Uttar Pradesh ke logon ke liye ek badi khushkhabri. Lucknow aur Kanpur ke beech safar ab sirf 35 se 45 minute mein poora ho jaayega, jo pehle 2.5 se 3 ghante leta tha. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari aur UP CM Yogi Adityanath ne Unnao se is 63-kilometre lambe expressway ka udghatan kiya.
₹4,700 crore ki lagat se bane is expressway ki sabse khaas baat yeh hai ki yeh desh ka pehla barrier-free expressway hai — yaani vehicles ko traditional toll barriers par rukna nahi padega. Yeh expressway Lucknow ke Shaheed Path ko Kanpur ke Chakeri se jodta hai.
Project mein 4 bade bridges, 25 chhote bridges, 4 flyovers, 11 pedestrian underpasses aur 13 light-vehicle underpasses shaamil hain. Commuters ko char toll plazas par toll dena hoga — cars, jeeps aur SUVs ke liye one-way journey ka charge ₹275 aur 24 ghante ke andar return trip ke liye ₹415 tay kiya gaya hai.
Is expressway se na sirf do bade shahron ke beech connectivity behtar hogi, balki business aur daily commute karne wale hazaron logon ka samay bhi bachega. UP government ka kehna hai ki yeh project state ke infrastructure development ke agle charan ki shuruaat hai.