Work on Ruwanpura expressway launched

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa graced the inauguration of the construction work of phase 1 of the seventh expressway in the country named ‘Ruwanpura Expressway (E-06)’. Road Development Authority (RDA) Chairman C. P. Athuluwage said the construction to kicked off today. It is constructed from Kahathuduwa to Ingiriya as the first leg of the project.The total distance of the Ruwanpura Expressway from Kahathuduwa to Pelmadulla is 73.9 km and the Phase 1 to the proposed section is 24.3 km.