NHAI plans to award highway projects spanning 10,000 km in 2017-18. Earlier, the target was to award projects spanning 6,500 km. Currently, tenders have been issued for a total length of 4,500 km and NHAI is expected to issue tenders for another 6,000 km of projects by December 2017. Besides, contracts for about 700 km have been awarded while contracts for another 700 km are under evaluation.