Katugastota bridge ready by July 24

by S. M. Jiffrey ABDEEN - Kandy South

The work on the new Katugastota bridge over the Mahaweli Ganga is expected to be completed by July 24 and will be opened for traffic shortly.

This concrete bridge will replace the century old iron bridge which is parallel to the new bridge and is at the beginning of the A-9 highway which leads upto Jaffna. This road also leads to Kurunegala and into the Wayamba Province and on to the right to Matale through two routes via Wattegama and Akurana and ends up in Batticaloa and Trincomalee passing through the important towns of Dambulla and Polonnaruwa and through the cultural sites of Aluwihare and Sigiriya.

Deputy Inspector General of Police (Central Range) Pujith Jayasundera said that the opening of the bridge should help the free flow of traffic.