Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando says that a national programme was underway covering the entire country to develop its road network under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour.
Plans have been completed under that national project to solve the traffic congestion problem in the Gampaha city and its suburbs and 15 roads in the district have been earmarked for the development, the minister said speaking to the media after a progress review meeting held at his ministry yesterday.
Among the 15 roads that have been identified to be upgraded and developed immediately in order to address the traffic congestion in the Gampaha and its suburbs is Gampaha-Miriswatta Road which would be developed to a four lane road, the minister said. The Gampaha-Yakkala road and Veyangoda-Nittambuwa road would also be widened to have four lanes. Pasyala junction too would be widened under the same project. Other roads to be developed are as follows: Ekala –Koadeniyawa Road, Weyangoda-Kal Eliya road, Kalagedihena-Veyangoda road, Nittambuwa- Urapola road, Negombo- Aluthapola road, Pasyala to Giriulla via Meerigama, Minuwangoda-Divulapitiya Road in Ja-Ela, Negombo- Giriulla Road and Urapola-Hanwella road. In the Negombo-Giriulla road the stretch upto Y Junction would be widened to be a four-lane road. In addition alternative routes in and around Warakapola would be developed, the minister said.