Gadkari said work on extending the Dholera expressway to Bhavnagar starts within three months
DeshGujarat reported on 10 July 2026 that the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said at a review meeting in Gandhinagar that work on extending the Ahmedabad to Dholera expressway onwards to Bhavnagar will begin within the next three months.
Carried by credible news outlets. No official document confirms it yet.
Three months from 10 July 2026 is October 2026, which makes this one of the few statements on this wire with a date near enough to check. The meeting was with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Chief Secretary M.K. Das and the Chief Minister's Advisor S.S. Rathore, and the minister also urged the state to submit proposals for central road fund financing.
No length, no cost and no contract are stated for the extension, so all three are unknown below. An extension to Bhavnagar would change what the Dholera road is for, turning a spur to an industrial region into a leg of a coastal corridor.
DeshGujarat reported on 10 July 2026 that Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, at a review meeting in Gandhinagar with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Chief Secretary M.K. Das and the Chief Minister's Advisor S.S. Rathore, announced that work on extending the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway to Bhavnagar will begin within the next three months, and urged the state to submit proposals for Central Road Infrastructure Fund funding. He noted progress since a review meeting in November 2025.
| What | Figure | Unit | As of | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of work | within three months of 10 July 2026 | 2026-07-10 | TARGET | |
| Extension length | UNKNOWN | km | UNKNOWN | |
| Extension cost | UNKNOWN | INR crore | UNKNOWN | |
| Contract awarded | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
Last verified: 11 August 2026. Read the status column this way. CONFIRMED means the named document states the figure. REPORTED means a credible outlet states it and no document confirms it. TARGET means somebody is aiming at it. UNKNOWN means no source we hold gives it, and we would rather leave the row empty than fill it with an estimate.
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Everything we recorded in July 2026
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