Plans for 16-lane road to decongest Delhi traffic

May 24, 2015 13:11

Plans are on the anvil for a Rs 5,000 crore 16-lane road connecting Delhi with Ghaziabad and Noida on the outskirts in a major bid to ease traffic congestion in the capital.

A plan is also in the works to build a Rs 6,000 crore Eastern Peripheral Expressway to provide signal-free connectivity between the national capital and neighbouring towns, says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

The work on the project for widening of NH-24 up to Dasna in Uttar Pradesh (UP) to 16-lanes as part of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway package, will begin in three months.

"We are making a 16-lane highway on NH 24 from near ITO till Dasna. This will also ease traffic jams in Delhi and it will pass through the Akshardham temple. The work will start on this project in 3 months," Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Gadkari told PTI in an interview.

The cost of the project could be in the range of Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 crore, he added.

The widening of the road will start from near the Yamuna Bridge on NH 24. The carriage way will go up to Dasna via UP-Delhi border and eventually till Meerut, an official said.

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