Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today reviewed the National Highways projects and called for fast tracking the award and construction of Highways projects. In a review meeting in New Delhi, Mr Gadkari said, a record 16,271 kilometre of National Highways have been awarded and 8231 kilometre constructed during the year 2016-17. <br/><br/>He said, work needs to be done at a much faster pace to award more projects and construct those that have been awarded. The Minister also said, that there will be an award for the best performing Project Director and Regional Officer. <br/>'<br/>Mr Gadkari said that the Mumbai-Vadodara, Bangalore-Chennai and Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressways are to be sanctioned by June 2017. He said, Electronic Toll Collection will be made available on all lanes on all toll plazas by 31st of March next year. <br/><br/>Referring to the problem of land acquisition as one of the hurdles in implementation of projects, Mr Gadkari called for positive cooperation with the concerned state governments to tackle the issue. He also called for expeditious resolution of issues like forest clearances, appointment of independent engineers and change of scope. <br/><br/>