Highways

Section 1 - The Highway System

1.1 - DESCRIPTION. — The National Highway System consists of the highway routes and connections to transportation facilities that shall—

1.1.1 - serve major population centers, international border crossings, ports, airports, public transportation facilities, and other intermodal transportation facilities and other major travel destinations;

1.1.2 - meet national defense requirements;

1.1.3 - serve interstate and interregional travel and commerce.

1.2 - COMPONENTS. — The National Highway System described in Section (1) consists of the following:

1.2.1 - The National Highway System depicted on the map submitted by the Minister of Transportation to the Assembly with the report entitled MAP–631.

1.2.2 - Other urban and rural principal arterial routes, and border crossings on those routes, that were not included on the National Highway System before the date of enactment of the MAP–631.

1.2.3 - Other connector highways (including toll facilities) that were not included in the National Highway System before the date of enactment of the MAP–631 but that provide motor vehicle access between arterial routes on the National Highway System and a major intermodal transportation facility.

1.2.4 - A strategic highway network that—

1.2.4.1 - consists of a network of highways that are important to the Republic's strategic defense policy, that provide defense access, continuity, and emergency capabilities for the movement of personnel, materials, and equipment in both peacetime and wartime, and that were not included on the National Highway System before the date of enactment of the MAP–631;

1.2.4.2 - may include highways on or off the Interstate System; and shall be designated by the Minister, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and the Provincal Governors.

1.2.5 - Major strategic highway network connectors that—

1.2.5.1 - consist of highways that provide motor vehicle access between major military installations and highways that are part of the strategic highway network but were not included on the National Highway System before the date of enactment of the MAP–631;

1.2.5.2 - shall be designated by the Minister, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and the Provincial Governors.

Section 2 - Construction

1.3 - Overall responsibility for projects shall be overseen by the Office of the Minister of Transportation

1.3.1 - Existing highways are to be maintained by the Ministry of Transportation

1.3.2 - No new highways are to be gazetted by the Ministry.