Pothuhera–Rambukkana Expressway section to be ready before 2028

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Colombo, Sep 17 (Daily Mirror) - The Pothuhera to Rambukkana section of the Central Expressway is expected to be completed before the Kadawatha to Mirigama stretch, with work slated for completion by the Sinhala and Tamil New Year in April 2028, Transport, Highways, Ports, and Civil Aviation Minister Bimal Rathnayake said.

Speaking at the official ceremony marking the recommencement of construction on the Kadawatha–Mirigama section, the Minister said this stretch is expected to be finished within 32 months, by 2028. He added that the connecting roads around Rambukkana will also be developed alongside the expressway.

Minister Rathnayake also provided updates on other major road projects:

Approval is expected this year to begin construction of the Rambukkana–Galagedara section, with preliminary design work already underway.

The port access road, which is 98% complete, has faced delays for the remaining 2%, expected to be finished by mid-next year.

Work on the Ruwanpura Expressway from Ratnapura to Pelmadulla, previously halted from the Colombo side, has resumed. Construction from Ingiriya onwards is set to begin soon, along with plans to widen existing roads from Ingiriya to Ratnapura.

The Minister said that these projects aim to strengthen the country’s road network and improve connectivity across key regions.

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Leo Wednesday, 17 September 2025 03:44 PM

Anyone to calculate cost per km? Oh forgot those guys in the government now.

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DOT Thursday, 18 September 2025 03:55 AM

Leo,: Active voice to passive voice !

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Yohan Wednesday, 17 September 2025 04:49 PM

Build a luxury train system instead of building highways anymore. Highways are an outdated solution. For example take southern expressway during peak ours. Almost similar to a normal road. Lol

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wellwisher Thursday, 18 September 2025 10:52 AM

Not only train all the infrastructure must be developed for a prosperous nation ,without a highway how logistics and shipping will work . how can we export farming products to other countries in short time ? is it good to waste few ours on the road for a developing nation ? which country has developed without developing its highway network and infrastructure. A luxury and high speed train will be good for passengers to travel fast and conveniently this also important so more people will use public transport

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Down Under Thursday, 18 September 2025 05:16 AM

I travel to Kandy every time i am in Sri Lanka. What a long nightmarish drive it is. This highway project should have been completed by now if not for all the previous government's bribes and kickbacks involved. Thank god we have a honest government in power which is focused on developing the road network which would save Billions in Dollars eventually on wasted fuel and peoples valuable time.

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Dr. Dee esquire Thursday, 18 September 2025 07:05 AM

If that old tree issue was not capitalized by some useless faction, we would have been using this road now built at a much lower cost than what it will be!

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