Chandigarh, Aug 12 — The 61.23-km Chandigarh-Ambala Greenfield Corridor, one of the region’s largest highway projects, is nearing completion and is expected to transform connectivity between Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Built at a cost of Rs 3,167 crore over 395 hectares, the six-lane expressway is designed to ease congestion in and around Chandigarh, Zirakpur, Panchkula, Mohali and Kharar.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials said the project is being executed in two packages. Package-2, covering 31.23 km from IT City Chowk in Mohali to Kurali on the Kurali-Siswan road, is 95% complete and set to open by September 30. Package-1, stretching 30 km from Devinagar village on the Ambala-Hisar road to IT City Chowk, is 65% complete and scheduled for opening by March 31, 2026.
“It will be a Greenfield alignment bypassing NH-205-A to decongest urban areas, especially Mohali, Kharar and Kurali towns, which are at present witnessing massive traffic flow,” an NHAI official told The Tribune.
Package-1, spread over 18 hectares, includes 43.42 km of service and slip roads for local access. The work involves seven vehicular underpasses (VUPs), one vehicular overpass (VOP), 10 large vehicular underpasses (LVUPs), two small vehicular underpasses (SVUPs), seven flyovers, two major bridges and six minor bridges. The section, costing Rs 1,641.66 crore, is expected to significantly reduce congestion between Chandigarh and Ambala.
Package-2, also called the Mohali-Kurali bypass, will cost Rs 1,525.3 crore and span 215 hectares. The high embankment, access-controlled expressway will bypass Mohali, Kharar and Kurali’s internal roads, while providing direct access from Delhi and Haryana to Mohali International Airport Chowk and onwards to Kurali. Officials said the new route will also open faster access to Punjab’s interior, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
Part of the corridor’s design includes a spur connecting to Lalru and a four-lane extension into Mohali. “This will help decongest the Airport Road and improve regional traffic flow, while also giving a major push to logistics and investment,” an NHAI representative said.
Already spurring real estate growth in IT City, New Chandigarh, Kharar and Kurali, the project is expected to cut travel time between Chandigarh and Delhi, while improving freight movement across the region.
