The Agra-Lucknow Expressway will now serve as a seamless connecting link not only between Agra and Lucknow but also between Delhi and Lucknow. The travel time between Agra and Lucknow has been reduced from the usual 7 hours to 3 hours now and between Delhi and Lucknow has been reduced from the usual 9 hours to an astonishing 6 hours for now making it almost equivalent to rail travel.
It is true that infrastructure serves as the backbone for the real estate sector of any region and the landscape of Western Uttar Pradesh’ s( UP ' s) realty sector is expected to achieve newer heights as the much awaited Agra-Lucknow Expressway has been formally inaugurated. With the rising demand for Tier 2 & 3 regions, this infrastructural development will allow untapped regions of the Western UP to come into the limelight and further promote the
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real estate prospects in those regions. Apart from developing various regions along the expressway, this roadway will also allow the commuters to save a lot of time while travelling and also help in decongesting the traffic on the alternate route.
The Agra-Lucknow Expressway will now serve as a seamless connecting link not only between Agra and Lucknow but also between Delhi and Lucknow. The travel time between Agra and Lucknow has been reduced from the usual 7 hours to 3 hours now and between Delhi and Lucknow has been reduced from the usual 9 hours to an astonishing 6 hours for now making it almost equivalent to rail travel. The entire stretch which is 6 lanes broad, spans over a distance of 302 Kms and has been built in a record time of 23 months by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority( UPEIDA) at a cost of Rs 13, 200 crore which was stipulated to go as high as Rs 15, 000 crore.
The expressway is designed to support speeds up to 120 kms per hour and will have automatic traffic management systems aimed
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