The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari stated that he has planned a new Mumbai to Bangalore expressway 14-lane which will start from Atal Setu in Mumbai and will run up to Bangalore and connect to the Pune Ring Road.
Project timeline
The bid for the project has already been floated and the real construction of the project could start any time this coming six months. This new facility is expected to reduce congestion on the present Mumbai Pune Expressway taking more vehicles off the Pune city roads and give faster connectivity between Mumbai and Pune cities.
It was declared at the COEP Pride Awards function organised by the College of Engineering Pune (COEP) and it’s Almuni Association. During a recent event to address the crowd, the rational behind the decision was explained by Gadkari who used a real-life experience.
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The 14 lane expressway project to connect Mumbai to Bangalore unveiled concepts to address environmental concerns and development of future transportation systems. The only special feature that can be discerned is that the proposed expressway shall mainly be made from recycled waste material and around 80 lakh tones of material for garbage has already been used in previous expressway projects.
Mumbai to Bangalore expressway is being planned with provisions for charging points for electric vehicles that Nitin Gadkari, the union minister, has predicted that almost all automobiles in India could turn electrical in the following twenty five years. Further, the project is also connected with the scheme of smart village which targets to develop the infrastructure of the rural areas and benefiting the farmers to live better lifestyle and thus contributes towards the Atmanirbhar Bharat mission. This places the expressway in a wider social context as not just a transport infrastructure but an investment in sustainable development and rural advancement.
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Significance
This new super highway will consist of 14 lanes enabling transport from Mumbai to Bangalore and will link up to the Pune’s Ring Road. This new route will help in easing the traffic constrain on the existing Mumbai-Pune Expressway with Gadkari predicting that more than half of the motorists will move to the new route.
Gadkari further added, “When we constructed Mumbai-Pune expressway, we thought it would be sufficient for future fifty years, but recently when I travelled from Nagpur to Pune my son and daughter-in-law they were coming from Mumbai, they stuck in Lonavala for one hour and then I realize it is required to build new expressway. ”
The new Mumbai to Bangalore expressway from which vehicles moving out of Mumbai will have a smooth access to Bangalore through the Pune Ring Road. Besides, the expressway will extend the connectivity of the vehicles to the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Road within two hours at most.
