Pedestrian Walkways, Community Parks To Decongest Mumbai's Lower Parel

In Mumbai's prime business district of Lower Parel, plans are underway to transform and decongest the streetscape for a safer urban ecosystem.

Nestled by the Arabian Sea and forever bustling in the cacophony of traffic jams, Mumbai – is the city of dreams, yet never sleeps! Being the country's financial capital, the city's infrastructure holds immense importance considering rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. Apart from its vada pavs and cutting chai, Mumbai is also popular for its ailing roads and traffic snarls. Potholes, sinkholes, and narrow lanes continue to plague the city's mobility. These issues have not just affected the urban infrastructure but have also claimed lives in unfortunate accidents. However, in Mumbai's prime business district of Lower Parel, plans are underway to transform and decongest the streetscape for a safer urban ecosystem.  Pedestrian Pathways, Streamlining Lanes: Nucleus Office Parks – a leading real estate player based in Mumbai, is implementing an infrastructural project in the Lower Parel in order to redevelop the existing area in the central business district. As part of the transformation, pedestrian pathways will be built and a community space will be created in the area for residents. Pedestrian pathways will create a segregation from the main roads which witness higher traffic, especially during office hours. The pathways will be safer for residents to walk in the area, especially to cross busy roads during the peak morning and evening hours. The mile-long stretch of the road at the junction between Dadar, Elphinstone, and Lower Parel in Mumbai's central business district is a high-volume traffic area, registering a footfall of more than one lakh commuters per day.