Three expressways to be completed by 2024 : Lanza

• Another to be built between Kurunegala and Dambulla
• Central , and phase one of Ratnapura expressway are among them

By Kelum Bandara

The government is planning to complete work on three key road projects – the central expressway, Phase one of the Ratnapura expressway, and the Kurunegala –Dambulla expressway- by 2024, a state minister said yesterday.  

State Minister Nimal Lanza told Daily Mirror preliminary work on the Ratnapura expressway had begun at the moment. He said Kahatuduwa would be the entry point of this expressway. Besides, he said the contract had already been awarded to a Chinese company for the construction of phase one of the central expressway between Kadawatha and Meerigama.   

“Only 40 percent of work on the stretch between Meerigama and Pothuhera had been completed at that time. Besides, we will call for bids for construction of the final phase between Pothuhera and Galagedara in Kandy,” he said.   

Only 40 percent of work on the stretch between Meerigama and Pothuhera has been completed. bids are to be called for construction of the final phase between Pothuhera and Galagedara in Kandy

The state minister said plans are afoot for the construction of another expressway linking Kurunegala 
with Dambulla.  

“We are planning to complete the work on all these projects by 2024,” 

he said.