Batticaloa gets Rs 700 m bridge across Valaichchenai lagoon
Irangika Range
Work on the new Oddamavadi bridge across the Valaichchenai lagoon is
nearing completion and will be opened to the public this year. A
Highways and Road Development Ministry spokesman said public transport
in the Batticaloa district would be hassle free because of this bridge
being constructed at a cost of Rs 700
|
In full swing |
| * World Bank,
Spain funds project
* Work began on November 17,
2007
* Length 250 metres, width 7.63
metres |
million. The World Bank and the Spanish Government have funded the
project.
He said it was a pledge given in the Mahinda Chintana to build this
new bridge in place of the old Oddamavadi bridge which will directly
benefit the public entering Valaichchenai town.
He said work was accelerated on President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s
directives who submitted the Cabinet Paper as Highways and Road
Development Minister in 2007.
Work on the new bridge commenced on November 17, 2007 to replace the
old bridge which was constructed by the British 86 years ago.
The project will improve the market approachability and facilitating
transportation at a low cost to civilians. It is expected to boost the
economic activities in the Eastern Province with the constructions of
this bridge. The length of the bridge is 250 metres while the width is
7.63 metres.
Construction work is being supervised by the Road Development
Authority and the Highways and Road Development Ministry, he said.
Meanwhile, work on the stretch of 63 kilometres on the Manampitiya-
Trikodiadumadu road via Welikanda costing Rs 1,405 million funded by the
World Bank is nearing completion. |
