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Roads are developing constantly
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The Sri
Lankan government has received a US$ 98 million loan from the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) to rehabilitate and improve around 120 kilometers of provincial
roads in Sri Lanka's conflict affected North. Under the Northern Road
Connectivity Project, the financial assistance from the ADB will be utilized to
rehabilitate a nearly 11- kilometer segment on the Vavuniya - Horowpathana Road
(A29), first 12.6 km segment of Medawchchiya Road, nearly 13 kilometers of
Medawchchiya - Kebithgollewa Road, and 31 kilometers of Kebithgollewa -
Padaviya Road.
Another loan
of US$ 75 million will be obtained from ADB to develop the five access roads to
the Southern Expressway under the Southern Road Connectivity Project. In
addition to the five access roads, five highways linking to 3 interchanges of
the Southern Expressway will be developed with the ADB assistance.The five
roads under consideration are the 2.5 km road from Moratuwa to Piliyandala, 2.1
km road from Ratmalana to Mirihana, 112.4 km road from Southern Expressway to
Matugama, 2.1 km segment from Kirulapona to Homagama and the 14.4 km segment
from Kesbewa to Pokunuwita.
