India, Jan. 30 -- After planning and executing seamless road connectivity on Mumbai's western waterfront through the Coastal Road and a chain of sea links, the state government now plans on opening a new road network on the Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Badlapur route to decongest the existing roads and reduce travel time.

A 20-km-long eight-lane access controlled highway (ACH) is being planned to link Mumbai and Navi Mumbai with Kalyan-Badlapur to drastically reduce road commute time. The proposed Badlapur multi-modal corridor, to be executed through the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), is in the initial stages of planning.

"It's in the ideation stage. We want to get a Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared prior to decid...