New Highway Projects in Uttar Pradesh: EPC Leads

Projects India currently tracks 214 upcoming roadways and highway projects in Uttar Pradesh, of which 30 are marked verified and the combined recorded project cost stands at about Rs 1.98 lakh crore. Two new projects were added to our database in the 90 days to October 2026, compared with none in the 90 days before that. The pipeline spans expressways, national highways, six-lane corridors and urban road packages across virtually every division of the state.

Uttar Pradesh highway pipeline at a glance

Largest new highway and road projects in Uttar Pradesh

The table below lists the highest-value upcoming projects in our database for this scope. Together they illustrate the scale and geographic spread of the UP road infrastructure pipeline.

Several points stand out. The single largest project — a highway package at Meerut valued at Rs 36,404.4 crore promoted by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority — is still under approvals, meaning procurement is not yet open but early engagement by EPC contractors and equipment suppliers is appropriate now. Meanwhile, the majority of the high-value packages are already under construction, indicating that sub-contractor, material and equipment demand is active rather than prospective. Agra alone appears in multiple entries across NHAI and private concessionaire projects, reflecting the corridor's strategic importance on national freight routes.

Where the new road projects in UP are concentrated

Project activity is spread across the state but clusters around a handful of cities, as the chart below shows.

Allahabad leads with 19 projects, followed by Lucknow (15) and Varanasi (12). Aligarh and Gorakhpur each account for 10 projects, while Meerut has 9 and Muzaffarnagar 8. Hardoi and Gautam Budh Nagar each have 6 active entries. For suppliers and contractors, this geography suggests that a regional sales or site-support presence in Prayagraj (Allahabad), Lucknow and Varanasi provides the widest coverage of active and pipeline work. Gorakhpur and Aligarh are secondary clusters worth monitoring, particularly as several projects in those cities are in planning or under-approvals stages and will move into procurement in the coming months.

Stage breakdown: what is ready to buy and what is still in the pipeline

Understanding pipeline stage is essential for timing outreach — the chart below shows how UP highway projects are distributed across stages.

Of all projects in our database for this scope (including completed and cancelled), 87 are under approvals and 65 are in planning — together representing the bulk of future opportunity. A further 55 projects have construction started, meaning active site procurement is under way for those packages right now. Only 4 projects are at the early or announced stage, and 3 have reached near-completion. For suppliers of plant, equipment and materials, the 55 under-construction projects are the immediate commercial target; for EPC contractors and consultants seeking to pre-position, the 87 under-approvals and 65 planning-stage projects represent the medium-term tender pipeline. This two-tier approach — active pursuit of construction-stage packages while building relationships on approval-stage projects — is the most effective way to work a market of this size.

Most active promoters in the UP highway sector

Knowing which agencies and companies drive the most projects helps sales teams prioritise relationship-building. The chart below shows the most active promoters by project count.

The National Highways Authority of India dominates with 75 projects and a combined recorded cost of about Rs 56,335 crore in our database, making it the single most important client to track in this sector. The Public Works Department, Uttar Pradesh, has 53 projects though at a much lower average value (combined about Rs 3,924 crore), reflecting a larger number of smaller state-funded packages. U P Expressways Industrial Development Authority, with 5 projects and a combined cost of about Rs 32,910 crore, fields the highest average project value among promoters — its packages in Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur and Lucknow are among the most capital-intensive in the state. Private concessionaires such as IRB Hapur Moradabad Tollway Limited, DA Toll Road Private Limited, DBL Lucknow Sultanpur Highways Limited, AE Tollway Private Limited and G R Infraprojects Limited are each responsible for one large under-construction package, meaning their procurement teams are the direct point of contact for sub-contract and supply inquiries.

Projects recently added to our database

Two projects were added to Projects India's UP roadways database in the 90 days to October 2026. The more significant of the two is the Highway Project at Deori, Agra, promoted by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), with a recorded cost of Rs 4,262 crore. Construction has already started on this package and an expected completion date of January 2028 is recorded in our database — making it one of the few projects in the state with a defined end-date visible to the market. The second addition is a Skywalk Project at Prayagraj promoted by North Central Railway, at Rs 29 crore and in the near-completion stage; while modest in cost, it signals continued infrastructure activity at the Prayagraj node. Contractors and suppliers who are not yet monitoring Agra-corridor packages should note that NHAI is running multiple concurrent packages in that geography, as visible in the project table above. You can view all upcoming roadways and highways projects in Uttar Pradesh in our live database.

What this means for suppliers and contractors

The UP highway pipeline offers differentiated opportunities depending on what a business sells and at what stage it prefers to engage.

• Construction-stage projects (55 packages): Active procurement is under way. Civil contractors can pursue sub-contract work in earthworks, pavement layers, structures and drainage. Equipment suppliers — concrete plants, pavers, rollers, crushers, sensor-based survey equipment — can approach site procurement managers directly. Steel and bitumen traders, ready-mix suppliers and pre-cast manufacturers have immediate demand to address, particularly on the larger NHAI and UPEIDA packages in Lucknow, Shamli, Hardoi, Agra and Varanasi.
• Under-approvals projects (87 packages): Detailed project reports and design contracts are typically awarded before main civil packages. Design consultants, geotechnical firms and survey agencies should engage with NHAI, PWD UP and UPEIDA at this stage. EPC contractors should track these projects closely so they are positioned to bid when tenders are issued.
• Planning-stage projects (65 packages): These include high-value expressway packages in Ghaziabad (Rs 8,911 crore) and Gorakhpur (Rs 5,555 crore). Land acquisition, feasibility and pre-bid advisory work is relevant here. Contractors who build relationships at the planning stage are better placed when DPR-stage tenders emerge.
• Private concessionaires: For the five privately-promoted under-construction packages (IRB, DA Toll Road, DBL, AE Tollway, G R Infraprojects), procurement decisions are made by the concessionaire's own project management teams rather than a government tender cell. Direct outreach to project-level procurement contacts is more effective than monitoring public tender portals for these packages.

Businesses looking for a broader view of infrastructure opportunities across the state can also explore infrastructure projects in Uttar Pradesh covering power, industrial, urban and social sectors alongside roads. For national highway opportunities outside UP, the full India roadways and highways pipeline is also tracked in our database.

How to track these projects

With 214 upcoming projects spread across dozens of districts and multiple promoter agencies, manually monitoring this pipeline is not practical. Projects India aggregates project intelligence across 84,540 projects nationally, including verified details on cost, stage, promoter and location for each entry in this scope. Subscribers receive alerts when a project moves stage — for example, when an under-approvals expressway package moves to tender — so sales and business development teams can act before competitors. A free sample project report is available to assess the depth of data before subscribing. Teams that also need to monitor public procurement can use our live government tenders section alongside the project database. For businesses that want AI-assisted matching of projects to their specific product or service category, the AI tender intelligence tool provides a faster route through the pipeline. Project owners and contractors seeking qualified vendors can use VendorConnect, our contractor and supplier directory.