(Pratham Gokhale/HT)At the launch of the girder, Fadnavis reiterated that the government is working towards operationalising Metro corridor by 2019. pic.twitter.com/QbaFslAKqs — CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) May 2, 2017While Mumbaiites may cheer at the development, they had to go through a harrowing time as the western express highway had to be shut for it. Western express highway will be shut from midnight till 5amThe Metro-7 is 16.5-km long elevated corridor with 14 stations. It will provide interconnectivity among the existing Western Express Highway, Western Railway, Metro Line 1 (Ghatkopar to Versova), the ongoing Metro Line 2A (Dahisar to D N Nagar) and the proposed Metro Line 6 (Swami Samarth Nagar to Vikhroli). Commuters travelling on SV road can use Mrinaltai Gore flyover or Malad subway to approach the western express highway.

Source: Hindustan Times May 03, 2017 05:23 UTC