65000 Weekday Vehicles and Growing as MSRDC Pushes for 10 Lane Mumbai Pune Expressway by 2030
The long delayed proposal to expand the Mumbai Pune Expressway to 10 lanes has received fresh momentum after Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation MSRDC submitted a revised funding plan to the state government proposing execution under a Build Operate Transfer BOT model.
Under the revised proposal MSRDC assessed that revenue generated from existing and growing expressway traffic over a suitable concession period will cover both capital and operational costs making the project financially self-sustaining without direct government funding. MSRDC joint managing director confirmed that if state approval comes this year the project will be tendered under BOT with construction beginning in 2027 and completing by 2030.
The expansion is seen as strategically critical given rapid traffic growth on the 94.6 km Kalamboli to Kiwale corridor and imminent development of new international airports in both Mumbai and Pune which will further intensify demand on this key inter-city link.
The expressway which opened in 2002 currently handles around 65000 vehicles on weekdays and over one lakh on weekends with traffic growing at 5 to 6 percent annually. Managing construction on one of India's busiest expressways without disrupting continuous traffic flow will be the single biggest engineering challenge requiring a carefully planned methodology throughout the multi year project.
With the revised financial model now submitted and awaiting state clearance the long stalled project may finally be on the verge of becoming a reality for millions of commuters and businesses depending on this vital corridor daily.
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