Toll fees decided for first expressway

Road Development Authority has set the toll fees for the country’s first expressway running from Colombo to Galle.

According to an official, the cars have to pay a minimum of 100 rupees and a maximum of 400 rupees for the whole distance on the expressway, scheduled to be opened later this month.

The toll rates are to be announced officially soon, Lanka Business Online reported.

The Southern Expressway, linking Colombo with the town of Galle in the Southern Province in the initial stage, is to be declared open on November 27, 2011 by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The second stage of the expressway from Galle to Matara is now being constructed.