Liquor shops and bars on the highways would be operational once again. File pics

In a temporary relief for the owners of all the liquor shops and bars on highways, which had to down shutters following Supreme Court's order, the Public Works Department (PWD) issued a government resolution on Friday announcing that the Eastern and Western Express Highways would be de-notified and handed over to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) for a period of five years.