Assam: PWRD sets maximum speed limit for vehicles

Guwahati: The Public Works Road Department (PWRD) in Assam has issued a fresh notification to fix the maximum speed limit for all classes of motor vehicle on PWD roads other than National Highways.

The notification has been drafted indicating the maximum permissible speeds on the roads other than National Highways as under:

4-Lane with divided carriageway – 80 km/hr

2-Lane (7.0 m wide carriageway) with paved shoulder in plain areas – 70 km/hr

2-Lane (7.0 m carriageway) without paved shoulder in plain areas – 60 km/hr

Intermediate Lane (5.5 wide carriageway) with or without paved shoulder in plain areas – 50 km/hr

Single Lane (3.75 m wide carriageway) in plain areas – 40 km/hr

Roads within Guwahati Metropolitan area having physical median separating the lanes – 50 km/hr

Other roads within Guwhaati Metropolitan Area and other Municipal/Urban areas – 40 km/hr

Road stretched in and around villages, educational institutions, hospitals, busy market areas, and any other vulnerable area identified by police authorities – 30 km/hr

In very congested market areas – 20 km/hr

2-Lane (7.0 m wide carriageway) roads in hilly terrain – 40 km/hr

Single Lane (3.75 m wide carriageway) roads in hilly terrain – 30 km/hr

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