The Central government on Tuesday said it is looking at setting up an authority for expressways on the pattern of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

"Expressways have to be looked at separately. So we are looking at setting up an Expressways Authority on the same lines as NHAI. "This will provide impetus to those areas where expressways are required and we are looking at ways to partner state governments as well as the private sector," Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath said on the sidelines of a CII summit on infrastructure here.