A proposed 14-lane road near the Atal Setu sea bridge or Mumbai Trans Harbour Link in city that will connect to Pune via a ring road will bring down traffic on Mumbai-Pune Expressway by 50 per cent, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday, reported the PTI.

Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways was talking about road plans for Mumbai-Bengaluru at an alumni event organised by COEP Technological University on the occasion of Engineer's Day.