Overview of Central Expressway Section IV

Government of Sri Lanka has already identified and decided to implement Central Expressway as one of the most important initiatives to develop the road network areas under a plan for the building of a new country and economic avenues to the people of the country. The Ministry of Higher Education & Highways has taken initial steps for implementation of construction of Kurunegala – Dambulla Central expressway as road network extension in five major Projects have been identified under Awakening Polonnaruwa District Programme. The Chinese companies have expressed their willingness to undertake all five projects under RajarataNovodaya – President's Programme.

The Central expressway section-IV is from Kurunegala to Dambullaand Beyond Gampaha, the previously proposed trace of the Northern Expressway trace (2011 – 2014) up to Dambulla.Feasibility Study has been carried out by University of Moratuwa and Environmental Impact Assessment has been carried out by University of Sri Jayawardanapura.

Accordingly, this expressway was proposed to commence from Kadawatha on Colombo Outer Circular Highway (E002) and ends at Dambulla on Ambepussa – Kurunagala – Trincomalee Road (A006 Road); with an expressway link to Kandy which commences from Potuhera and ends at Galageda on Katugastota – Kurunagala – Puttalam Road (A010). The Central Eexpressway–IV passes through the main towns such as Kurunagala, Ridigama,Melsiripura and Galewela and Dambulla.

Rideegama IC
Melsiripura IC
Galewela IC

Dambulla IC

The main objectives:

  • Form a part of an economically optimum expressway network system that connect various regions of the country
  • Handle the forecasted traffic at an adequate level of service.
  • Facilitated the needs of expected industrial and social development of town areas located along the expressway corridor.
  • Provide an efficient transportation network to expedite development plans in the Northern and Eastern Province.
  • Improve connectivity between key growth centers of Colombo, Gampaha, Kurunegala, Kandy, and Dambulla to the North and to the East,
  • Achieve sustainable development outcomes in the project corridor.

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Land Acquisition
FEASIBILITY STUDY
EIA STUDY
DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS
DEATLED ENGINEERING DESIGN & DESIGN REVIEW
PROCUREMENT OF CONSULTANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION CONTRACT
CONSULTANCY
CONSTRUCTION

Programme

Progress


Survey plan of ROW for the proposed trace section from 92 + 250 – 97 + 600 & 103 + 000 – 106 + 000 has been already submitted to Survey Department for Section 2 – Gazette Notification