Hmmm actually i have heard that , estimated cost of the entire corridor, including land acquisition, is expected to be close to Rs 6,450 crore and government will bid it out on a build-operate-transfer mode.!!
I guess then local traffic would use the rest eight lanes without having to pay toll. Henceforth those entering the expressway lanes will be tolled even if they get out at UP Gate or Dasna!!!
Surishree I heard that Uttar Pradesh government was earlier keen on getting Rs 900 crore central assistance for widening of NH-24 from UP Gate to Dasna. It wanted the work to be executed by the state public works department!!!!!
Yes oviously , , commuters will be able to reach Meerut in 45 to 60 minutes and cut travel time to Haridwar and Dehradun by almost an hour. Right now the stretch of NH-24 up to UP Gate will be widened to 14 lanes from the present eight, the road between UP Gate and Dasna will be eight-laned. The next phase of the expressway will be built on a new alignment from Dasna to Meerut : a six-lane stretch joining Meerut bypass.
Yes the authority has decided to build the much delayed Delhi-Meerut expressway starting from Nizamuddin Bridge on Ring Road. This is one of three expressway projects that the PMO has approved !