

COLOMBO ; President Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurated the flyover spanning the railway line linking “Kompagngna Veediya” with Justice Akbar Mawatha & Uttarankanda Mawatha this Monday morning April (08).
President Ranil Wickramasinghe Monday April (08) put the double flyover over the railway line connecting Kompanjaveediya, Judge Akbar Mawatha and Uttarananda Mawatha into the ownership of the people.
The rest of the construction work of this project is planned to be completed by the month of September, and the estimated amount for the entire project is 5,278,081,272.43 rupees.
It has been observed that nearly 3 hours of time is wasted daily due to the railway crossing located in Kompanjaveediya area, which is a very busy commercial city with various institutions including government offices, hospitals, religious places, restaurants, movie theaters.
In order to avoid the delay, the construction work of this project, which is being carried out by the Road Development Authority, is being carried out by Maga Engineering Company.
Minister of Transport, Highways and Mass Media Bandula Gunawardena, United National Party Chairman, Member of Parliament Vajira Abeywardena, Presidential Senior Adviser on National Security and Chief of Presidential Staff Sagala Ratnayake, Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Highways R. W. R. Pemasiri, Chairman of Road Development Authority Chaminda Ataluvage, Director General of Road Development Authority Priyantha Suriyabandara and others attended the event.