India, Nov. 6 -- New Delhi

The 210-kilometre Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, which will more than halve the travel time of six hours between the two cities, is expected to open by February 2026, after multiple delays pushed back its latest target of October 2025, according to a senior functionary aware of the matter.

The project is being constructed at a cost of Rs.11,868.6 crore and was initially targeted to be completed in December 2024. After a Rajya Sabha reply in July said it would open in October, work to wrap up construction continues, officials said.

The early 2026 target was set after the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) directed the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) to inaugurate the project once all the phases are comp...