Acts and Rules

The State has enacted the following legislations to regulate the development of road infrastructure, to protect the highways and also to provide for the establishment of a Fund for investments in the transport facility projects.

Following enactments provide for regulating collection of tolls.

The Kerala Tolls Act 1976 The Kerala Tolls (Amendment) Act 1986 The Kerala Tolls (Amendment) Act 1990 The Kerala Tolls (Amendment) Act. 2004

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Following rules have been made for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the above enactments.

• The Kerala Levy Rules, 1983
• The Kerala Tolls Levy (Amendment) Rules, 1989
• The Kerala Levy (Amendment) Rules, 1991

The above enactments and rules regulate collection of tolls.

• The Kerala Highway Protection Act 1999

This act provides for:

• fixation of building lines and control lines on roads, to regulate ribbon development
• speedy statutory procedures for removal of encroachments from roads, and
• other measures for protecting road assets

Rules have been notified under the Act to regulate control of access and restriction on use of land.

Following notifications have been issued appointing various authorities specified in the act.

S.R.O. 162/2000
S.R.O. 163/2000
S.R.O. 164/2000
S.R.O. 547/2000

Following notifications have been issued declaring certain roads as city roads, major district roads and state high ways.

City Roads - S.R.O. 548/2000
Major District Roads - S.R.O. 549/2000; S.R.O.685/2005
State Highways - S.R.O. 161/2000

• The Kerala Road Fund Act 2001

This act provides for:

• collection of user charges by private sector participants in road / bridge, bypasses projects etc.
• setting up of a road fund outside the consolidated fund of the state to which will be channelised
  • 10% of all motor vehicle taxes
  • all toll revenues collected under the provisions of Kerala Tolls Act, 1986
  • contributions from central Road Fund, and
  • other identified sources of revenue
• setting up the Road Fund Board, an independent statutory body having powers to
  • approve all participation agreements
  • allocate from the Road Fund subsidies/annuities/other assistance to private participants
• Kerala Road Fund Rules, 2003 have been issued for carrying out various provisions of the Kerala Road Fund Act, 2001.

The new Mattancherry Bridge at Kochi was constructed on BOT basis in accordance with the tripartite agreement among Government of Kerala, Greater Cochin Development Authority and M/s Gammon India Ltd. As per the agreement user charges are being collected. The notification revising the user fees for various types of vehicles was issued on 29th September 2003.

Rules have been issued to implement the various provisions of the above Acts. Full text of the enactments and notifications can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the name of the act concerned.