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Southern Expressway extension to commence next month
June 24, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will commence the extension work of the Southern Expressway early next month, Highways Minister said.“It’ll be inaugurated by the President on the 04 July 2015,” Highways Minister Kabir Hashim said. “Then within the next two weeks we’ll be calling bids to construct the Colombo – Kandy highway and […]
‘s highways ministry replies former president Rajapakse; RDA obtained loans providing false docs
June 1, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Highways and Investment Promotion says road development funds has been misused during the Rajapakse regime and the Road development Authority has even obtained a loan from National Savings Bank providing false documents during the period. The ministry said this in a statement today, in replying to […]
Sri Lanka’s govt cuts 30 pct cost on Chinese financed OCH3 through work scope reduction
May 21, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Highway ministry said that it has reduced the cost of Outer Circular Highway (OCH) phase 3 by 30 percent to 24 billion rupees through removing of the provision to expand to four lane road to six lanes in 2027.However the ministry will stick to the Rajapakse Regime’s plan […]