Southern Expressway to be commissioned in June 2011

The Southern Expressway will be commissioned in June next year, while the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway is scheduled to be completed in 2012.

Director of the Road Development Authority Ranjith Premasiri said that construction work on the Colombo Outer Circular Road was progressing at present.

The Outer Circular Road will connect the three expressways; namely, the Southern Expressway, the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway and the Colombo-Kandy Elevated Expressway, enabling the commuters to bypass the commercial hub of Colombo.

All these expressways will be administered by the Road Development Authority.

Meanwhile, expeditious steps have been taken to renovate the Kandy-Jaffna A-9 Road, which was damaged by the recent floods. Premasiri said that repair work of the Vavuniya to Jaffna sector of this road had been given to a Chinese company. The Kurunegala-Dambulla Road is being developed with assistance from the World Bank.