Overview
- Officials laid foundation stones for the three corridors on July 18, and authorities said work on all routes will start together with a target to finish in four years.
- The program covers a 53.4 km Pune–Shirur expressway, a 31.5 km Hadapsar–Yavat highway and a 53.2 km Talegaon–Chakan–Shikrapur road with parts built as double‑deck sections so Metro civil works can be added later.
- The state put the combined cost at about ₹18,000 crore and set a fixed toll of ₹9 per km for 25 years, with upfront premiums to the government reported at roughly ₹950 crore under Build‑Operate‑Transfer/Build‑Use‑Transfer contracts.
- Union minister Nitin Gadkari said the corridors will use Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) from Malaysia to extend span lengths to about 120 m and cut pillar counts, and officials stressed stricter procurement and quality checks.
- Officials also confirmed MSIDC will sign MoUs with Pune Metro to provide basic Metro civil infrastructure, over 50% of land for the proposed Purandar airport has been acquired, and the corridors tie into wider ring‑road and mass‑transit plans for Pune’s growth.