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With a view to prevent congestion and to ensure safety, the Maharashtra government has set up a committee to formulate guidelines for permitting buildings near district, state and national highways in Maharashtra. The five member committee headed by the principal secretary (revenue) will comprise - principal secretary (Public Works Department), principal secretary (Urban Development Department) and secretary (Roads), PWD as members and deputy secretary (Roads) PWD, as a member secretary.
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As per the GR dated 14 May 2018 issued by the state PWD, the committee will also take into consideration earlier guidelines of the Union ministry of surface transport, before finalising the new guidelines for the state.
Tentatively the new guidelines will be as follows:
For buildings near Expressway:buildings should be located at a distance of 15m from an expressway (the distance between the centre of the road and building will be 60m),
National highway: buildings should be located at a distance of 3 to 6m from the National highway (the distance between the centre of the road and the building will be 60m),
State highway: buildings should be located at a distance of 4.5m from the state highway (the distance between the centre of the road and building will be 20m).
Similarly the buildings should be located at a distance of 4.5m from the district highway (the distance between the centre of the road and the building will be 15m).
In Maharashtra there are 262 state highways and over 25 national highways pass through the state. The national highways include: NH 150, NH 160, NH 166, NH 166 A, NH 3, NH 348,NH 360, NH 361, NH 44, NH 47, NH 48, NH 52, NH 53, NH 548, NH 6, NH 60, NH 61, NH 63, NH 65, NH 66, NH 753, NH 753 A, NH 753 B, NH 848 B and NH 930. The number of national highways is expected to increase, with plans of realignment being worked out.
The above mentioned control lines are fixed so as to limit building activity. Minimum distance between a road and a building from the centre of the road depends upon the area of the road. There should not be obstruction of view, which may cause a danger to vehicular traffic.
Without previous permission in writing from the Highway Authority, no one is allowed to construct, form or lay out any means of access to or from a highway, or erect any building or materially alter any existing building, extend any excavation or construct or form or lay out any work.
There are restrictions also for providing access to the main highway. Parallel service roads for 2- way traffic is required as an essential part of any scheme for erecting buildings and factories on the land abutting the highway. At least a 12m parallel service road has to be provided.
With an increase in car ownership, roads have increasingly become an important means of transport in the country. Purchasing property abutting on to the road, more particularly to a National or a State Highway, is the first choice of investors. Developers also prefer to develop property along the road since such properties are sold easily. Development along a road is not only restricted to residential purpose, but also for other developments such as industrial units.
When development takes place linearly along the highway with direct access to the highway it is called “Ribbon Development”. Usually, the efficiency of road transport is affected due to inadequate width of the highway, local traffic nearby the urban area, uncontrolled proliferation of access points to the highway, uncontrolled building activities and roadside advertisement and encroachments.
The national highways account for 2% of the total road network and carry over 40% of the total traffic. In 2017-2018, 9829km long highways were constructed. The Union government is planning to expand the national highways network to over 2 lakh kms.
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As per the GR dated 14 May 2018 issued by the state PWD, the committee will also take into consideration earlier guidelines of the Union ministry of surface transport, before finalising the new guidelines for the state.
Tentatively the new guidelines will be as follows:
For buildings near Expressway:buildings should be located at a distance of 15m from an expressway (the distance between the centre of the road and building will be 60m),
National highway: buildings should be located at a distance of 3 to 6m from the National highway (the distance between the centre of the road and the building will be 60m),
State highway: buildings should be located at a distance of 4.5m from the state highway (the distance between the centre of the road and building will be 20m).
Similarly the buildings should be located at a distance of 4.5m from the district highway (the distance between the centre of the road and the building will be 15m).
In Maharashtra there are 262 state highways and over 25 national highways pass through the state. The national highways include: NH 150, NH 160, NH 166, NH 166 A, NH 3, NH 348,NH 360, NH 361, NH 44, NH 47, NH 48, NH 52, NH 53, NH 548, NH 6, NH 60, NH 61, NH 63, NH 65, NH 66, NH 753, NH 753 A, NH 753 B, NH 848 B and NH 930. The number of national highways is expected to increase, with plans of realignment being worked out.
The above mentioned control lines are fixed so as to limit building activity. Minimum distance between a road and a building from the centre of the road depends upon the area of the road. There should not be obstruction of view, which may cause a danger to vehicular traffic.
Without previous permission in writing from the Highway Authority, no one is allowed to construct, form or lay out any means of access to or from a highway, or erect any building or materially alter any existing building, extend any excavation or construct or form or lay out any work.
There are restrictions also for providing access to the main highway. Parallel service roads for 2- way traffic is required as an essential part of any scheme for erecting buildings and factories on the land abutting the highway. At least a 12m parallel service road has to be provided.
With an increase in car ownership, roads have increasingly become an important means of transport in the country. Purchasing property abutting on to the road, more particularly to a National or a State Highway, is the first choice of investors. Developers also prefer to develop property along the road since such properties are sold easily. Development along a road is not only restricted to residential purpose, but also for other developments such as industrial units.
When development takes place linearly along the highway with direct access to the highway it is called “Ribbon Development”. Usually, the efficiency of road transport is affected due to inadequate width of the highway, local traffic nearby the urban area, uncontrolled proliferation of access points to the highway, uncontrolled building activities and roadside advertisement and encroachments.
The national highways account for 2% of the total road network and carry over 40% of the total traffic. In 2017-2018, 9829km long highways were constructed. The Union government is planning to expand the national highways network to over 2 lakh kms.
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