The Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation (MSIDC) has called for fresh bids to construct an elevated, six-lane highway corridor to improve the existing road from Pune to Shirur.

This 53.40 km project, with an estimated cost of Rs 5,993 crore, will be executed on a DBFOT (design, build, finance, operate, and transfer) basis.

In September, the state cabinet approved the plan to improve the Pune to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar national highway.

The project included a double flyover on the Pune to Shirur highway, and a Shirur to Nagar bypass road connecting Pune to the Samruddhi Highway.

The public works department (PWD), Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA), and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) were tasked with resolving the pothole problem on the Pune to Shirur section of Nagar Road.

Initially, a 25 km continuous flyover was proposed for the Pune to Shikrapur section. Plans were also made to build smaller flyovers to work around the pothole-prone areas.