Express-Way Updates

[Le Sabre]

Havent heard much news on the southern expressway, colombo-katu , colombo -kandy and outer circular road projects.

Anybody has any updates on these projects so far.

Edited July 7, 2010 by Le Sabre

[jaga]

The opening date is postphoned it seems, Any idea??????

[Californikan]

  On 8/19/2011 at 8:49 AM, jaga said:

The opening date is postphoned it seems, Any idea??????

Opening ceremony is scheduled to be in the 2nd week of September, so Sept 4th-10th. The opening ceremony is going to take place at expressway rest stop in Nayapamula off Baddegama near Galle.

[Californikan]

BIA interchange

[mirage7777]

100 km maximum speed limit on Southern Expressway

August 20, 2011, 7:27 pm

The maximum speed limit on the Southern Expressway has been stipulated at one hundred (100) kilometers per hour, according to a Gazette notification issued by the Minister of Transport.

Motor tricycles, motor tricycle vans, agricultural land vehicles, hand tractors, invalid carriages and steam driven motor vehicles are debarred from using the expressway.

"No person shall drive or use any special purpose vehicle without special permission other than, where it is necessary, to carry out any activity related to the maintenance of the Expressway", the notification says.

Motor cycles are also disallowed except for patrolling the road by the police divisions established by the IGP, it said.

The notification further says:

*No person holding a Learners Permit shall drive or use any motor vehicle fitted with a "L" plate. In the event of an accident or a breakdown at any point on an Expressway, the driver shall be required to display the reflective warning triangle and hazard warning lamp of the vehicle, in order to give adequate notice to the other users.

* No driver shall enter or use any Expressway if the vehicle being used exceeds the maximum tare limits of the vehicle, or the gross vehicle weight as specified in the Certificate of Registration.

* No person who having entered an Expressway shall park or keep standing the vehicle which such person is driving, other than on a marked parking site.

Any person who contravenes the provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence, the notification warned.

The Southern Expressway, which links Kottawa to Galle, is scheduled to be opened this month, but no date has still not been finalised, officials said.

As it is a toll road, the charges to be levied from motorists will also be officially announced shortly, they said.

Link here

[heavyD]

  On 8/21/2011 at 1:00 PM, mirage7777 said:

* No driver shall enter or use any Expressway if the vehicle being used exceeds the maximum tare limits of the vehicle, or the gross vehicle weight as specified in the Certificate of Registration.

How will they do this? Will they weigh each and every vehicle that enters the highway?

Edited August 21, 2011 by Big_D

[miniace]

  On 8/21/2011 at 2:33 PM, Big_D said:

How will they do this? Will they weigh each and every vehicle that enters the highway?

No they have a data base for each type manufacturer specified Tare weight / empty weight.

MINIACE

[SHAI]

  On 8/21/2011 at 1:00 PM, mirage7777 said:

100 km maximum speed limit on Southern Expressway

August 20, 2011, 7:27 pm

The maximum speed limit on the Southern Expressway has been stipulated at one hundred (100) kilometers per hour, according to a Gazette notification issued by the Minister of Transport.

Motor tricycles, motor tricycle vans, agricultural land vehicles, hand tractors, invalid carriages and steam driven motor vehicles are debarred from using the expressway.

"No person shall drive or use any special purpose vehicle without special permission other than, where it is necessary, to carry out any activity related to the maintenance of the Expressway", the notification says.

Motor cycles are also disallowed except for patrolling the road by the police divisions established by the IGP, it said.

The notification further says:

*No person holding a Learners Permit shall drive or use any motor vehicle fitted with a "L" plate. In the event of an accident or a breakdown at any point on an Expressway, the driver shall be required to display the reflective warning triangle and hazard warning lamp of the vehicle, in order to give adequate notice to the other users.

* No driver shall enter or use any Expressway if the vehicle being used exceeds the maximum tare limits of the vehicle, or the gross vehicle weight as specified in the Certificate of Registration.

* No person who having entered an Expressway shall park or keep standing the vehicle which such person is driving, other than on a marked parking site.

Any person who contravenes the provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence, the notification warned.

The Southern Expressway, which links Kottawa to Galle, is scheduled to be opened this month, but no date has still not been finalised, officials said.

As it is a toll road, the charges to be levied from motorists will also be officially announced shortly, they said.

Link here

Steam Driven motor vehicles??? Seriously?

[harshansenadhir]

  On 8/21/2011 at 5:17 PM, miniace said:

No they have a data base for each type manufacturer specified Tare weight / empty weight.

MINIACE

still the weight of the vehicle should be measured. If that's the case they will use kind of scales you find in RMV. Wonder, the entering time will surpass the time benefit of the highway

[harshansenadhir]

  On 8/21/2011 at 1:00 PM, mirage7777 said:

Motor tricycles, motor tricycle vans, agricultural land vehicles, hand tractors, invalid carriages and steam driven motor vehicles are debarred from using the expressway.

are we to see a price crash of those Prados and Pajeros registered as Land vehicles ?

[Scooter]

Had a phone call this afternoon from the wife who has just today travelled down the Expressway from Colombo to an exit near Ambalangoda. The authorities kindly gave permission for the journey. She is absolutely stoked by the road (she's a bit of a driving enthusiast).....she reported "it's wide, it's smooth and you can go like a bat!" She also said that the countryside the road travels through can be really beautiful. Can't wait to have a drive myself.

[vishkid]

  On 8/22/2011 at 8:24 AM, harshansenadhir said:

still the weight of the vehicle should be measured. If that's the case they will use kind of scales you find in RMV. Wonder, the entering time will surpass the time benefit of the highway

With only 4 toll/entry lanes at Makumbura it ,most certainly will!

[ModX]

  On 8/27/2011 at 9:47 AM, Scooter said:

Had a phone call this afternoon from the wife who has just today travelled down the Expressway from Colombo to an exit near Ambalangoda. The authorities kindly gave permission for the journey. She is absolutely stoked by the road (she's a bit of a driving enthusiast).....she reported "it's wide, it's smooth and you can go like a bat!" She also said that the countryside the road travels through can be really beautiful. Can't wait to have a drive myself.

So you really don't need to open your eyes when you enter the Hi-way.Just for the curiosity "Wife Paara Kelin karalada Nattan Paara Wifewa kelin karalada"?

[Californikan]

Southern Expressway to be extended to Hambantota

The Southern expressway will be extended upto Hambantota from Matara as one of the most prioritized projects of the government, Road Development Deputy Minister Nirmala Kotelawala said yesterday.

Mr. Kotelawala said negotiations were underway with prospective investors to start work on the extension of the southern expressway, and also on the new expressway from Colombo to Kandy.

“The Colombo-Kandy expressway will be an elevated one. We are negotiating with some foreigncompanies at the moment. Anyway, we will give priority to extend the southern expressway to Hambantota. Then, we will consider the Kandy expressway,” he said. He also said the government is contemplating on the possibility of developing another expressway from Colombo to Puttalam to facilitate easy access to areas such as Anuradhapura. “This is still an idea only,” he said. Asked about the feasibility study done during the UNP regime to start work on the Colombo-Kandy expressway, he said he had no idea about it. During the 2002-2004 UNP government, the contract had also been awarded to a Malaysian company to start the project on the Kandy expressway. The company also did basic work for the acquisition of lands for the project.

http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/front-page-news/54824.html

[jami]

hey,,

southern highway is opened.........

planning to make a drive there

[Simplelife]

  On 9/1/2011 at 10:00 AM, jami said:

southern highway is opened.....

plan to make a drive there

Are you sure? when i checked the last time, news said the opening has been postponed

Edited September 1, 2011 by Simplelife

[jami]

  On 9/1/2011 at 10:03 AM, Simplelife said:

Are you sure? when i checked the last time, news said the opening has been postponed

one of my friend working there as a engineer, he told that today it opened

[Pericles]

Dude, I moved this topic to the other thread coz there is already a thread on this. Don't keep opening new ones.

[remember2forget]

  On 9/1/2011 at 10:06 AM, jami said:

one of my friend working there as a engineer, he told that today it opened

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_11A/Aug30_1314719998CH.php

Opening of Sri Lanka's first expressway delayed again

Tue, Aug 30, 2011, 09:29 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Aug 30, Colombo: Deputy Minister of Ports and Highways of Sri Lanka Nirmala Kothalawala says the opening of the country's first toll highway, Southern Expressway had been delayed due to incomplete work on signaling and access points.

The stretch of the expressway between Kottawa in Colombo district and Pinnaduwa in Galle district was scheduled to be opened in the second week of September.

According to the deputy Minister some minor work are yet to be completed along the toll highway. The authorities however expect to open the expressway before the end of the year.

Construction on the highway began in 2006 at a cost of $800 million. The Asian Development Bank, Exim Bank of China and the Japan International Cooperation Agency provide financial assistance for the express highway project.

The last phase of 30.25 kilometers from Pinnaduwa in Galle to Godagama in Matara is now being constructed.

[remember2forget]

charter wadey, again getting delayed! :-(

[Watchman]

  On 9/1/2011 at 10:06 AM, jami said:

one of my friend working there as a engineer, he told that today it opened

Ouch, you must be eating your own words now eh

  On 9/1/2011 at 12:37 PM, remember2forget said:

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_11A/Aug30_1314719998CH.php

Opening of Sri Lanka's first expressway delayed again

Tue, Aug 30, 2011, 09:29 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Aug 30, Colombo: Deputy Minister of Ports and Highways of Sri Lanka Nirmala Kothalawala says the opening of the country's first toll highway, Southern Expressway had been delayed due to incomplete work on signaling and access points.

The stretch of the expressway between Kottawa in Colombo district and Pinnaduwa in Galle district was scheduled to be opened in the second week of September.

According to the deputy Minister some minor work are yet to be completed along the toll highway. The authorities however expect to open the expressway before the end of the year.

Construction on the highway began in 2006 at a cost of $800 million. The Asian Development Bank, Exim Bank of China and the Japan International Cooperation Agency provide financial assistance for the express highway project.

The last phase of 30.25 kilometers from Pinnaduwa in Galle to Godagama in Matara is now being constructed.

[hyacc]

  On 9/1/2011 at 10:06 AM, jami said:

one of my friend working there as a engineer, he told that today it opened

Can't be true. I passed the makumbura entry point several times today and it was closed as usual.

[Scooter]

  On 8/27/2011 at 12:40 PM, ModX said:

So you really don't need to open your eyes when you enter the Hi-way.Just for the curiosity "Wife Paara Kelin karalada Nattan Paara Wifewa kelin karalada"?

Hi MX, LOL Not a bat outa hell but just a blind bat!!!

It's sad and I should be shot, but my Sinhala skills are just about zero!!!!but I think I got the jist of the message with the bottle or two! Cheers, Scooter

[Sylvi]

  On 9/1/2011 at 1:58 PM, hyacc said:

Can't be true. I passed the makumbura entry point several times today and it was closed as usual.

'hyacc',

I too passed that Makumbura entry junction yesterday the Highway was not open yet.

Any information when they will open the Highway.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[miniace]

  On 9/3/2011 at 2:36 AM, Sylvi said:

'hyacc',

I too passed that Makumbura entry junction yesterday the Highway was not open yet.

Any information when they will open the Highway.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

Delayed indefinitely or atleast maybe towards the end of this year. Check the RDA site for updates and info.

http://www.rda.gov.lk/supported/expressways/stdp.htm

MINIACE

[Sylvi]

  On 9/3/2011 at 5:32 AM, miniace said:

Delayed indefinitely or atleast maybe towards the end of this year. Check the RDA site for updates and info.

http://www.rda.gov.lk/supported/expressways/stdp.htm

MINIACE

'miniace',

Thank you for you post I was not aware that this RDA Web site was there other members also can check updates from this web site.AS I was planing to go on this road by end of this month I have lot of relatives in Weligama.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

Edited September 3, 2011 by Sylvi