Will Mumbai’s US$6.9 billion roads plan fix gridlock in India’s finance hub?

Dubbed “Mumbai in Minutes”, the plan launched by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority seeks to slash travel times across the city by constructing coastal roads, flyovers, bridges and underwater tunnels, with the goal of easing gridlock by 2029.

The authority is “targeting travel times of under an hour across the city” according to Commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee, who said most new roads would be tolled to aid in effective traffic management.

Commutes across Mumbai currently vary but can take several hours, depending on the time of day and mode of transport.