Since 2011, the Government of Gujarat has been making plans to develop a smart city at Bhal area.

[2][3] Several investors who initially signed the Memorandum of Understanding to develop the project, have withdrawn and refused to invest.

The proposed international airport is to be strategically located near the planned SEZ project of the Adani Group at Dholera.

[3] In January 2021 a monorail project to link Ahmedabad and the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) was approved.

The ₹60 billion (US$690 million) Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) will run parallel to the expressway and have seventy stations.