Design Rules🅿 Parking & Site

Driveway — Two-Way Width

Minimum clear width for two-way vehicular movement
See also📖 NBC 2016🧮 RCC Design📒 Handbook Topic
6.0
m
6.0 m mTWO-WAY DRIVEWAY — PLAN
Primary value6.0 m
Applies toInternal two-way driveways · Main access roads to parking floors
ExceptionsOne-way driveway3.0 m
Measured asClear width between kerbs / wall faces — accommodates two cars passing in opposite directions.
SourceNBC 2016Part 3, Clause 8
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Why this matters

6.0 m allows two cars (each ~1.8 m wide) to pass with comfortable clearance and a buffer for driver hesitation. Below this, drivers stop and yield to each other, slowing access.

Typical practice

Standard for apartment access roads, basement parking entries, and multi-storey parking structures. Premium and commercial projects sometimes go to 6.5-7.0 m.

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