In the coming years, Mumbai roads will be 100 per cent concrete, with the BMC planning to use cement even for the strips on both sides that were made of asphalt to facilitate laying utility cables. After working on a few pilot projects, it plans to spend Rs 2,200-crore on fully concretising the roads and will set aside Rs 45 crore to relocate utility cables and lines under the roads.

The BMC spends between Rs 1,500-Rs 2,000 crore on roads every year. This is apart from the budget allocation for big-ticket projects like the coastal road, GMLR and bridges. The city has a road network of 2,000 km of which 750 km roads are already concretised.