By Uditha Kumarasinghe
The investment on road sector was around Rs.19,479 million during the period of January to May 2011. This includes Rs.4,279 million on expressway development and Rs.8,914 million on development of highways islandwide.
Meanwhile Rs.4,861 million on widening and improvement of provincial roads,Rs.524 million on construction of bridges and flyovers and Rs.898 million on Tsunami affected road rehabilitation had been incurred during the period.
The expenditure on"Maga Neguma", the islandwide rural infrastructure development program,amounted to Rs.939 million during January to May 2011. During this period,around 156Km of rural roads have been rehabilitated using modern techniques aiming at eradication of development bottlenecks for boosting local economice activities. Further, a total of 340 bridges,flyovers,culverts and causeways have also been constructed benefiting 26,314 families.