page_title: Santa Cruz–Chembur Link Road
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Cruz–Chembur Link Road / History / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Chembur Santracruz link road under construction in Amar Mahal
context_page_description: The Santa Cruz–Chembur Link Road, shortened to SCLR, is a 6.45-kilometre-long arterial road in Mumbai, connecting the Western Express Highway in Santa Cruz with the Eastern Express Highway in Chembur. It contains the city's first and India's second double-decker flyover. The six-lane road was constructed as part of the World Bank-funded Mumbai Urban Transport Project at a cost of ₹454 crore. The World Bank withdrew funding midway through the project due to repeated delays, and the second phase was financed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority with its own funds.
  The SCLR was severely delayed, taking more than 11 years for the work to be completed. Groundwork for the road, originally slated to start in 2003, did not get underway until 2007. The project missed 12 deadlines since the original deadline of November 2004. The SCLR was termed an "engineering marvel" by the National Geographic Society, and was described by the World Bank as the "world's most delayed road project".
  A portion of the SCLR, the 560 m Kurla–Kalina flyover over LBS Marg, was opened to the public on 10 August 2012. The SCLR was opened to the public on 18 April 2014.
context_section_description: The SCLR was commissioned in 2003 under the World Bank-funded MUTP, and was originally scheduled to be completed by November 2004. The SCLR and JVLR projects were initially entrusted to the Public Works Department (PWD). Responsibility for the project was later transferred to the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) was appointed as the nodal agency. The SCLR project was implemented in two phases. The first phase was executed by the MSRDC and the second phase was executed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Phase I comprises the 3.45-kilometre-long (2.14 mi) section from the east end of the 6-lane Mithi River Bridge up to the Amar Mahal Junction of the Eastern Express Highway. Phase II consists of the 3 km section from the WEH to the Mithi River. Phase I was funded by the World Bank, while Phase II was financed by the MMRDA with its own funds.
  Section 1 and 2 were contracted to Patel Engineering Ltd and Gammon India Ltd. respectively. The Louis Berger Group Inc. served as Project Management Consultants for both sections. The contract for civil work for Section 1, signed on 29 September 2003, had a value of ₹33.81 crore (US$7.514 million).
  Construction of the SCLR was contracted to Patel Engineering Ltd and Gammon India Ltd. for ₹35 crore and ₹79.9 crore respectively. Gammon was awarded nearly 75% of the total civil work on the project. The Louis Berger Group Inc. served as Project Management Consultants. The notices to proceed with work (or work orders) for section 1 and 2 were issued on 29 September 2003 and 10 May 2004. However, the project was severely delayed. The MMRDA later hiked the values of both contracts by 15% to keep up with cost escalation caused by delays. Patel Engineering briefly halted construction on the project for several months in 2011, asking for another hike in contract value. The MMRDA agreed to hike both contract values by 30-35%, and Patel Engineering resumed work in January 2012. As of April 2011, Gammon had already spent ₹113.1 crore, and Louis Berger had reportedly spent nearly five times the original amount.
caption: The SCLR under construction in Amar Mahal.
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