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

[Californikan]

  On 9/28/2011 at 1:19 AM, malla said:

According to very credible info the police will be given Subaru legacy wagons (22 units) Impreza(9 units) 9 Yamaha bikes. There will also be 6 Nissan patrols and 8 x-trails for the operations and maintenance team.

Ultimately there will be close to 495 police personnel attached to the expressway police division so GOOD LUCK

I heard the expressway police have Hyundai's on order. Well, let's see what they actually get...the grand opening is coming soon.

[hyacc]

  On 9/28/2011 at 1:19 AM, malla said:

According to very credible info the police will be given Subaru legacy wagons (22 units) Impreza(9 units) 9 Yamaha bikes. There will also be 6 Nissan patrols and 8 x-trails for the operations and maintenance team.

Ultimately there will be close to 495 police personnel attached to the expressway police division so GOOD LUCK

A new Highway Patrol Unit of the Sri Lanka Police has also been set up and twelve new Hyundai cars have been ordered in readiness.

-http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/09/25/southward-bound-colombo-%E2%80%93-galle-in-55-minutes/

Edited September 28, 2011 by hyacc

[jaga]

Supporting vehicles are still lying at the harbour.

[Pericles]

  On 9/27/2011 at 6:29 PM, Californikan said:

I constantly wonder why they did not cut rumble strips onto the hard shoulders and put reflectors every so many meters on the metal crash barriers. These are simple cheap things that greatly reduce accidents on expressways.

(This is a rumble strip for those who don't know)

http://www.seattlecaraccidentlawyerblog.com/2009/09/rumble_strips_lower_car_accide.html

Probably coz the road itself will soon look like that.

[Ek3 Ferio]

  On 9/28/2011 at 4:22 AM, Pericles said:

Probably coz the road itself will soon look like that.

[miniace]

Kottawa entry point still under construction- A birds eye view

MINIACE

[remember2forget]

Alo, this is a small clip I drove on expressway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6aqzyhsmg

Edited September 28, 2011 by remember2forget

[heavyD]

  On 9/27/2011 at 9:04 AM, Pericles said:

Two schools of thought Big D. IF (and this is a hypothetical if) there is something behind this shoddy Chinese construction rumours, you might want to travel while its new and before bridges and overpasses start collapsing. Bits are supposed to have collapsed already, right?

So if I use the road when new, there's a possibility I might crash, or be crashed into more likely, and if I use the road when old, there's a possibility that I'll crash and burn?

[malla]

  On 9/28/2011 at 1:45 AM, Watchman said:

Been playing too much NFS have we?

PS: dont take Dad's prado and try ram through them ok? You dont get points for it.

ill keep that in mind

[Skyline R33]

  On 9/28/2011 at 5:18 AM, miniace said:

Kottawa entry point still under construction- A birds eye view

MINIACE

Thanks for the BEV Miniace. Looks great.

Edited September 28, 2011 by Skyline R33

[nexus]

  On 9/28/2011 at 5:46 AM, Big_D said:

So if I use the road when new, there's a possibility I might crash, or be crashed into more likely, and if I use the road when old, there's a possibility that I'll crash and burn?

either way you are screwed.

[Pericles]

  On 9/28/2011 at 5:46 AM, Big_D said:

So if I use the road when new, there's a possibility I might crash, or be crashed into more likely, and if I use the road when old, there's a possibility that I'll crash and burn?

Welcome to the Land like No Other

[SeanD]

  On 9/27/2011 at 5:53 AM, Ripper said:

100kph road without any lights????? I hope they'll sort that out fast cos you can't do 100 in low beams and going on high beams will blind the other buggers doing 100

I don't think most highways in the world are lit up except at the entry and exit points. At least not in my driving experience. Seems to be the same in this case, just imagine the cost of lighting the whole 120km stretch. Only Belgium I think has fully lit highways (if I remember from an old Top Gear episode). The paint used on international standard highways is generally reflector paint that is very clear in the dark, so I am hoping they used the same sort here.

[miniace]

  On 9/28/2011 at 6:49 AM, Skyline R33 said:

Thanks for the BEV Miniace. Looks great.

More to come

MINIACE

[Scooter]

Tx for the Kottawa pic, Miniace. That's the one I was waiting for.

[miniace]

  On 9/29/2011 at 6:28 AM, Scooter said:

Tx for the Kottawa pic, Miniace. That's the one I was waiting for.

No problem..any other special location?

MINIACE

[heavyD]

  On 9/29/2011 at 7:20 AM, miniace said:

No problem..any other special location?

MINIACE

Hi Miniace. I can't seem to PM you, I keep getting an error msg.

[Sylvi]

  On 9/28/2011 at 3:17 PM, SeanD said:

I don't think most highways in the world are lit up except at the entry and exit points. At least not in my driving experience. Seems to be the same in this case, just imagine the cost of lighting the whole 120km stretch. Only Belgium I think has fully lit highways (if I remember from an old Top Gear episode). The paint used on international standard highways is generally reflector paint that is very clear in the dark, so I am hoping they used the same sort here.

'SeanD',

Your post is correct in tunnels are fully lighted.More you add features on to our roads more deposits of passive debt will deposit to our policy makers accounts. There is a road project at the moment planting a tree on that road is costing Rs 12500.00 each, watering separately.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

[pug306xsi]

  On 9/28/2011 at 4:50 PM, miniace said:

More to come

MINIACE

Thanks for the pics ace.

[Scooter]

As a bit of an aside, the UK government have just announced plans to up the motorway speed limits to 80mph (that's just on 130kph) from 2013. The Guardian newspaper reports that:

"The new policy is part of a determined bid to shift the government on to the side of the motorists after successive governments appeared keen to discourage driving."

Their Transport Secretary, Phillip Hammond says:

"Now it is time to put Britain back in the fast lane of global economies and look again at the motorway speed limit which is nearly 50 years old, and out of date thanks to huge advances in safety and motoring technology.

"Increasing the motorway speed limit to 80mph would generate economic benefits of hundreds of millions of pounds through shorter journey times. So we will consult later this year on raising the limit to get Britain moving."

Many UK motorists' comments have been along the lines of "Blimey, I thought the limit was 90mph now!" or "Bad new policy, I'll have to slow down!"

[malla]

According to the sunday Le#der it is likly to be opened within 12 weeks... that means around the time of the big B'day

[Ripper]

  On 9/27/2011 at 11:02 AM, Batteries said:

Did you get a Ticket?

nope i managed to sweet talk my way out saying how great the cop was in pointing out that error and how not many people nowadays know these things etc etc.

after about 5mins of buttering up...i was let go

[The Stig]

Well i went passed the entrance area in kottawa yesterday and it looked like there still is a lot of work to be done. The overpass bridges arnt even built yet, only the concrete beams are there.

Edited October 3, 2011 by The Stig

[MIBSriLanka]

  On 10/3/2011 at 9:18 AM, The Stig said:

Well i went passed the entrance area in kottawa yesterday and it looked like there still is a lot of work to be done. The overpass bridges arnt even built yet, only the concrete beams are there.

Well that's the Phose 2 I believe to connect to "Colombo Pitarun Paraa" to it not going to effct to this opening

[Uthum]

  On 10/3/2011 at 10:46 AM, MIBSriLanka said:

Well that's the Phose 2 I believe to connect to "Colombo Pitarun Paraa" to it not going to effct to this opening

Yes, construction of Kottawa Interchange is belong to the OCH (Outer Circular Highway), which is being done by a Chineese contractor. A temporary gate has been completed to facilitate the opening and commissioning of the Southern Expressway (E01) until the OCH work is completed. Heard that couple of hundreds of million spent for this temporary facilities.