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Highway authority


A highway authority is a name given to a body responsible for the administration of public roads.

The National Highways Authority of India is the national authority for the management of a network of over 60,000 km of national highways in India. The Authority is a part of the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.

Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) or Malaysian Highway Authority is a government agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Works. The agency was founded in 1980 to build the North-South Expressway, but now the main function of Malaysian Highway Authority is to monitor the works and administration of expressways in Malaysia as subject to Federal Roads Act (Private Managements) 1984.

The National Highway Authority is responsible for building and maintaining highways and motorways in Pakistan.

In the United Kingdom a highway authority is an organisation that is responsible for the maintenance of public roads. The current role of a highway authority is defined in the Highways Act 1980 and the role is held by a large number of different groups.

In England, Scotland and Wales, the highway authorities for trunk roads and trunk motorways are the Highways England, Transport Scotland and the Welsh Assembly respectively.

For all other roads and public rights of way, the Highway Authority is usually the county council or unitary authority for a particular area. District councils may carry out some of the functions of a highway authority, but these are usually delegated to them by their county council. Transport for London is the highway authority for all GLA roads (under the Highways Act 1980).

for more information on unitary authorities and county and district councils.

Provided below is an incomplete list of duties of the highway authorities.


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