The Ministry of Ports and Highways says that arrangements will be made to acquire lands for the construction work of the Ratnapura Expressway from Kahatuduwa to Pelmadulla within six months.
In the meantime, measures will also be taken to pay compensation to the owners of the properties that supposed to acquire for the proposed construction, the source added.
Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne told Ada Derana that the proposed extension to the Southern Expressway will commence in December.
The route will be named Ruwanpura Expressway. It will link Kahatuduwa, Horana, Ingiriya, Ratnapura, and Pelmadulla.
The 70 kilometer long Expressway would be constructed in three phases under the concept ‘Build, Organize and Convey’ with financial assistance from China.
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The first segment of the Outer Circular Highway (OCH) around Colombo from Kottawa to Kaduwela will be declared open on 8 March.
The public will be able to travel on the expressway from Kaduwela to Galle bypassing the congested city traffic in Colombo once the OCH segment opened as the OCH is connected to the Southern Expressway at Kottawa.
The 11-km long Kottawa-Kaduwela segment of the OCH is located in the Colombo Metropolitan Region and passes through Colombo and Gampaha Districts.
The OCH runs around 20 km away from the city centre of Colombo, connecting radial routes and has a total length of 29.2 km.
The northern end of the highway is located at Kerawalapitiya on Colombo-Katunayake Expressway and the southern end is located at Kottawa on Colombo-Ratnapura-Wellawaya-Batticaloa road where Southern Expressway meets OCH.
It is being developed as a four-lane highway with provision for future expansion to six lanes. The design speed of the highway is 100 kmph.
The Kottawa-Kaduwela segment in Phase 1 of the project was constructed with the financial assistance from Japan at a cost of Rs. 27 billion.
The second stage, the 8.9 km segment from Kaduwela to Kadawatha will be vested in the ownership of the general public next year.
The final phase of the project will complete the 9.3 km section from Kadawatha to Kerawalapitiya connecting the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway to the Southern Expressway via the OCH. Thereafter it would become one expressway from Katunayake to Matara passing the Gampaha, Colombo, Kalutara and Galle Districts.
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The public will have the opportunity to view the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway on October 22, 23 and 24 prior to its grand opening on October 27, Ports and Highways Project Minister Nirmala Kothalawala said.
Many events will be organized under the patronage of Economic Development
Minister Basil Rajapaksa to entertain the people who are coming here on these days", Minister Kothalawala said.
"To celebrate the opening of the country's second Expressway, we will conduct sporting events, such as, cricket, elephant races, volleyball, cycling and a marathon for for people residing around the Expressway from morning to evening," the Minster said. "A spectacular fireworks display will also take place at the end of each day," he said.
Disabled war heroes and well-known local artistes will attend the events.
Special art competitions dedicated to children will be conducted at most of the interchanges with valuable prizes on offer. Special transport facilities will be provided for Buddhist monks. Special Pirith Chanting will take place to invoke blessings along the Expressway on October 24.
Religious observations led by all religious leaders will take place in the evening on October 25.
As a special event, a motorcycle stunt rider will ride a motorcycle for 25 kilometres along the Expressway.
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