Motorists driving from Mumbai to popular destinations like Khandala, Pune or Bangalore will have better driving conditions soon as a project to expand India's first access-controlled toll highway is likely to take off. The Maharashtra government plans to widen the Mumbai-Pune expressway into an eight-lane highway from the current six. The proposal will be presented before the state Cabinet for approval within a couple of weeks.
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) constructed this six-lane highway between 1995 and 2000 and the 94-kilometre highway has six large tunnels and has a concrete road which is weather proof.
This is India’s first access-controlled highway and, on an average, over 43,000 vehicles use it daily. The minister said the expressway needs to be broadened because vehicles going to western Maharashtra and Goa from Mumbai, too, have started using the highway, resulting in congestion.
“We also have a proposal to expand the old Mumbai-Pune highway into a six-lane road. In most places it is already a four-lane, but now it will be expanded further. The Mumbai-Pune highway is India’s most busy road,” said Khsirsagar.
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