Deadline pushed by 4 months: Sewri Worli connector to miss September deadline, to be opened early 2027

4 min readMumbaiJul 26, 2026 01:29 PM IST Due to difficulty in obtaining railway blocks, the dismantling took a month longer than scheduled, by April. (file) Commuters expecting the east-west Sewri Worli connector and reconstructed Elphinstone bridge by September will have to wait till early 2027. The crucial east-west connector, the Sewri Worli connector and the reconstructed Elphinstone bridge in Prabhadevi, will miss its September deadline. The highly ambitious deadline of a year from the date of demolition will stretch into early 2027. Between a delayed dismantling of the old bridge, unexpected civic utility-related work, resident complaints, a manpower crunch and now the rains, the project isn’t expected to wrap up till January or February of 2027.The 112-year-old Elphinstone bridge,