By Maheesha Mudugamuwa.
Nearly 45 percent of the work, on the long awaited Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (CKE) project, has been already completed. The rest of the work is progressing expeditiously, Ports and Highways Deputy Minister Nirmala Kotelawala said.
He said that the length of the expressway would be around 25.8 Kilometres, starting from the New Kelani Bridge and ending at the Airport Access Road at Katunayake.
The expressway is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2013 with financial assistances from the Chinese Government. The total estimated cost for the project is US$ 292 million, Kotelawala said.
It is estimated that upon completion of the Expressway, commuters could travel from Colombo to Katunayake in 20 minutes.
CKE has four interchanges, the first at New Kelani Bridge, second, third and last at Peliyagoda, Ja-ela and at Katunayake.
The Expressway will have 40 bridges and 88 culverts. The construction of 27 bridges and 50 culverts has already been completed.
He also said that a 480-metre-long Flyover will be built near the Ceylon Fertilizer Corperation at Hunupitiya and another will be built from the Katunayake junction to the airport. Two roads will also be built by connecting the Colombo Negombo road in Paliyagoda and Ja-Ela.
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