Updated On: 14 March, 2024 06:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
But users complain about bottlenecks, as flagged by mid-day’s test drive conducted on Tuesday

The Coastal Road was opened on Tuesday, March 12. Pic/Rane Ashish
Day 2 saw a little more traffic on the partially opened Coastal Road, with 19,803 vehicles opting for the new route till 9 pm. On Day 1, around 16,331 vehicles used the Coastal Road till 9 pm. The maximum traffic density on Day 1 was seen between 12 pm and 4 pm with more than 30 vehicles passing per minute. Meanwhile, some road users took to social media, talking about traffic jams they faced at Worli due to badly designed temporary access points to the road. mid-day had highlighted the issue caused by the bottleneck at Worli.
The BMC opened the coastal road to the general public on Tuesday (March 12) from 8 am to 8 pm, except at Worli where entry was restricted to 5 pm only. On Wednesday, vehicles used the coastal road till 9 pm and the vehicle density was slightly higher.