ahmedabadvadodara former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee may not be there to savour his dream come true but as the ahmedabadvadodara expressway nears completion the dreams of the people of ahmedabad and vadodara are just a fortnight away from taking shape national highways authority of india nhai officials say the expressway will be opened to public around june 7minor work in the nadiadvadodara stretch of the 93km expressway a part of the golden quadrilateral has delayed the project it is tentatively scheduled for completion on may 25 some construction work on the nadiad and anand loops connecting the two towns to the expressway and the toll booth at nadiad have also added to the delayat present only the ahmedabadnadiad stretch is open for use officials say the toll on the nadiadvadodara stretch has not been notified yet and can be charged only after about a month nhai officials claim that once complete the expressway being built at a cost of rs 190 crore will ensure that the time to reach ahmedabad from vadodara and vice versa will be reduced to just an hourwe are still working on the toll booths at nadiad and at some places on the nadiad and anand loops other workwhich we term road furniture like pavement markings and fixing of reflectors crash barriers and signages along the road are also going on so it is not safe to allow vehicles to pass on the road nhai member l k joshi told tnn from delhias for the toll we are awaiting the notification from the ministry of surface transport it is with the ministry of law at the moment and should reach us within a week it will take about a month to begin the toll collection system between nadiad and vadodara says joshinhai officials inform that the toll could touch rs 60 for cars at present the toll on the ahmedabadnadiad stretch is rs 25the delay has however denied vajpayee an opportunity to inaugurate his pet project while the ahmedabadvadodara section was scheduled to be completed by aprilendwork on two small stretches near nadiad and anand had the project delayed and a new target was set for mayend though vajpayee had formally inaugurated the 43km stretch between ahmedabad and nadiad in february last year the delay may mean that he will not be around when cars zoom between ahmedabad and vadodarathe former prime minister however continues to figure along the expressway as huge hoardings carrying his photographs are yet to be brought down by the nhai officials say they are preparing to get them down as soon as possible