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Mumbai traffic update: In a significant boost for the connectivity boost for the commuters of Mumbai, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced a comprehensive plan to make Mumbai “traffic-free”. Under the new action plan, the government is planning to make make Mumbai “traffic-free” in the next three years by building a network of underground tunnels and parallel roads. Here are all the details you need to know about the Mumbai underground system planned by the government of Maharashtra.

As per a report carried by news agency IANS, CM Fadnavis has said that the government has a comprehensive plan to construct a city-wide web of tunnels and parallel routes alongside chronically choked roads, which will help in relieving pressure on existing arteries of the city.

Moreover, the CM also confirmed that after this system of underground corridors is completed, Mumbai will become free of chronic traffic snarls in the coming years.

What is Mumbai’s present traffic load?

Highlighting the significance of the under-ground project, the Chief Minister pointed out that approximately 60 per cent of Mumbai’s traffic load currently runs along the Western Express Highway, and reducing this burden is central to any viable solution.

Underground tunnel between Thane and Borivali

Fadnavis said that an underground tunnel is currently under construction between Thane and Borivali, with another planned between Mulund and Goregaon to significantly boost east-west connectivity in Mumbai.

Fadnavis further said that another tunnel is being developed from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link toward the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) to relieve traffic, which will be extended up to the airport.

“A new road parallel to the Western Express Highway is being constructed between Borivali and Goregaon, while a bridge from Worli to Sewri is being built to connect directly to the Atal Setu, allowing people from the suburbs to reach the Navi Mumbai International Airport via the coastal road,” he noted.

(With inputs from agencies)