Chapter II Chapter II

The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any road, way or land to be a highway and classify it as— (i) a State Highway, (ii) a major district road, (iii) other district road, or (iv) a village road or a Urban Road. Provided that no road within the limits of the City of Panaji Corporation or a Municipal Council upto the distance terminating to National Highway shall be declared as State Highway.

The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint for the purposes of this Act or any of its provisions any persons or any authority to be a Highway Authority for all the highways in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, or in parts of the Union territory or for any particular highway or highways therein, specified in the notification.

Subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification appointing a Highway Authority and subject to the general or special orders of the Government, a Highway Authority shall exercise powers and discharge duties in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the restriction of ribbon development along highways, for the prevention and removal of encroachments and for all matters necessary and incidental to any or all of the above subjects. Also subject to the approval of the Government and to such general or special orders which the Government may make in this behalf, it shall be lawful for a Highway Authority to undertake the construction, maintenance, development or improvement of highways.

For the purpose of enabling a Highway Authority to exercise the powers conferred and to discharge the duties imposed upon it by or under the provisions of this Act, the Government may appoint such officers and servants as it deems necessary to work under such Authority.