| In its ongoing pursuit to improve road connectivity across Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government is not only developing an extensive network of expressways, but also building several link expressways to connect two or more long distance expressways in order to reduce distance as well as travel time between smaller districts. At present, apart from Ballia Link Expressway (131 km), Chitrakoot Link Expressway (15.20 km), Agra Lucknow Expressway to Purvanchal Expressway Link Expressway (61.60 km), Ganga Expressway to Agra Expressway via Farrukhabad Link Expressway (93 km), Yamuna Expressway to Ganga Expressway via Bulandshahr Link Expressway (84 km) are either under construction, or are proposed.   Alongside these link expressways, solar parks, electric vehicle charging stations and public convenience centres will also be developed. The Ballia Link Expressway will connect Ghazipur to Ballia, with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) allocating Rs 1,600 crore for its construction. The Chitrakoot Link Expressway, linking the Bundelkhand Expressway to Ahmedganj, will start as a 4-lane road, with plans to expand it to six lanes in the future. Additionally, the link expressway connecting the Agra-Lucknow Expressway to the Purvanchal Expressway will initially be six-lane wide, with plans to expand it to eight lanes. The construction of this 61.60 km stretch will cost approximately Rs 4,500 crore. Similarly, the link expressway via Farrukhabad between the Agra-Lucknow Expressway and the under-construction Ganga Expressway will initially be a 6-lane road, with plans to expand it to eight lanes later. The estimated cost for this 93-km link expressway is Rs 6,500 crore. Furthermore, the Bundelkhand Link Expressway, connecting the under-construction Ganga Expressway to Jewar airport, will also span 84 km, with a construction cost of Rs 6,000 crore.

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