MUMBAI: Despite the fact that the complete stretch of Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Expressway, connecting Mumbai and Nagpur, is but to open, the Maharashtra State Highway Improvement Company (MSRDC) will begin accumulating extra toll from April 1.
Mumbai, India. Feb 17, 2025: Kasara to Amane Village, Thane, as the ultimate 76 km stretch of the Samruddhi Mahamarg (Expressway), is about to be opened. Mumbai, India. Feb 17, 2025. (Photograph by Raju Shinde/HT Photograph) (Hindustan Occasions)
Driving on this expressway will grow to be dearer by as much as 20%. At present, the per km toll fee stands at ₹1.73 for mild motor autos, ₹2.79 for mild motor industrial autos, ₹5.85 for heavy autos having 2 axles, ₹6.38 for heavy autos with 3 axles, ₹9.18 for heavy building equipment, and ₹11.17 for outsized autos having 7 or extra axles.
As per the revised per km toll chart, ₹2.06 can be levied on mild motor autos, ₹3.32 on mild motor industrial autos, ₹6.97 on heavy autos having 2 axles, ₹7.60 on heavy autos with 3 axles, ₹10.93 on heavy building equipment, and ₹13.30 on outsized autos having 7 or extra axles.
“A public notice has been issued on the scheduled hike in toll rates,” an MSRDC official mentioned. When requested concerning the opening date of the steadiness 76 km of the expressway in direction of Mumbai, the official shared that the part is prepared and can be opened quickly.
On December 11, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated 520 km of the expressway between Nagpur and Shirdi. Later, one other 105 km was opened by the then chief minister Eknath Shinde on Could 23, 2023, from Shirdi to Bharvir. With none political occasion, one other 25 km (between Bharvir and Igatpuri) was opened for motorists on March 4, 2024, leaving solely the final 76 km as much as Amane close to Bhiwandi to be opened.
At Amane, the expressway connects with the under-construction Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway, which hyperlinks Jawaharlal Nehru Port at one finish and Gujarat on the opposite. “For now, a temporary provision has been made to let vehicles move between Mumbai-Nashik Highway and Samruddhi Expressway,” the official mentioned.
First introduced in November 2015, the development of this greenfield expressway commenced in February 2019. The development was break up into 16 packages. Toll can be collected for a tenure of 40 years.