An expressway linking the Sri Lankan capital Colombo to the south is nearing completion with one section expected to be open to the public by June this year, a statement said.
Work on roads near three cricket World Cup venues is also being expedited to cater to the large numbers of local and foreign fans expected for the event, the statement from the President's media unit.
It said 80 percent of work on the Colombo - Matara expressway is over.The expressway is 126 kilometres long and stretches from Makumbura in Kottawa, a southern suburb of Colombo, to Godagama in the southern province.
The first phase of the road, from Makumbura to Pinnaduwa, near the southern town of Galle, is expected to be open to the public by June this year, the statement quoted RDA officials as telling President Mahinda Rajapaksa during a meeting.
The expressway will have 11 entry and exit ramps.The expressway at Makumbura connects to a ring road called Outer Circular Road being built around Colombo to divert traffic and ease congestion in the capital.
The statement also said 30 percent of work on another expressway connecting Colombo with the international airport in Katunayake to the north has been completed.
The Katunayake expressway is expected to be ready by the end of 2012.
Rajapaksa has asked for work to be speeed up on roads being built or repaired near three cricket World Cup venues, the statement said. Sri
Lanka will host 12 matches in Colombo, Kandy in the central hills and southern Hambantota. India and Bangladesh are the other hosts of the World Cup, which starts on February 19.
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Sri Lanka's bottlenecks are its highways. Unless the entire country is criss-crossed by a network of highways (real speedways), slow traffic will hinder progress. This is a lesson Sri Lanka should learn from developed conuntries.
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