Pune: The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) has sanctioned a ₹628 crore project to construct and upgrade a 50-kilometre road running parallel to the Hinjawadi–Shivajinagar Metro Line 3, officials announced on Friday.

The project will transform the existing four-lane road into a six-lane concrete carriageway and will include service roads, cycle tracks, footpaths, bus bays, parking lanes and ducts for utility lines. PMRDA officials said that a tender was floated on September 25 and that nearly 25 kilometres of roadway will run on each side of the elevated metro corridor.

According to PMRDA, the expenditure covers land acquisition, landscaping, electrification, shifting of utilities and construction of a central median. A consultant will be appointed to carry out deta

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