Highway may soon become more comfortable as NHAI has decided to widen the road from four lane to six lane. Survey already started. Construction will start in December and is likely to be completed in a 2-year time frame. It will facilitate commuters from Aligarh to reach Delhi smoothly.
NHAI already has land however some more lands may be required for which government officials will soon meet the farmers. Construction of this highway started in 2009. Earlier it was seven meters wide which came under GT road. Later, it was upgraded to four lanes by GAIPL. The construction of 126 km road stretched from Lal Kuan in Ghaziabad to Baoner in Aligarh costs 1450 crores. At the time of construction, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) had an agreement of six lanes with the company in which the condition was laid that even though the highway is being made four lanes, the land will be acquired for six lanes. Presently the traffic load has grown manifolds leading to a jam at many places after Aligarh and Gabhana.
According to P.P Singh, Project Manager, NHAI, currently survey is going on for Ghaziabad – Aligarh highway. It will be upgrade to six lanes as agreed during the construction of four lanes highway, so there will not be much problem in its construction. Work will likely to be wrap up in two years
