Purvanchal Expressway to be completed by next year

The 340-km-long six-lane, expandable to eight lanes, Greenfield Purvanchal Expressway would be completed by the end of 2020 and the main carriageway would be opened for traffic. So far, 20 per cent work on the expressway has been completed.

“The 340.824-km-long Purvanchal Expressway will be completed by the end of next year and opened for public use,” said Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and Chief Executive Officer UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) Awanish Awasthi in Lucknow on Wednesday.

Awasthi said that already 98 per cent of land required for the project had been acquired and the rest would be acquired soon.

The companies awarded the contracts have competed earth work in 58 per cent of the expressway.