[ruzbehxyz]

Originally Posted by Hayek

Disagree strongly with the 100 kph speed limit. Limits that are too low only discourage compliance - and lead to more accidents. The expressway was originally designed for a 120 kph speed limit. I would rather the authorities stick to that and enforce strictly, than attempt to set a limit such as 100 kph (or even worse 80 kph) which no one will follow.

Rather than focusing on cars that drive safely at 120 kph, the authorities should crack down on trucks hogging the centre or right lanes at 40 kph - in fact vehicles moving slower than 80 kph should not be allowed on the expressway.

Disagree.
Speed limit of 100 kmphr on the expressway is best suited for all and about 60-70 kmphr on the ghat section.
If they keep the speed as 100 then people will cruise around 110.

If the speed limit itself is 120 then people will be around 130 and this is a dangerous speed for this kind of road. Even in other countries with 8 lane roads (4+4) the speed limits are around 90.

Trucks taking all three lanes is there but not as much as private car owners who violate the speed limit or overtake from the left. How many trucks face accidents here against the private cars, especially since number of trucks are on the higher side. In fact most of the truck drivers are quite disciplined with the limited knowledge that they have.

It is we as private car owners that need to improve no matter what speed limit is introduced.

[Hayek]

Originally Posted by ruzbehxyz

Disagree.
Speed limit of 100 kmphr on the expressway is best suited for all and about 60-70 kmphr on the ghat section.

Even in other countries with 8 lane roads (4+4) the speed limits are around 90.

Can you please name one such country with a 90 kmph limit on 4+4 lane roads? I have driven extensively in the USA, UK, Australia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The lowest limits I have seen are 100 kmph in Australia. The UK has a 70 mph (114 kmph) limit on dual carriageways (2+2 lane roads). The USA has limits that vary by state with the lowest ones being 65 mph (105 kmph) - but in practice, people drive 10 mph faster than the limit. Austria and Switzerland have 130 kmph limits. So perhaps 120 kph is on the high end - but 110 would certainly be ok

[sandeepsc]

When we talk about foreign countries we forget that we are Indians. Do we have mentality or habit to obey the rules. I will share an incident happened in Germany which was told by colleague. There was an accident happened just 3 to 4 cars ahead of him on highway. All the cars behind that accidental car queued up making way for ambulance. The ambulance came in just five minutes and upon checking got air lifted by air ambulance in next 10 minutes. Traffic allowed immediately after that. Now imagine this situation in indian scenario. It's better not to even think about it. It's all depends on how as a society we have evolved and react to these situations.

Secondly it has been 15 years since expressway has commenced. Over the years road condition is deteriorated and original design speed of 120 kmph is not feasible today. Instead of improving infrastructure authorities are busy in putting every limitations on commuters. Wait for authorities do their duties and people adopt self discipline, till then 100 kmph limit is safe bet on expressway.

[Torq]

Not many takers for Mum-Pune Eway toll

The authority wants to hire an agency for the next 11 years. The selected company has to make an upfront payment of Rs 9,000 crore to the MSRDC.

On August 15, the previous toll collection company Ideal Road Builders Infrastructure completed the 16 years contract with MSRDC giving a total of Rs 1,301 crore. But since the authority failed to recover the project cost, the state government once again granted rights to collect toll on Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

The 93-kilometre-long Pune-Mumbai Expressway was constructed at a cost of Rs 1,630 crore in 2002 and from 2004 the toll collection is going on.

Source

Can someone please explain the maths as to why Govt wants additional 9000Cr for the expressway? Surely the upkeep for next 11 years isn't going to cost so much. Its hightime the toll is scrapped or atleast reduced.

[jailbird_fynix]

Mumbai-Pune Expressway to get around 10,000 CCTV cameras

As a part of the Intelligent Traffic Management, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has decided to install CCTV cameras along the Expressway at a distance of 3-4 metres each.

Pune Mirror

[alpha1]

Originally Posted by Torq

Not many takers for Mum-Pune Eway toll

The authority wants to hire an agency for the next 11 years. The selected company has to make an upfront payment of Rs 9,000 crore to the MSRDC.

On August 15, the previous toll collection company Ideal Road Builders Infrastructure completed the 16 years contract with MSRDC giving a total of Rs 1,301 crore. But since the authority failed to recover the project cost, the state government once again granted rights to collect toll on Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

The 93-kilometre-long Pune-Mumbai Expressway was constructed at a cost of Rs 1,630 crore in 2002 and from 2004 the toll collection is going on.

Source

Can someone please explain the maths as to why Govt wants additional 9000Cr for the expressway? Surely the upkeep for next 11 years isn't going to cost so much. Its hightime the toll is scrapped or atleast reduced.

A tunnel is being constructed to bypass the hairpin bends.
That requires some sort of funding.

[ruzbehxyz]

Originally Posted by alpha1

A tunnel is being constructed to bypass the hairpin bends.
That requires some sort of funding.

Yes. Absolutely correct. That's the missing link.

The Mumbai Pune Expressway is presently of 6-lane cement concrete pavement with 2.5m wide paved shoulder on both sides having a length of 94 kms. National Highway No. 4 from Shil Phata to Dehu Road is a 4-lane bituminous pavement with a length of 111 kms.

Mumbai-Pune Expressway and NH-4 meet near Khalapur Toll Plaza and separate near Khandala exit. The section from Adoshi Tunnel to Khandala exit is a 6-lane road but the traffic of 10-lane road (6-lane of Mumbai-Pune Expressway + 4-lane of NH-4) is plying in this section. Heavy amount of traffic and landslides causes congestion in this stretch. Due to decrease in speed and increase in time of travel in this section & in order to save time, vehicles move at a faster speed on rest of the expressway which has resulted in increase in number of accidents.

In 1995, M/s. RITES had carried out feasibility studies for the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and has suggested an alternate route for this Ghat Section. MSRDC had appointed a Technical Advisory Committee in order to review the Detailed Project Report submitted by Consultant.

Accordingly, as per suggestions of Technical Advisory Committee alignment of the Missing Link along with Detailed Project Report approved by Technical Advisory Committee.

The length of existing Mumbai Pune Expressway section from Khopoli exit to Sinhgad Institute is presently 19 kms. This distance will be reduced to 13.3 kms after construction of this new missing link. So, the total length of Expressway from Mumbai to Pune will be decreased by 6kms. Travel time will be reduced by 20-25 mins.

Source : http://msrdc.org/Site/Common/Project...D=75&MainId=18

[alpha1]

On the other hand, I want to know how has been the experience (personal as well as in general) since the Fast Tag deadline has kicked in.

[ruzbehxyz]

Originally Posted by alpha1

On the other hand, I want to know how has been the experience (personal as well as in general) since the Fast Tag deadline has kicked in.

Fastag has been in service on the Mumbai - Pune expressway since quite some time now. If the tag works perfectly then it's faster than cash. However if the scanning has to be done manually, then the time taken is the same as cash payment or may be even more. On four occasions my SBI Fastag was scanned manually on the expressway.

For Fastag discussions, I think we should do it on the following thread:
https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/stree...ing-using.html (FASTag: All you need to know about procuring & using it!)

[Lij]

IRB receives Mumbai-Pune expressway contract to collect toll for next 15 years.

Subsequently the toll rates to be also increased from April 1.

Source

[RM Motorsports]

Originally Posted by Lij

IRB receives Mumbai-Pune expressway contract to collect toll for next 15 years.

Subsequently the toll rates to be also increased from April 1.

The reason?
The maintenance of the expressway will be handed over to a new company, IRB Infrastructure Developers, which is going to charge a little more for the upkeep. Though a lot more can be done, there have been several improvements to the expressway. For one, the e-way is a lot safer than earlier. The number of fatalities has reduced by 43% since 2016, thanks to the Zero Fatality Corridor project executed by the MSRDC, Maharashtra Highway Police, Mahindra & Mahindra, and SaveLIFE Foundation.

There’s more planned. There are plans to widen the e-way from the current six to eight lanes throughout. At the Mumbai end, MSRDC also plans to expand the expressway from Panvel all the way to Sion, which could shave at least 30 minutes from the travel time. And there’s another tunnel being built through the ghats, which could cut another 20 minutes off the journey.

[vivek95]

I took the Mumbai--Pune Expressway on 21st June 2020 after a long gap of 4 months as part of my drive from Mumbai to Wardha and back. We started at 6:30 am from Vashi, Navi Mumbai and reached Khalapur toll in about 35 minutes. We had a travel e-pass but there was no checking done both during onward and return. For the first time in 18 years ever since Mumbai--Pune Expressway had opened up, I witnessed such less to no traffic that day. The new food mall parking lot was expectedly empty which is otherwise always buzzing with umpteen cars. Some food outlets were open for takeaway.






















I also made a video of erstwhile Amrutanjan bridge point. It was sad to see it missing but the S-shaped curve is now easy for long trailers to negotiate.

https://youtu.be/RwIq3bPHaHs

[ruzbehxyz]

Pune Man Spends 20 Lakh To Make Expressway Safer After Losing His Brother In An Accident.

Read full story here: https://www.whatshot.in/pune/pune-ma...cident-c-24548

[RedTerrano]

Originally Posted by ruzbehxyz

Pune Man Spends 20 Lakh To Make Expressway Safer After Losing His Brother In An Accident.

Read full story here: https://www.whatshot.in/pune/pune-ma...cident-c-24548

He started persuading the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation to take safety measures along the E-way and even got the state government to sanction a project to install brifen wire ropes on the highway. He made several trips to Mumbai and the Mantralaya to follow up on the progress and ensure that the project doesn’t come to a stand still for any reason. Other than this, he also installed multiple closed-circuit cameras (CCTV) along the e-way to detect over-speeding vehicles and also set up a trauma care centre to ensure prompt medical care to the accident victims. Pendse has been hell bent on reducing the number of accidents and deaths on the e-way and has left no stone unturned to ensure so

Kudos to Mr Tanmay Pendse for his perseverance. Definitely not an easy task to get the Govt. machinery moving. I wonder why these safety measures had to be sponsored by an individual. I would think such expenditure is what we pay toll for.

[ruzbehxyz]

From 01st August 2020, those covering the Khalapur toll - Urse toll stretch in less than 36 minutes, will be fined Rs.1000 for over speeding.

For light vehicles, the maximum speed limit is set as 100 kmphr on the expressway.

Source: https://m.timesofindia.com/city/pune...w/77044799.cms