Centre approves expressway connecting JNPA with Navi Mumbai airport
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Centre approves expressway connecting JNPA with Navi Mumbai airport

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The union cabinet on Wednesday approved the construction of a 29-km-long six-lane expressway from Pagote in the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority area to Chouk at the junction of the old Mumbai-Pune highway and Karjat road, while also linking the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and the Mumbai-Goa national highway. Shipping containers sit stacked at a freight depot near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, operated by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, in this aerial photograph taken in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg The expressway, which will cost over ₹4,500 crore, is designed to improve logistics efficiency by connecting JNPA with the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport. With increasing container volume at JNPA and the development of the Navi Mumbai International Airport, a need was identified for augmenting national highway connectivity in the region, a government release said.

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