If all goes as planned, motorists travelling to Pune, Bengaluru and Goa would be able to avoid traffic in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai and save nearly an hour, in the coming years. The MMRDA has planned to connect the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) to the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

The link between the two would help motorists from south and central Mumbai bypass traffic by taking the MTHL in Sewri and connecting directly to the expressway. According to the plan, the 40 km-plus link would begin from Chirle, at the exit of MTHL, and go up to the expressway near Khalapur toll plaza.