Mumbai’s Coastal Road is only a glimpse of what is set to come up over the next five years. The Indian Express has exclusively accessed Mumbai’s Ring Road masterplan prepared by MMRDA that showcases the mega road connectivity across the length and breadth of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) — from Vadodara, Gujarat border up North to Alibaug in the Konkan belt of Maharashtra down South and towards Navi Mumbai/Thane. This vast, intricate and complex network of roads, flyovers, reclaimed coastal roads, bridges and underwater tunnels aim to free Mumbai of all its infamous bottlenecks by 2029. Once complete, this planned infrastructure will have a huge impact on the island city and the adjoining mainland. Not only will it declutter and decongest the MMR, but will also make public transport much more convenient.The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the planning authority of the metropolitan region, has approved building an additional 90.18 kilometres of…
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