PROJECT REPORT ON

AGRA - LUCKNOW EXPRESSWAY

Expressway Total Distance 302 km

(Agra Link Road 2.634km And Lucknow Link Road 9.688km)

PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE

DEGREE OF

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT

SUBMITTED BY

PRIYAM KUMAR

Admission No: 100053

CHANDRAGUPT INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

(CIMP)

AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION UNDER THE SOCIETIES ACT

ACTIVE SUPPORT FROM GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR

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 CHAPTER – 1
1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND
Good transportation systems are lifeline to the area they serve. Roads bring about all round
development in the region. A good road network helps in the success of all
development activities, be it in the sphere of movement of people and goods, agriculture,
commerce, education, health, and social welfare, or even maintenance of law and order
and security.

To keep pace with the forth coming economic development within the State the Uttar
Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has been entrusted to
develop the access controlled Agra - Lucknow Expressway on Public Private Partnership mode
(PPP) by the Government of Uttar Pradesh (GO UP). The Agra - Lucknow Expressway Project
will extend the connectivity of the State Capital with National capital with High Speed Corridor.
The proposed expressway starts on the Agra Ring Road near village Madra and ends on SH-40
(Lucknow – Mohan- Hasanganj – Rasulabad road) outskirts of Lucknow. The project also
includes the following two link roads:

1) Agra Link Road providing connectivity to proposed Agra Ring Road being undertaken by
Agra development Authority. The proposed Agra Ring Road is being built on priority basis
by Agra Development Authority and would provide linkage to end point of Yamuna
Expressway and NH-2. In case the proposed development of ring road does not materialize
then in order to provide connectivity with Yamuna Expressway additional 7 km of link road
needs to be build by the concessionaire which will be a change in scope. The length of this
link is approximately 1.5 km with Trumpet Interchange on the Agra Ring Road. The cross-
sectional elements of this link would be exactly same as that of the proposed Expressway.

2) Firozabad Link Road: the present single lane road will be widened to two lanes with paved
shoulder; the existing bridge on Yamuna is already a 2 lane bridge. The length of this link is
15km.

3) Kannuj Link Road: the state highway has been converted to national highway (NH 91A)
and hence only paved shoulder will be added as improvement. The length of this link road is
8 Km.

4) Lucknow Link Road: as there is no timeline set by the Lucknow Development Authority to
develop the outer ring road for Lucknow, this link road is required to provide connectivity of
the expressway form Lucknow city. The end point meets at SH-40 (Lucknow – Mohan -
Hasanganj – Rasulabad road) near Khushalganj. The length of this link road is 9.6 Km and it
utilizes the irrigation land available on the right bank of Sharda Canal (Lucknow branch).
The cross-sectional elements of this link would be exactly same as that of the proposed
Expressway, as there is limited ROW available along the canal service roads on either side
would not be provided. It has been proposed that as and when Lucknow Outer Ring Road is
constructed, concessionaire of the Expressway will provide suitable interchange which will
be a change in scope.

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 CHAPTER – 2
2.1 TRAFFIC DATA
Various traffic surveys and analysis have been carried out for addressing the objectives of the
project stretch. The surveys conducted include 7 days traffic volume count at 4 locations, 3 days
traffic volume count at 5 locations and 1 day origin – destination and commodity movement
survey at 7 locations etc. The study aims at obtaining the existing traffic and travel
characteristics on the project corridor and forecasting for project horizon year considering
various constituent streams and for various scenarios. The results of analysis will form inputs for
designing the pavement, carrying out financial analysis, decisions regarding grade separators,
pedestrian facilities, and wayside amenities along with design of intersections along the project
road.

S. No. Section AADT in No’s AADT in PCUs

1 Section 1 (km 0.000 to km 24.000) 10288 24504
2 Section 2 (km 24.000 to km 72.000) 9726 23849
3 Section 3 (km 72.000 to km 87.000) 9080 22591
4 Section 4 (km 87.000 to km 109.000) 9365 23423
5 Section 5 (km 109.000 to km 165.000) 11532 27419
6 Section 6 (km 165.000 to km 196.000) 11027 26570
7 Section 7 (km 196.000 to km 263.000) 9095 22724

8 Section 8 (km 263.000 to km 266.860) 10949 25381

Table 2.1: Summary of AADT (2012-2013)

2.2 TRAFFIC FORECAST

Traffic demand plays the most important factor in deciding the type of facility (infrastructure) to
be provided. This in turn determines likely benefits and costs to develop the same. A highway
project of this nature calls for significant investment. Prediction of traffic demand becomes an
important task and has to be carried out accurately. For the design of pavement and to plan for
the future maintenance programme and for economic & financial evaluation, it is necessary to
have realistic estimate of the size of traffic in the design period of 30 years. Traffic forecasting is
made by determining the past trend of traffic flow along the corridor and by use of economic
models developed to co-relate past vehicle registration data and economic indices such as per
capital income (PCI), net state domestic product (NSDP) and gross domestic product (GDP). By
using the elasticity values obtained from the economic models and the likely rate of growth of

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indicators, the mode wise growth rates are obtained. By applying this growth rates, future traffic
volume is estimated.

S. No. Section 2013 2018 2023 2028 2033

1 Section-1 24504 40628 59304 76110 98077
2 Section-2 23849 39086 56703 72884 94022
3 Section-3 22591 38690 57427 73162 93683
4 Section-4 23423 40866 61216 77784 99317
5 Section-5 27419 46866 69506 88724 113789
6 Section-6 26570 46327 69379 88230 112797
7 Section-7 22724 40550 61437 77817 99048
8 Section-8 25381 45022 68027 86433 110360

Table 2.2: Traffic Estimated for Future Years

The project road facilities have been designed for level of service ‘B’ for the concession period
of 30 years

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 CHAPTER– 3

Project Description
The development of the High Speed Corridor between Agra and Lucknow by construction of
Access Controlled Expressway Project will extend the connectivity of the State Capital with
National capital In case the proposed development of ring road does not materialize then in
order to provide connectivity with Yamuna Expressway additional 7.0 km of link road needs
to be build by the concessionaire which will be treated as a change in scope of work

3.1 PROJECT AREA

3.1.1 Location define

The Project expressway and link roads traverse in the state of Uttar Pradesh, with total
length of 324.00Kms (Approx). The project stretch passes through Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri,
Etawah, Kanpur, Kannauj, Hardoi, Unnao and Lucknow districts. Index Map given
in Figure 2.1 refers to the location of the Project stretch.

Project influence area

A study of the socio-economic profiles of the regions comprising the project influence area (PIA)
provides an overview of the factors likely to influence the pattern of economic development, and
hence the flows and volumes of traffic on the proposed highway. The details include population,
per-capita Income, NSDP, GDP and targeted growth rates of the economy. The profiles help to
generate basic inputs for the estimation of future growth in transport demand on the basis of past
scenarios, prospective changes in transport demand elasticity and economic growth rates. From
OD survey analysis along project road, share within Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Rest of India has
been considered as shown in the table below in estimating the growth rates.

Vehicle Type Uttar Pradesh Delhi Rest of India

Goods Vehicles 60% 12% 28%

3.2 GROWTH OF REGISTERED VEHICLES IN PROJECT INFLUENCE

AREA
In order to analyze the vehicle growth in the state, the vehicle registration data of Uttar Pradesh,
Delhi and India have been collected. The Compounded Average Growth Rate (%) of different
vehicle types is shown in Table 5.10 to 5.12

Year Car 2w Bus Truck (UP)

2004-05 633855 5652044 121362 165123
2005-06 757019 6083655 136909 184428
2006-07 777682 7138789 139812 193465
2007-08 864465 7737237 133128 215825

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 2008-09 944825 8521198 150732 240433
2009-10 1071008 9493677 170570 268617
2010-11 1208699 10563850 199832 307058
CAGR 11.36 10.99 8.67 10.89

Table 3.1Growth of Vehicle Registration in Uttar Pradesh

Year Car 2w Bus Truck (UP)

2004-05 1445149 2844004 24235 140982

2005-06 1487334 3062536 43500 141996

2006-07 1614830 3299838 46581 149972

2007-08 1760399 3578199 52763 160726

2008-09 1899442 3797943 55148 175250

2009-10 2058920 4055229 58047 193205

2010-11 2231281 4342403 61471 209370

CAGR 7.60 7.26 14.89 7.17

Source: www.delhi.gov.in

Table 3.2: Growth of Vehicle Registration in Delhi

Year Trucks (All India)

2004-05 4031000
2005-06 4436000
2006-07 5119000
2007-08 5601000
2008-09 6041000
2009-10 6432000
2010-11 7064000
GR 9.80%
Source: MORTH

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 CHAPTER 4

Cost Estimates Data

Item Detailed Description

Site Clearance & Earthwork  Clearing and Grubbing, Removal of

stumps of felled trees
 Earth excavation
 Fill by excavated earth
 Sub-grade
 Earthen Shoulder

Sub-base & Base Course  Granular Sub-base

 Wet Mix Macadam

Bituminous Courses  Prime coat

 Tack Coat
 Dense Bituminous macadam
 Bituminous concrete

Bridges/  Structures on Main Expressway with

Service Road and Link
Polyurethane Paint
/Road Over Bridge
Cross Drainage Structures  RCC Box Culverts and Pipe Culverts

Drainage & Protective Works  Open Drain along with Expressway and
Service Road

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Road furniture and safety works  Km stone, Hecto meter stone Guard
Stone Gantry Signs & Markings Lamp
Posts
Toll Plaza  Toll Plaza

Environmental Plan  Including plantation on median

4.1 GENERAL
The cost estimates for the project are extremely important as its entire viability and
implementation depends on the project cost. Therefore, cost estimates and rate analysis of the
items have been carried out with due care. The project cost estimates have been prepared
considering various items of works associated with the identified proposals.

4.2 BASIC RATES

The basic rates for each construction items were analyzed on the basis of Uttar Pradesh PWD
(National Highway) Standard Schedule of Rates (2012-2013) for material and Labour. The basic
rates for each construction items are analyzed on the basis of material study under taken the
prices of construction materials collected from various sources and on the anticipated distance of
source to the site of work. For items where these rates are not available, the rates were adopted as
per previous experience of the consultants / market rates.

Summary of Adopted Rates

Summary of rates for major construction items are presented in Table

Sl. No. Description Unit Rate in Rs.

1 Embankment Cum 276

2 Sub-grade Cum 333

3 GSB(Granular sub-base) Cum 2216

4 WMM(wet mix macadam) Cum 2561

5 Primer coat Sq.m 28

6 Tack coat with 0.275kg/ sqm Sq.m 13

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 7 Tack coat with 0.225kg/ sqm Sq.m 10

8 DBM(dense bituminous macadam) Cum 9166

9 Bituminous concrete (Grading-l) cum 10887

Table 4.1 : Summary of Rates for Major Construction Items

4.3 COST ESTIMATES

The Cost Estimates have been estimated for the project expressway and link roads. Cost estimate
includes cost for six lanes expressway with future widening to 8 lanes; the cost of structures has
been adopted for eight lanes. The cost estimate also includes cost for link roads having 2 lanes
with paved shoulder. The summary of cost estimates is given inTable

SUMMARY OF COST
Sr. Particulars Amount
No.
1 Bill No. 1: Site clearance and Dismantling 163,571,209
2 Bill No. 2 : Earth Work 19,224,101,904
3 Bill No. 3 : Grannular Sub Base Courses and Base Courses ( Non- Bituminous 17,549,609,091
)
4 Bill No. 4 : Bituminous Courses 17,762,721,962
5 Bill No. 5 : Culverts 573,809,371
6 Bill No. 6A : Minor Bridges 2,663,005,361
7 Bil No. 6B : Major Bridges 4,517,061,706
8 Bill No. 6C :Repair & Rehabilitation (Bridges and Culverts) 8,397,328
9 Bill No. 6D : FO, ROB 2,366,828,713
10 Bill No. 6E : VUP/PUP 3,046,016,675
11 Bill No. 6F : Re Wall 1,655,437,043
12 Link Road (Structure Cost) 227,047,862.87
13 Bill No. 7 : Drainage & Protective Works 1,865,457,752
14 Bill No. 8 : Traffic signs, Road markings and other road appurtunences 4,082,621,308
15 Bill No. 9: Toll Plaza 196,836,624
16 Bill No. 10: Wayside Amenities 400,448,264

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17 Bill No. 11 : Enviormental Plan 175,035,584.34
18 Bill No. 12 : Miscellaneous Works 757,403,050

Total Civil Cost 77,235,410,809

TPC (25% of Civil Cost) 96,544,263,511

Table 4.2 : Summary of Cost

4.4 LAND COST

Based on the assumptions as provided in the previous section, the landed cost of the project with 40%
grant from government will be:

Start date 01Apr14 01Apr 15 01Apr1

6
End date 31 Mar 15 31 Mar16 31Mar
17
Escalation 1.00 1.05 1.10

Project cost including escalation & other charge 9654 1931 3862 3862

IDC 492 3 124 366

Total project cost 10146 1934 3985 4227

Table 4.2 Land Cost

Reference

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra_Lucknow_Expressway
2. http://www.masterplansindia.com/expressways/india-longest-agra-lucknow-expressway-20-facts-to-know
3. http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/pocketmaps/agralucknow.htm
4. www.upeida.in/agra_lko_expressway_feasibility_report.
5. www.delhi.gov.in
6. MoSRT&H
7. IRC-64-1990
8. IRC: 22
9. IRC: 6
10. IRC: 83 (Part II)
11. Pocket Book for Highway Engineers (Second Revision) published by the IRC, NewDelhi in 2002

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