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The Central Expressway, also known as the Colombo–Kandy Expressway is a proposed road project that will link the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, with Kandy. It will essentially duplicate the route of the A1 Road (Colombo-Kandy Road). The idea was originally proposed by the UNP government. In 2002, a Malaysian company has had discussions with the then United National Party (UNP) government over the Kandy-Colombo Expressway.However the project was not able to commence due to the elections and the fall of the UNP government.〔http://www.colombopage.com/archive_15B/Jul31_1438335472CH.php〕 In November 2013 the Project Minister for Highways announced that construction work on the Northern Expressway would commence in January 2015. The first phase of the works will link the E03 expressway at Kadawatha through to Kurunegala via Ederamulla and Meerigama.〔 The next stage will see the road extended to Katugastota in Kandy. The Minister advised that the expressway would be built in three stages with financial assistance from China.〔 On the 14 December 2014 the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, launched the construction of the expressway by laying a foundation stone at the Senkadagala entrance of the expressway. The total cost of the expressway is estimated to be approximately Rs.200 billion and the works are scheduled to be completed by 2018. == Construction == Construction of the Northern expressway will be carried out in two phases: Phase 1 - an 48.2 km section from Kadawatha to Ambepussa; and Phase 2 - a 50.7 km section between Ambepussa and Katugastota. A third phase is also planned extending the expressway from Pallendeniya to Dambulla, connecting through to the A9 highway from Dambulla to Jaffna. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E04 expressway (Sri Lanka)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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