UP approves Rs. 10,435cr expressway project

Placing the 270-km-long six-lane Agra-Lucknow greenfield expressway project on the fast track, the state government has given a green signal for the construction of the project involving an investment of Rs. 10,435 crore. Prior to this, the cabinet had approved the project and the process of selection of consultant for preparing the detailed project report and bids would be invited very shortly. The PPP monitoring committee’s recommendations included phasing of the project in a single package as well as in three separate packages and also elaborated the merits and demerits of each model.