India, July 13 -- LUCKNOW Calling infrastructure the biggest driver of economic transformation, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday announced road and highway projects worth nearly Rs.60,000 crore for Uttar Pradesh and said road projects worth Rs.5 lakh crore will be completed in the state over the next two years.

The highlight of the announcements was Gadkari's approval for preparing the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of a 23-km three-tier elevated transport corridor from Lucknow airport to Faizabad Road via Shaheed Path, a project proposed by defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh.

The minister was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Lucknow-Kanpur Greenfield Expressway at Sainik School and...