No bikes too on Gokhale bridge till repairs: VJTI

Over the weekend, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), which inspected Andheri’s Gokhale bridge, submitted an interim report on opening up the connector for light motor vehicles (LMV).

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Mumbai: According to the report, the bridge cannot be reopened to LMVs till several repairs are undertaken.

Civic officials said a second opinion is being taken from IIT Bombay on the reopening of the bridge, and only if the two institutes certify the bridge as safe to be opened would any further action be taken. “Until tests are carried out over the bridge to check its strength, we will not reopen it,” an official said.