A comprehensive infrastructure plan has been launched by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) with the goals of improving connectivity, reducing travel times, and decongesting Mumbai. The construction of more than 90 kilometres of roads, tunnels, and bridges is part of this massive Rs 58,000-crore plan project, which is anticipated to be finished in the next five years and will offer seamless connectivity throughout the city and its environs.
The main objective of the plan is to build inner and outer ring roads that will link to the current roadways in Mumbai and provide improved access to Konkan, Maharashtra to the south, the northern border of Gujarat, and other regions of western Maharashtra.
Mumbai, a city notorious for its congested traffic and overworked transport systems, will benefit from this project’s diversion of main traffic from the city’s centre, which will create more effective routes. The plan calls for the construction of seven ring highways around Mumbai. With the smooth travel made possible by these ring roads, getting from one end of the city to the other will take less than an hour.
The ambitious initiative intends to cut the distance travelled through the city to less than one hour. The construction of the ring road network is anticipated to significantly improve Mumbai’s citizens’ quality of life, reduce stress associated with travel, and support the city’s development as a major international financial centre.
Mumbai’s ring road plan, which is expected to be completed by 2029, will transform the city’s transport network by cutting travel times, relieving traffic on major thoroughfares and boosting the local economy. The project, which is now in multiple phases and including collaboration from multiple development organisations, aims to create a more integrated and effective Mumbai.
Source: Republic
