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New Kelani suspension bridge to be lit up 

04 Jul 2021

  • Scheduled for completion by end September

  Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando has issued instructions to illuminate the country’s first-ever state-of-the-art suspension bridge, the New Kelani Bridge, to become an attraction for tourists both local and foreign. The construction work on the New Kelani Bridge, which is aimed at solving the traffic congestion in Colombo and surrounding areas, is scheduled to be completed by end-September. The Minister has also instructed the officials to widen and develop the section from Orugodawatta Junction to the New Kelani Bridge, and to renovate the old Kelani Bridge, the Ministry Of Highways announced in a press release yesterday (4). Minister Fernando issued those instructions during a meeting held at his ministry to review the progress of the construction of the New Kelani Bridge. The minister had pointed out that the bridge could become a tourist attraction if illuminated in a manner that would improve the natural beauty of the Kelani River and the splendour of the new bridge, which is being constructed as an extra-dosed, post-tensioned, pre-stressed concrete box girder bridge. The minister also instructed to use indigenous plants and florae to decorate the elevated section of the bridge held by pillars. Among those present were Ministry Secretary R.W.R. Pemasiri, Road Development Authority Director General, the Project Director, and other senior officials.  


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