Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced a new access-controlled high-speed expressway between Mumbai and Goa. It will be similar to the Mumbai-Pune expressway and Samruddhi Corridor to Nagpur.
Addressing the concluding function of the 'Malvani Mahotsav' on Sunday night, January 22, Shinde said the expressway between Mumbai and Goa will be a greenfield one (fresh construction).
The coastal road to Sindhudurg in the state's Konkan region will also be widened, he added.
Meanwhile, the development of another highway between Mumbai and Goa is nearing completion which will be a part of the larger 1,622-km-long economic corridor between Mumbai and Kanyakumari. The work is underway in 11 phases.
This 470 km-long road project that connects Panvel in Mumbai to Pollem in South Goa is expected to be thrown open to the public by mid-2023.
However, it is also opined that the central government may consider converting the currently-developing highway to an expressway, instead of constructing a new one.
Once operational, this four-lane highway is expected to cut down the Mumbai-Goa travel time to seven hours from the current 12 hours.
The final decision on the new greenfield expressway shall have to be announced by the central government.
Currently, the Mumbai-Goa route sees 27000-45000 passenger car units (PCUs) daily.
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