Work on the 340-kilometer long Purvanchal Expressway is progressing in full swing after the Yogi Adityanath government brought forward the deadline for the project and extended the expressway up to Ballia on the border with Bihar.

In a meeting on 29 May, just five days after the election results, Adityanath brought forward the deadlines for the completion of four expressway projects in the state, including the Purvanchal Expressway, to make sure they are completed in time for him to add these as the achievements of the state government when the state goes to polls next in 2022. Just days later, the state government also approved the extension of the expressway from Ghazipur to Ballia. This extension will add around 60 to 80 km to the expressway which was originally planned to link state capital Lucknow with Ghazipur, passing through Barabanki, Faizabad, Amethi, Sultanpur, Azamgarh and Mau.