The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to extend the Eastern Freeway from Shivaji Nagar end to Ghatkopar signal via elevated road passing through Kamaraj Nagar and Ramabai Colony. MMRDA officials said the road from Shivaji Nagar to Ghatkopar was to be extended, but it was postponed as it would have meant destroying the mangroves. MMRDA has now decided to restart the project.
The MMRDA is also considering a plan proposed by Urban Development Minister and MMRDA chairperson Eknath Shinde to build an elevated road from Ghatkopar to Thane in view of the increasing traffic.
MMRDA Commissioner SVR Srinivas said that the elevated road can be elevated from Ghatkopar and the carrying capacity can be increased.
The authority had completed the construction of the freeway in 2014 and the land was acquired from the Mumbai Port Trust. The Eastern Freeway has two northbound lanes and two southbound lanes.
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