NHAI Releases Guidelines for High-Speed Access-Controlled National Highways to Boost Safety

Key facts

• The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) released comprehensive guidelines for planning and designing high-speed access-controlled national highways, other than expressways.
• The guidelines aim to ensure uniformity in standards for detailed project reports, consistency in technical standards, better road safety and improved operational efficiency.
• They will apply to all upcoming four and six-lane greenfield and brownfield high-speed access-controlled national highways, for which no separate standards previously existed.
• The guidelines focus on safety measures for high-speed traffic and advance notification of exits and entries, as stated by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
• India plans to develop 50,000 km of access-controlled high-speed corridors under Viksit Bharat 2047 to boost connectivity and reduce logistics costs.