Nugegoda Flyover work done

President Rajapakse undertook a sudden inspection of construction of the Nugegoda flyover, due to be declared open on Friday. The work on the pre-fabricated flyover commenced in October last year.

The President arrived at the Nugegoda Junction at around 6 o’clock last morning (Jan 21) sans prior notice and inspected work on the bridge and future development work. He was joined by Ministers T.B. Ekanayake and Susil Premajayanth, Highways Secretary S. Amarasekera and others.

The main purpose of the flyover is to ease traffic congestion at the Nugegoda Junction. The flyover currently has two lanes and is expected to be expanded to four lanes. The Flyover is 261 metres long and 8.5 metres wide. The cost of the project is 878 million rupees. The British Government is providing the financial grants while construction is handled by the Mabe and Johnson Company of England under the supervision of the Road Development Authority (RDA).

The Nugegoda flyover is the third of a series of flyovers to be built in the country. The next two flyovers will be built at Dehiwala and Rajagiriya junctions.

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