To practice green development in highway construction and improve the theory slope ecological restoration, this paper analyzes the connotation characteristics and idea of green highway, and puts forward the needs and management suggestions of green highway idea for slope ecological restoration. The results show that: (1) the ecological restoration of highway slope should adapt to the needs of green highway development in the new period from five aspects: optimizing design, intensive using of resources, adopting different repair techniques, considering the life cycle costs and building beautiful highways. (2) The high-quality development of ecological restoration of highway slopes can promote from four types of initiatives: encouragement, compulsiveness, recommendation and guidance. The research results provide guidance and strategy for develops slope ecological restoration, which is conducive to promoting the transportation industry to practice green development and ecological civilization strategy.