Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), which will ease traffic and reduce travelling time in Delhi as well, will have an intelligent traffic system (ITS) with a centralised control centre and be constructed in six packages, the government said today.
"EPE is proposed to be developed as a fully access controlled expressway. The entire Expressway shall be provided with Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) with centralised control centre, closed tolling system which also include components like CCTV, weather monitoring, variable message signs, advanced communication system etc," Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Pon Radhakrishnan told Rajya Sabah.
The work for construction of EPE has already been awarded in six packages on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode having total capital cost of Rs 7558.30 crore, he said.
This expressway is passing through the States of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and will be six-lane.
In reply to another query in the Upper House, the Minister said another Delhi-Meerut Expressway is proposed to be constructed up to Dasna along National Highway-24 and from Dasna to Meerut along a greenfield alignment.
"In the first phase, it has been decided to develop Delhi-Dasna-Hapur section on Hybrid Annuity mode. Delhi-Dasna section is of fourteen lane configuration (Six lanes Expressway and Four lanes on either side) and Dasna-Hapur section is of Six lane configurations," Radhakrishnan said.
He said bids for these stretches have already been invited and the greenfield alignment i.E. Dasna-Meerut section shall be taken up in second phase after completion of land acquisition and other pre-construction activities.
"For completion of work in a time-bound manner, the entire project has been divided into manageable small size packages," he said.
Both the projects are aimed at de-congesting traffic in the national capital.
