Once fully operational, the FNG highway is expected to reduce travel time between the three cities by about 40 minutes. Currently, the expressway is only 3 kilometers away.
Delhi NCR News: The under-constructed Faridabad-Noida-Ghaziabad (FNG) expressway is a to be determined project in the NCR area of Delhi. It was proposed to cater to Delhi’s roads by allowing motorists to bypass the national capital while traveling between the three cities. However, the project has been postponed for many years. Now, officials from the Noida Authority and Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority (FMDA) have agreed to complete it. They said the project will now be jointly funded by the Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments. The two states will cost to build a vital 600-meter bridge on the Yamuna River near the village of Neudadmangli. The bridge will connect the expressway to Faridabad and will be built by the Haryana agency. The expressway is about 56 kilometers long, 20 kilometers in the Noida-Greater Noida area, in Ghaziabad, and the remaining 28.1 kilometers in the Faridabad area.
Once fully operational, the FNG highway is expected to reduce travel time between the three cities by about 40 minutes. Currently, the expressway is only 3 kilometers away. Officials said work will begin on site once the project estimate is completed by the end of the year. HT quoted Vijay Rawal, chief general manager of the Noida authorities, as saying: “Now we have received a formal letter from the Faridabad government agency, who are ready to share the cost of the project.” He added: “The project will not only allow Gaziabad or Noida but also benefit from Faridabad as it will reduce travel time by up to 40 minutes.”
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NOIDA falls into 20 km of FNG extension starting at NH-24 (December-Meit Expressway), completing about 70%. It is also partially used. However, land disputes and funding divisions have stalled the rest of the work. Due to the incomplete FNG highway, many commuters use a single lane near Zone 115.
