MUMBAI: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday announced that the Mumbai-Delhi greenfield expressway would be extended to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) instead of ending at Thane district.
The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be India’s flagship expressway with a 120kmph speed limit. It will cut the distance between Mumbai and Delhi by over 220 km. Gadkari announced that road works worth around Rs 7,000 crore had been approved for the state.
“The annual plan for national highway works in Maharashtra was approved for Rs 2,727 crore. I got it enhanced to Rs 5,801 crore, which will improve and develop 1,035 km of national highways in the state,” the Union minister said.
Reconstruction of five major bridges and 10 minor bridges will be done at a cost of Rs 429 crore. Projects worth Rs 1,800 crore under the Central Road Fund have been sanctioned, said Gadkari.
