Toll tally Rs 1.8 m
Ridma DISSANAYAKE
Sri Lanka's first toll road, E-01 Southern Expressway, collected a
revenue of Rs. 1.8 million during the first 24 hours of its operations,
Road Development Authority (RDA) chairman R.W.R.P. Premasiri told the
Daily News yesterday.
During the first 24 hours of operations, around 6,500 vehicles
travelled on the Expressway, he added.
There are eight entrances in the expressway. Most vehicles had
entered from the Kottawa and Pinnaduwa entrances, the chairman said.
Premasiri said that they expect to make over Rs. 70 million in income
from the Southern Expressway by the end of this year. |