Roads & Highways
Nittambuwa – Pasyala Road Project
- Client: Road Development Authority
- Date of commencement: January 04, 2021
- Date of completion: January 05, 2022
As a part of the National Road Rehabilitation Plan, rehabilitation and improvement of existing Colombo-Kandy Road from Kadawatha to Nittambuwa was initiated by Road Development Authority (RDA) with the assistance of local bank funding and the rehabilitation and improvement works were awarded to Access Engineering PLC (AEL). The improvements of the section from Nittambuwa to Pasyala were also awarded to AEL as a variation of the previous project which was completed successfully.
The main scope of the project is to rehabilitate and improve the existing road to a four-lane standard carriageway where the width of a single lane would be 3.7 m. The works also includes extensive land acquisition and utility shifting, widening (with hard and soft shoulders) and improvements to existing cross drainage structures, elevated foot-walks and centre median/islands as necessary, rehabilitation and improvement of road pavement structure and improvement of the existing drainage system. In addition, town improvements of Pasyala junction are also included.