proposed bridge connecting Virar to Mira Bhayander, there will be a signal- free ring road in Mumbai Metropolitan Region by 2030," said RA Rajeev, MMRDA metropolitan commissioner.

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