railway station, and with Acharya Donde Marg at Mumbai Port Trust. The Sewri-Worli connector was first proposed by the MMRDA in 2012–2013. The project was estimated to cost , and be completed in four years. The MMRDA received bids from 5 companies to construct the Sewri–Worli connector. They were Simplex Infrastructures Ltd, Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Construction Company, Gammon India, and the National Construction Company (NCC). Simplex Infrastructures Ltd quoted the lowest bid (nearly 16-17% below the estimated cost of the project), followed by Larsen & Toubro (14% below the reserve price). In April 2016, DNA reported that the project had been cancelled, after previously being put "on hold" in 2015. No budgetary allocation was made for the project in the 2015-16 fiscal, and the MMRDA has no future plans to construct the connector. The agency floated tenders again in 2017 at an estimated cost of . Apart from delays, the cost increase was also the result of some major design changes. The proposed connector will be built with a steel super structure instead of cement as per the original plan. The MMRDA also proposed additional ramps to link the Sewri–Worli connector with Dr. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Marg, west of Sewri railway station, and with Acharya Donde Marg at Mumbai Port Trust. Further, the agency will demolish the existing single-tier road over bridge at Prabhadevi railway station and replace it with a new two-tier road over bridge. The agency later paused plans for the connector due to delays with the MTHL project. The MMRDA floated new tenders for the project in July 2020. The project received clearance from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) on 7 July 2020, and from the Maharashtra State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) on 8 September 2020. J Kumar Infraprojects Ltd was awarded the contract to build the Sewri–Worli connector in November 2020. The project is estimated to cost . Construction began on 13 January 2021. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray laid the foundation stone for the project on 21 February 2021. It is expected to open in January 2024. Toll In 2012, the MMRDA proposed tolls for the MTHL as 175 for cars, 265 for light commercial vehicles, 525 for buses and trucks, and 790 for multi-axle vehicles. JICA, the primary source of funding the project, proposed higher tolls in 2016. The toll rates levied after the project opened was expected to be