Access Engineering completes Eastern province bridge construction project

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Post-war infrastructure development in the North and East involved the construction and rehabilitation of a number of bridges and culverts along various roads. Access Engineering has played a pivotal role in the Eastern and North Central Provincial bridge project which is part of the government’s overall strategy to strengthen the road network in the region in order to improve livelihoods by jumpstarting economic and infrastructure development activity.

This ADB ( Asian Development Bank) funded project was entrusted to Access Engineering by the Provincial Road Development Department, Eastern Province to design and construct five bridges and 6 multi cell culverts. The consultant to the project is Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) Pvt Ltd in association with Engineering Consultants ( Pvt) Ltd & MG Consultants (Pvt) Ltd.

“The project commenced operations on August 5th 2011 and was successfully completed within a period of 02 years and handed over on 31st July 2013. The new bridges have already been commissioned and the facilities are opened for public usage,” said Chandimal Kumara, Project Manager of Access Engineering.

As paddy cultivation is the major livelihood of the people in these areas, the newly constructed bridges along Mullamunai, Ayathiyamalai, Vavunathevu, Thoppigala and Valaiiravu roads will help transport their paddy harvest to Batticaloa and other parts of the country with much ease than earlier.

Access Engineering also took the initiative to empower people from war affected areas in the Batticaloa district by utilizing available local resources to the fullest. This included training of ex LTTE carders who were rehabilitated by training them in various construction related fields and reintegrating them into society.

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