City roads and bridges have again received a huge share in BMC’s annual budget at Rs 3,777 crore. This means that Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will have the provision to spend Rs 10.34 crore on roads, bridges and other traffic amenities every day. Both the road and bridge departments have spent over 80 per cent of the allotted amount so far in 2021-22.

As per the budget presented by BMC Commissioner I S Chahal, around 219.25 kms of road is proposed to be improved (206.72 km concrete and 12.53 km asphalt) in 2022-23 at a cost of Rs 2,200 crore. Prominent roads proposed for improvement are S V P Road, E Borges Road, Shrikant Hadkar Road in south Mumbai, Lallubhai Park and Lallubhai Shamaldas Road, Aarey Colony Road, I C Colony Road in western suburb, and Walji Laddha Road, Lake road in eastern suburbs. In 2021-22, Rs 1,900 crore was allotted to roads and work on 196.34 km was completed.