Road ministry proposes Centre’s authority to set speed limits for NHs

NEW DELHI: Seeking to end confusion among commuters over speed limits on national highways and expressways, the road transport ministry has proposed that the authority be with the Centre to set these restrictions while state govts retain the power to notify the norms for all other roads within their jurisdiction.

The ministry recently shared a host of proposed changes, including this, to end ambiguities over speed limits that state govt and local police put on NHs and expressways. As speed limits are set by local authorities, commuters, who don’t use NHs frequently, fail to note this and end up paying fines.