Overview
- Union minister Nitin Gadkari said road works worth ₹1.50 lakh crore have been approved for Maharashtra, with most projects set to begin within the next three months and construction rolling into 2026.
- The planned 130‑km parallel Mumbai–Pune expressway, estimated at about ₹15,000 crore from the Atal Setu/JNPA area to Pune’s Shivare Junction, is billed to cut the journey to roughly 90 minutes.
- MSIDC will build a greenfield Pune–Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar expressway for about ₹16,318 crore, with phased alignments and a claimed two‑hour travel time between the cities.
- Heavy weekend traffic choked the Khopoli–Khandala ghat section, prompting multiple police traffic breaks, while the expressway’s official account cited a collision causing roughly 30 minutes of congestion near Khandala Ghat Viewpoint.
- Near‑term relief includes the 13.3‑km ‘Missing Link’ bypass targeted to open around May 2026 with a 25–30 minute saving, alongside a Pune package of about ₹50,000 crore with ring road sections slated for 2026 and 2028.