As per the traffic authorities, the primary reasons for traffic congestion in its six designated alternative routes are illegal parking, double parking, bad roads, and backlog traffic pile-ups.
Western, Eastern Express Highways found to be high-risk corridors
According to a report, WEH and EEH in Mumbai continued to remain the most accident prone areas
In a recent report published by Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Road Safety (BIGRS) in collaboration with the Mumbai Traffic Police, the key findings highlighted that Western Express Highway (WEH) and Eastern Express Highway (EEH) have been identified as high risk corridors, according to the number of accidents reported from 2017 to 2019.
The report states that these two spots, WEH and EEH in Mumbai, continued to remain the most accident prone areas in the city wherein the number of accidents reported was 346 and 242 respectively from 2017 to 2019. Even as the report suggests the number of fatalities recorded on these stretches have decreased, over 118 and 57 road deaths were recorded in the same time period.