TO GET rid of potholes on the Eastern Express Highway (EEH), the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development authority (MMRDA) will spend Rs 329 crore to concretise its four lanes of 23.55 km from Sion Junction in Central Mumbai to Majiwada in Thane.
The EEH, one of the three most important roads in the Mumbai metropolitan area, is used to travel from Mumbai to North-Central-East Maharashtra and India. Daily, the average traffic congestion on this highway is around 3.4 lakh passenger car units.
The highway has 13 elevated pedestrian bridges, 11 major canals, four subways and 13 flyovers. The main road has five lanes in each direction and service roads of two lanes on both sides.
