The Punjab government
approved an expressway project linking Mohali with National Highway No.1 at
Phagwara on Jalandhar-Amritsar and Pathankot-Jammu road on 04 Febraury 2009. The project will be executed at a cost of Rs.5,000 crore.
One road of the
expressway will be linked from Lalru and other road will be towards
Siswan.-Baddi which will decrease the travel time from Mohali to Phagwara to
almost one hour. The expressway has been designed by Louis Berger Inc, USA. The
project will be implemented on BOT basis with funding coming from private
sector.