Traffic on the Pune-bound lanes of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway will be stopped for two hours on Friday to erect a gantry at Lonvala, an official said.
The work will take place between 12 noon and 2pm and Pune-bound motorists are urged to exit the expressway at Khandala Ghat and re-enter it at Valavan toll plaza near Lonavala, a Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation release said on Thursday.
The temporary closure of the Pune lane forms an integral part of a more extensive initiative taken by MSRDC which will improve the safety standards of the Expressway. The 95-kilometre expressway, which connects the state’s two biggest cities, is the country’s first access-controlled route and was operationalized in 2002.
The Maharashtra police had closed the expressway leading towards Mumbai a month ago for two hours as officials began clearing debris that had been thrown on the highway due to landslides.
