Mumbai motorists have been experiencing severe difficulties for the past two years while commuting on the Kandivali stretch of WEH owing to the Akurli subway work

On Wednesday, Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the Akurli Bridge after the widening work on it was completed

 The barricades placed on the WEH owing to the Akurli subway widening work have been removed on Wednesday

The barricades placed on WEH owing to the Akurli subway work had caused only two of the four lanes to remain open for motorists. This led to a bottleneck for vehicles plying towards Borivali and Dahisar

Two other lanes would be opened up during peak traffic hours but it did not give much respite to commuters 

Vehicles would take up to an hour at times to cross the 2-km stretch between Malad and Kandivali

After inaugurating the Akurli bridge, Union Minister Piyush Goyal emphasised that the structure and its timely completion underscores the commitment of the Modi government's to expedite infrastructure projects 

Piyush Goyal recalled his promise to finish the bridge within the first 100 days of the new term of the Modi government, to alleviate the city's traffic congestion

The completion of the bridge is likely to ease traffic woes for commuters in the evening peak hour also