Work on missing link on Mumbai-Pune expressway, extension of Metro corridors to be be taken up in 2025-26 fiscal | Pune News
The state government on Monday declared that the missing link on the Mumbai-Pune expressway and the 23km Metro route from Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar will be inaugurated in the coming fiscal while work on the second phase of the Pune Metro project would also be started. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, tabled the budget for the 2024-25 financial year in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday. He said work on the Pune to Shirur elevated road spaning 564km will be undertaken at an estimated cost of Rs 7,515 crores. Work will also be taken up to build a 25km road from Talegaon to Chakan, including four elevated roads, for which a corpus of Rs.6,499 crores has been set aside. Pawar said the missing link project in the ghat section from Khopoli to Khandala on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway is expected to be completed by August 2025, adding this will save both travel time and fuel and will also mitigate reduce traffic congestion. Story continues below this ad A 23.2km Metro route …
