The BMC will spend Rs 1,591 crore on concreting the service roads, slip roads and junctions of the asphalt Eastern and Western Express Highways. Sources said if the Assembly election is delayed, the work will start before the state goes to polls; otherwise, work will begin after the election.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Authority (MMRDA) handed over the Eastern and Western Express Highways to the civic body in 2022. Last year, the BMC spent Rs 20 crore to repair potholes on both highways as well as R90 crore to maintain them.