Overview
- The cabinet infrastructure committee approved taking the planned Uttan–Virar corridor up to Vadhavan Port, confirming a 55.12 km project with a 24.35 km main sea bridge and link roads from Uttan (9.32 km), Vasai (2.5 km) and Virar (18.95 km).
- The state says the extension strengthens north–south access in the Mumbai region and is intended to ease overloaded traffic on the Western Express Highway, S. V. Road and Link Road.
- Officials cleared a 66-km inner ring road for Nashik tied to Kumbh Mela traffic, with land acquisition approved, costs assigned to the Nashik–Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority and completion targeted between March and June 2027.
- For Pune, the chief minister directed faster delivery of metro works and upgrades to six-coach trains, setting timelines that include PCMC–Nigdi by January 2027, Swargate–Katraj by March 2029 and Vanaz–Chandni Chowk plus Ramwadi–Wagholi/Vitthalwadi by July 2029, with immediate land acquisition for the Kharadi–Hadapsar–Swargate–Khadakwasla line.
- Plans call for linking new Pune corridors to the proposed Purandar Airport via tunnels and integrating the sea link within a broader coastal network that includes the Coastal Road, Bandra–Worli Sea Link, Atal Setu and a proposed Virar–Alibaug multi-modal corridor.