Rs. 428-crore link road in Mumbai ready, but netas stall opening

The SCLR project has already earned the embarrassing tag of being the ‘world’s most delayed road project’. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar

Mumbai:  You've waited for it for 10 long years, and in an answer to your prayers for easier, faster commutes, the Santacruz Chembur Link Road (SCLR) is finally ready.

But the Congress-NCP state government would have you endure the wait for a few more weeks, in hope that a well-timed inauguration will impress voters enough to give the alliance an advantage on Election Day.

The project, which has already earned the embarrassing tag of being the 'world's most delayed road project' is a 100 per cent complete. And yet, sources from MMRDA have confirmed that the stretch will be thrown open to motorists on the second or third week of the month, just a few days ahead of polling in the state.

A senior MMRDA official said, requesting anonymity, "The civil work of SCLR is 100 per cent complete, and only the final touches remain, such as painting the dividers and the lines on the sides of the road.