Performance Report – 2010 - Ministry of Finance and Planning

For national level roads additional laneswill be provided for cyclists.Separate pedestrian pavements will beconstructed on national level roads forthe safety of road users.All the national level roads will beequipped with signaling systems androad markings to reduce road accidents.For rapid and safety service fortransportation, expressways will beconstructed.Table 19Target Length of Proposed ExpresswaysProposedExpresswaysLength(km)Colombo Kandy 100Southern Expressway 74Extension Matara-HambanthotaEastern Expressway 190Dambulla-TrincomaleeNorthern Expressway 320Ambepussa-JaffnaTotal 684 To improve connectivity betweenexpressways, a city outer circular roadwill be built at Kandy. Flyovers at Veyangoda, Kohuwala,Kirulapone, Borella Kanatta junctionwill be constructed as a solution totraffic congestion. To avoid unnecessary delays, gradeseparation interchanges have beenaccepted worldwide. There will be suchinterchanges at Orugodawatta, ArmourStreet, Lipton roundabout and Kandy. The Area Traffic Control System willbe introduced in to the Colombometropolitan area. Public private partnership will beidentified as a key factor in the roadsector development particularly, privatesector which can get involved in study,design and construction. An efficient information system will bebuilt to supply information on trafficconditions on roads and junctions,availability of roads,etc. to road usersentering these roads. A fully equipped research anddevelopment laboratory will beestablished in order to conduct researchto improve the road sector. Alsoresearch will be carried out to find lowcost material for road maintenance. To reduce traffic congestion on theGalle road a lifted road will be builtalong the coastal belt fromBambalapitiya to Galle Faceroundabout. At both ends of the roads,grade separators will be used to handlethe traffic. The road network will be developedproviding sufficient space for layinglines for telecommunications, electricityand water.During the 2005-2010 period, around 1706km of provincial roads which are feederroads to national highways, have beenrehabilitated and 1,161 km of roads are beingrehabilitated.The top priority is given in the 128 km fourlane Southern expressway between Mataraand Colombo which will be completed in2013. The Colombo Katunayake expresswayis expected to be completed in 2012.Construction work of the 28 km OuterCircular Highway which connects SouthernExpressway has commenced in 2009 and isto be completed by 2013. Around Rs. 79,497million has been spent in construction ofthese expressways.During the 2005-2010around 2,900 km of national roads have beenimproved at a cost of Rs. 48,950 million.Greater attention has been drawn to easingthe traffic congestion at major junctions byconstruction of fly over and reconstruction ofnarrow and weak bridges with new ones.159