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Excellent Idea Bro, Madz any way of doing a Online Petition ???? I am sure we all can get more people involved.

No Wonder This Chairmans Eyes have opened Suddenly !!!!! 190 million dollars is lots of bucks. Yeah Ash Read That, Some Nice Comments

FOUND THIS TODAY ON LBO. NOW HE IS SAYING SOMETHING TOTALLY OPPOSITE Connections 1 Comment/s 15 May 2007 06:09:53 Sri Lanka mulls new road to connect capital May 15, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Road Development Authority (RDA) is considering building an elevated or underground road to connect the fast growing Malabe suburb with Colombo city. Road Development Authority (RDA) chairman M.B.S. Fernando also said they are in talks with foreign firms to build two new expressways. The RDA has signed an agreement with a Malaysian construction firm to do a free feasibility study for a new road from the residential suburb of Malabe to near the old parliament building in Galle Face, Colombo. "If the project is found to be feasible they will propose a package with a long-term loan at a reasonable interest rate," Fernando told LBO. "We need a new road because of the congestion being experienced on the existing road (to the new parliament in Sri Jayawardenepura). It will either be underground or elevated on pillars." The new road's trace would follow the existing six-lane highway to the new parliament roundabout and land may have to be acquired on either side of the road from there onwards to Malabe. Fernando also said the RDA was in talks on two other highway projects – one connecting Colombo to the international airport in Katunayake and the other to the hill country capital Kandy. The RDA has accepted financial and technical proposals from a Malaysian-French consortium for the Colombo-Katunayake highway. The project could cost around 190 million dollars and the promoters are seeking to raise funds from foreign banks, Fernando said. The RDA has also signed a memorandum of understanding with another Malaysian firm, MTD Construction Sdn Bhd, for a feasibility study for the Kandy highway. MTD Construction, a firm listed on the second board of the Malaysian stock exchange, bought control of Kapila Heavy Equipment last month for 125 million rupees. MTD Construction is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysian conglomerate MTD Capital, a big construction group. It has extensive experience in building highways and bridges, and their maintenance, and has won contracts in India, the Philippines, and Australia.

2nd OPTION......Being more Decent !!!! Do a Direct Letter to the President.... with CC to asking for RDA CHAIRMANS resignation as his views and Mahinda Chintanaya ( Maga Naguma ) views are totally Opposite !!!! Chairman RDA Sethsiripaya BTM PHONE : 2862767 FAX : 2864801

As a Responsible Citizen in This Country I wish to protest in front of RDA, if i get support from AUTOLANKA and any other members..... Only Thing we need is Some Boards Saying Resignation of Chariman Of RDA for his baseless statments...... Why do we need a Chairman If he cannot make Roads and be responsible, We had rather have a Chimpanze as the Chairman of RDA. We Sri Lankans always keep shut when things like this Happens. This is our FAULT. If you guys are in for this I am In BUT WE NEED AT LEAST 30 - 50 MOTORIST SUPPORTING THIS CAUSE. IF NOT ITS WORTHLESS......

That shit looks hot bro.......

AMEN TO THAT BRO....

NOW I KNOW WHY THIS HOLE APPEARED SUDENLY ON GALLE ROAD ......

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This Fellow Should be sacked for what he has said. Infact he has tried to save his possition by trying to say its good that roads are bad, so people go slow. What a Pathetic Idiot. Thanks for all your comments. This is why i thought of posting this Articale taken from LBO. Last week president appointed a commitee to see why there were so many accidents on the road. Simple Reason ! our Infrastructre is age old. We need to develop our Roads. Pump More money on to this. Also We need Proper Driver Training School. Did you know still we can improve our Traffic Situation if drivers drive properly. ( Busses / Truck Drivers / and Three Wheelers - Also Road Hogs )

Novel Solution 10 May 2007 11:04:53 Sri Lankan official suggests unorthodox way to solve traffic problem May 10, 2007 (LBO) – A senior Sri Lankan government official has suggested doubling fuel prices and scrapping free cars and fuel for government servants to solve the island's transport problem. Road Development Authority (RDA) chairman M.B.S. Fernando also made the startling suggestion that he prefers keeping roads in their present dilapidated state. Slow Roads Improving the roads would only encourage speeding, creating more "death traps" which kill more people each year than the ethnic war. "The problem is that the road space is uneconomically used," Fernando said. "We don't transport people – we move vehicles." The average occupancy of cars was only 1.3 people. "So all this road space is being used for the benefit of only a few individuals," Fernando told a news conference held to announce a construction industry exhibition partly sponsored by the RDA. Trains and buses can transport more people, more economically, but those who could afford it went by car and shunned public transport as it was over-crowded and badly run. Fernando said he advocates raising the price of petrol by 100 rupees, from the present 104 rupees a litre, to discourage use of individual cars. The money raised could be invested in improving public transport. But he said the price of diesel should not be raised as it would increases costs of public transport and goods transport. "I suggest the easiest way is to impose a toll, not on vehicles but on petrol," Fernando said. "If you increase the price of petrol by 100 rupees a litre – overnight you solve the traffic problem." Diesel Travesty However critics say Sri Lanka's diesel pricing is very harmful to the road sector and petrol prices are already too high and increasing the gap would worsen what economists call the 'free rider' problem on Sri Lanka's roads. About a third of petrol prices are made up of taxes, while diesel is hardly taxed. Petrol is used in lighter vehicles such as motorcycles, three wheelers and small cars which do less damage to roads. Diesel is used by heavy vehicles (including container carriers), which cause severe damage to roads and may account for a substantial portion of the maintenance budget of the RDA. At the moment diesel vehicles get a 'free ride' on roads with petrol users paying more than 30 percent of the retail prices in the form of taxes. In countries like USA which have good roads, most of the maintenance money comes from petrol and diesel taxes. Diesel for off road users such as farm vehicles is not taxed and is sold under a different colour. People using 'farm diesel' for road transport are prosecuted under tax evasion laws. In the 1980's and 1990's there was a proliferation of heavy vans, even heavier heavy pick-up trucks and luxury jeeps for personal transport because diesel was priced at 13 rupees a liter and petrol at 50 rupees. People started to buy cars again after 2002 when the gap between petrol and diesel was closed somewhat. At the moment the richer echelons of society including politicians and businessmen use tax free diesel to travel around while poor people who cannot afford diesel cars and motorcycle users who hardly damage roads, pay stiffer taxes. Probably the biggest policy error committed by the Sri Lankan government in recent years was the 50 billion or so spent on fuel subsidies over the past three years, instead of using such moneys to develop the road network. Too Few Fernando says it is difficult to find investors to build modern expressways because of the long time taken to recoup the investment as the vehicle population that could be taxed through tolls – mainly cars – was relatively small. There are only 250,000 cars in Sri Lanka of which 125,000 alone are in the western province. Fernando also suggested the government stop giving free cars, fuel and drivers to public servants as a way of reducing the number of vehicles on the island's congested roads. He estimates the government spends 75,000 rupees a month to maintain and fuel a car given free to officials in the bloated bureaucracy. "Give them a vehicle allowance instead," he said, adding that this would prompt people not to use cars to go to office but public transport instead. "The traffic problem is caused largely by people travelling to work by car." Fernando also said officials who sit on the government transport committee were invariably those with free cars, petrol and drivers with little concern for the plight of ordinary people. He estimates that 32 percent of the total car fleet is used by government departments, corporations and bodies like the provincial councils. "So if you take that out of the traffic stream, the traffic problem will be solved by 50 percent." Fernando said only two percent of the island's 100,000 km of roads are in "reasonably good condition" with the rest "in very bad shape." Sri Lankan roads are regarded as some of the most dangerous in the world with lax law enforcement, too many vehicles and reckless drivers routinely ignoring basic safety rules. Death Traps Fernando called the roads "death traps", especially the few well-paved ones that enable speeding. "We have not looked at the safety aspect when building roads, such as having separate lanes for cyclists and pedestrians. "Carpeted roads are a pleasure to drive on but they enable motorists to go at high speed, which increases the risk of accidents." Fernando said he prefers to keep roads in their existing state of disrepair purely to reduce the incidence of accidents caused by speeding. Accidents were killing about 2,500 people a year "more than the number of people killed in the ethnic conflict," he said. "The people who die are in the 15-30 year age group – young people in the prime of their lives killed on the road as they begin to contribute to the country." Accidents also injured some 30,000 people each year, with 8,000 of them maimed for life, losing a limb – again much more than the number maimed by the war

Damn Some Nice Pics Gihan. it looks like venice..... they should have a ferry service or a boat service

machan can you elaborate on this. Cos i heard a roaring sound of plane in the middle of the night ( Not sure if it was Dream )

mage wadak macho... I was a bit lazy to do it completely You might see the brush marks pretty badly another concept with some small changes here and there.

LOL, Yeah i know, once one kudda bugger removed parts from 33000 volt high tension tower. and it fell down. So i am sure these also must be the result of that. Heard that residents of this area had complained many times regarding this issue. I watched TV, A another 30 year old lady had died when she fell on a hole near Armour Street ( Repairs Being Done at the Moment ) and she had tried to save herself by holding a Lamp post to be electrocuted . I feel seriously sorry about these incidents and the bad thing is no Mofo is taking any responsibility....

compared to the rx8 it damn looks ugly, But i guess there will be some aftermarket parts to modfiy it

Ash, i saw on news that one lady had died due to a drainage Hole being Open, Pretty Pathetic. They should at least send the Mayor and his other Assitants to a 2 Year Prison Sentence.

Mmm infact this is a Good Area for the 4WD guys. Sadly in this area we really miss that fun. ANY MORE PICS. I SAW grand civic forwarding me pic of Galle Road with a Massive ****. Any pics

Thanks Bro, Colombo to Marawila is also a Super Drive. Super Road Surface. machan no filters used...

Going Faster means you need to be more attentive. Thats means you will not be relaxing. ( This statement is only valid for our country because our Roads are not seperated like US or German highways ) Our Speed Limit is 70 and that also makes cops a Lot Richer Driving Below the Speed Limit Saves Time ( The Time you spend on the Cop Shed ) / Money and Also is more Relaxing

Bro Best Roads to Drive on a Nice Sunny Morning ( Sunday ) will be to Galle Or Matara Some Pics

ELA DA BRA GRAND CIVIC..... Thanks for that RESULTS. mmmm it seems tomarrows fox the hills are gona ROCK... Machan great to know that Rizvi Faoruk in a STI 8 is in the Fourth Place. Damn See how Driving Does Really Matter on these Gravel Tracks. First Time I see a Spec C Battling Out with the Evos Head to Head. Also Sad to see Sadjitha Weda's car not performaning. He is one of the most aggresive gravel drivers even in that OLD evo 3. So tomarrows Official WORD is ROCK. AL members get the shit out there, enjoy a Beer and the Birds and the races.... LOL

By the way check how the COLT Ralliart Version R Eats The Fit ( But Fit is N/A car and still hangs on) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKivMUB4_ME SPOON FIT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is Another Video Where Tsuchiya San Drives the Normal Honda Fit Aria and the Spoon Fit. Try to Find It. Its FUN.