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Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday approved the extension of the Uttan-Virar sea link to the upcoming Wadhawan port in Palghar district.
Fadnavis said this is part of the government’s plan to address traffic congestion, adding that the government is expanding various infrastructure facilities to address traffic jams on major routes of Mumbai, Western Express Highway, SV Road and Link Road.
The Chief Minister said that the length of the Uttan-Virar Sea Bridge project is 55.12 km and the main sea bridge will be 24.35 km long. In this project, 9.32 km long Uttan Link Road, 2.5 km Vasai Link Road and 18.95 km Virar Link Road will be constructed and extended up to Wadhawan Port.
“North-South road connectivity work is underway in Mumbai and work on South Coast Road, Bandra Worli Sea Bridge, Atal Setu Bridge has been completed and work on Orange Gate Tunnel, Versova-Bandra Sea Bridge, North Coast Road, Delhi Mumbai Highway, Sewri-Worli Elevated Road Project is in progress,” he said.
He said that construction of Uttan Virar Sea Bridge and Virar Alibaug Multipurpose Corridor is proposed.
“This will make travel in Mumbai seamless and improve traffic to a great extent,” he said.
Fadnavis said it was necessary to construct a ring road as well as an inter-ring road to solve the problem of devotees coming from seven routes for the upcoming Kumbh Mela in Nashik.
The work of these ring roads is planned to be completed by March-June 2027. At the same time, approval was given today to build a 66 km long inter-ring road in Nashik.
The Chief Minister said that the land acquisition required for these roads has also been approved and its cost will be borne by the Nashik Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority.
Considering that Pune is the second most populous city of Maharashtra and new projects are being set up to maintain the smooth functioning of the transport system, the Chief Minister directed the administration to plan to complete all these projects in three years by building a metro in Pune.
“Various projects have been initiated to build the metro network in Pune. Work on 4.4 km long elevated metro from Pune Chinchwad Municipal Corporation to Nigdi has been started, and this project will be completed by January 2027. The underground metro from Swargate to Katraj will be completed by March 2029. The corridor from Vanaz to Chandni Chowk and Ramwadi to Wagholi/Vitthalwadi will be completed by July 2029. It will be done,” he said and directed for completion. Pune Metro Line 3 as soon as possible and start the land acquisition process for Kharadi-Hadapsar-Swargate-Khadakwasla project immediately.
While constructing the Hadapsar-Loni Kalbhor corridor and Hadapsar bus depot to Saswad corridor, CM Fadnavis directed to extend this route to the upcoming Purandar airport in Pune district through a tunnel.
He also asked the administration to plan access roads and metro to Purandar airport and create parking facilities on a large scale through multi-level integration.
–IANS
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