Gurgaon portion of Dwarka expressway to be completed by October end

Officials said 95% of highway work falling on the Haryana side, that is, packages 3 and 4, has been completed.

“Work remaining includes minor touches. Even when work on the roads is completed, it does not mean it is ready to be opened to the public. We have been seeing instances of accidents on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, and we have to make sure the roads are safe to drive,” an official said.

The part of the highway that falls in Gurgaon includes the cloverleaf interchange that will connect the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway (NH-48), and the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) near Kherki Daula.
Regarding the underpasses being built on the expressway, officials said though the work is ongoing, this is being carried out independently and would not pose any problems for traffic on the main carriageway. “This started later than other work and there would be a spillover effect due to this as the construction is being completed in isolation,” the official added.

Meanwhile, officials echoed Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari that the Delhi part of the Urban Extension Road 2 (UER-2) from North Delhi to IGI Airport will be open in three-four months.
“Anyone coming from Panipat can take the peripheral ring road. After this, taking UER 2 upon reaching Alipur and continuing till Dwarka Expressway will help you reach the airport in 20 minutes in 3-4 months,” Gadkari said during an interaction at Czech Republic’s Prague a few days ago.

The UER 2, connecting Alipur in North Delhi with the Delhi-Jaipur highway near Rajokri in Southwest Delhi, will unclog several parts of the national capital, Gadkari had said earlier this year.

The total length of Dwarka Expressway is 29 km, out of which 18.9 km falls in Haryana and the remaining 10.1 km in Delhi. The expressway starts from Shiv-Murti on NH-8 and terminates near Kherki Daula toll plaza. The total cost of the project is about Rs 10,000 crore. The present alignment is proposed to connect Sector 21 in Dwarka with NH-8 passing through Sectors 88, 84, 83, and 99-113 in Gurgaon along with the proposed Global City before terminating at NH-8 before Kherki Daula toll plaza.