The Rs.14,260-crore expansion aims to ease chronic congestion on one of India’s busiest inter-city corridors.

The Maharashtra government has approved a major upgrade of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway, with plans to add four additional lanes to the existing six-lane stretch. The expansion aims to reduce traffic congestion that has become increasingly severe on the busy 95-km corridor, which carries between 80,000 and 100,000 vehicles every day.

Officials said the four new lanes will take the expressway to a 10-lane configuration once the project is completed by 2030, subject to government approval and tender procedures. The estimated cost of the expansion is ₹14,260 crore, with the state expected to contribute about 40 percent. The remaining cost will be funded by the concessionaire selected

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