India, May 29 -- After enduring years of traffic snarls at Goregaon, motorists commuting between the Western Express Highway at Goregaon east and the Ram Mandir junction in Goregaon west will finally enjoy a seamless ride, with the BMC set to open the Mrinaltai Gore flyover extension on May 31.

Built at a cost of Rs.200.75 crore, the 750-metre-long extension is expected to provide signal-free connectivity for motorists travelling from Borivali, Versova and other western suburbs towards JVLR, bypassing three major traffic signals on the arterial SV Road and cutting travel time from 30 minutes to 5 minutes.

A civic official from the civic bridges department said that barring electric supply to the extension, which is to be provided by Ada...