40% work on Mum-Pune E-way missing link project completed

The MSRDC claims to have completed 40 per cent of the work on the ongoing missing link project on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, which is being carried out in two packages.

- George Mendonca

Navi Mumbai: The first package includes tunnel-1 (1680 metres) and tunnel-2 (8870 metres), thus covering a total distance of 10.55 kms, apart from cross passage every 300 metres. The second package comprises two viaducts of 900 metres and 650 metres, including a cable-stayed bridge, covering a distance of 1.55 kms.

MSRDC is carrying out augmentation of Mumbai Pune expressway from Khalapur toll plaza till Khopoli exit in the Bhor ghat section covering 5.86 kms, by widening the road from six to eight lanes.