50% of “missing link” on Expressway completed: MSRDC
Soon the “missing link” road connecting Khopoli exit of the Pune-Mumbai expressway on the Yashwantrao Chavan expressway and the Sinhgad Institute, Lonavla, will be a reality, as the work has been expedited by MSRDC to meet the September 23, 2023 deadline.
According to a Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) official, “About 50% of the work is complete. Work of Tunnel 1 up to 1,153 metres in length and Tunnel T2 around 7,050 metres is complete. Tunnel II passing below Lonavla lake at depth varying from 75m to 175m from the bottom of the lake is the toughest stretch as it is below the Lonavla dam.”
The work on the 19km stretch, cited as a “missing link” of the expressway, was chasi
