L&T Wins Mumbai’s Nariman Point – Cuffe Parade Bridge’s Contract
That was awfully quick! Larsen & Toubro on Thursday was declared as the lowest bidder to construct a new bridge between Nariman Point and Cuffe Parade (near Colaba) by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)
As shared earlier this week – this approximately 1.77 km 4 lane bridge will connect Marine Drive, where the 29.80 km Mumbai Coastal Road terminates further up north, with Captain Prakash Pethe Marg near Cuffe Parade Station – the southern terminus of Mumbai Metro’s Aqua Line (Line-3).
MMRDA had invited tenders for the bridge’s civil construction in November 2022 with a Rs. 315 crore estimate and 30 month (2.5 year) completion deadline.
Technical bids were opened on January 4 to reveal 2 bidders and technical bid evaluation was completed within 8 days, something that is unheard of. L&T beat J Kumar Infraprojects by just Rs. 1 crore when financial bids were opened on Thursday afternoon.
Financial Bid Values
| Firm | Bid (Rs. Crore) |
| Larsen & Toubro | 316 |
| J Kumar Infraprojects | 317 |
Brief Scope: Design and Construction of 4 lanes Bridge connecting Nariman Point to Colaba Cuffe Parade on EPC mode
L&T’s bid was 1 crore higher than MMRDA’s estimate, which is negligible, so a contract should be awarded in the coming weeks without a lengthy financial bid evaluation period.
As shared earlier, I’m not a big fan of this bridge. Ideally the entire Back Bay should be reclaimed which would negate the cost of building the bridge’s sub and super-structure.
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When there is a metro line coming up from navy nagar to cuffe parade then to vidhan bhawan, then why is the road link planned from cuffe parade to nariman point ??
This is indeed Waste of money, and not justified. Other projects like Coastal Road which some fake environmental activists protested against may have had a genuine justification but not this one.
the reason why it is necessary is due to the entire traffic pileup at Mantralaya. All of Colaba, khala ghoda, fort, and cuffe parade that has to get to marine drive basically funnels through that one intersection. Considering there is a navy base that also get choked out at that one point, as well as the world trade center in Cuffe Parade, this bridge alleviating traffic at that signal is beyond overdue.
Filling in the back bay will only cause more traffic and congestion and is not needed as the main business center has shifted towards the center of the city (BKC). Although there has been a recent resurgence in nariman point and fort demand, the best part of this entire area are the wide roads and less commuting headache compared to pretty much any other T1 city in India. Nobody in that part of town wants more buildings or more traffic. But adding this bridge is beyond overdue just for the naval base alone.