The clogging of lucknow-Kanpur highway could be a thing of passé as the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to broaden the present highway to eight lane in next three years. “The NHAI had decided to convert lucknow-Kanpur highway to eight lane access control expressway. This is done to remove traffic congestion,” Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari told reporters here on Tuesday.
“The detailed project reports (DPRs) of the lucknow-Kanpur highway would be completed within six months time. The work will start by the end of this year. The cost of the project would be around Rs 10,000 crore,” he said. Once complete, the travel time between the two cities would be just 30-40 minutes, he said. Gadkari said on the request of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav NHAI will also broaden Aligarh-Kanpur highway to six lane. The Union minister said that work for the outer ring road would also start this year as the DPRs is almost complete and it will be submitted next month.