Mumbai-Pune Expressway to get 4 more lanes by 2030

Upgradation essential as traffic will increase once ‘missing link’ project is completed, say MSRDC officials

- Ateeq Shaikh

MUMBAI: The state government is planning to add four more lanes to the six-lane Mumbai Pune Expressway, also known as the Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway, to ease vehicular congestion and cater to increasing traffic, officials aware of the matter told Hindustan Times.

Adding four lanes to the 95-kilo-metre expressway will cost approximately ₹14,260 crore, the officials said.

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is in the process of submitting a proposal in this regard to the state government, a senior MSRDC official told HT.

“If tendering formalities are conducted as planned once the government clears the proposal, four new lanes will be added to the expressway by 2030,” the official said.