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 Date: 2025-11-13   Answered 

1350/2025: KINNIYA-COLOMBO MAIN ROAD: WIDENING

Hon. Imran Maharoof,— To ask the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development,— (1)

(a) Will he admit that —

(i) the roads in the Trincomalee District, maintained by the Road Development Authority, are in such condition that they need to be widened;

(ii) the Kinniya-Colombo main road should be prioritized for widening due to population of the Kinniya area and the number of local and foreign tourists visiting the area; and

(iii) there are schools located near this road, that there is heavy traffic congestion on the road, and that there are not enough facilities for pedestrians?

(b) Will he inform this House —

(i) of the width of the Kinniya-Colombo main road;

(ii) whether the said road is a one-way road;

(iii) if not, whether it is a two-way road;

(iv) whether steps have been taken to widen the said road;

(v) if so, of the length and width of the proposed road; and

(vi) of the estimated cost for the proposed road?

(c) If not, why?

 

Asked Date

2025-11-13

Asked by

Hon. Imran Maharoof, M.P.

Ministry

Transport, Highways Ports and Civil Aviation

Legislature

Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka

Session

First Session

Question History

Answer

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Answered Date

2025-11-13

Answered by

Hon. Bimal Rathnayake, M.P.





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