Millions of rupees wasted as Kompanna Veediya Flyover Project hits a wall
Construction work of the fly over above the railway track near the Justice Akbar Mawatha in Kompanna Veediya initiated in 2020 has been hanging fire compelling the government to pay delayed charges amounting to over Rs. 400 million to contractors.
Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake, during a recent site visit, said the government has had to pay over Rs. 400 million to the construction company due to the suspension of this construction project planned in the area. He said Rs. 500,000 is added as delay charges daily and that the reasons for the delay would be resolved soon.
It has been planned to complete the project in June 2022 and the then government had to reschedule it to September 2024 due to issues of resettling the residents living in the area, Road Development Authority sources said.
The then Cabinet of Ministers granted approval in August 2020 to the construction of two flyovers estimated to cost around Rs. 6 billion near the railway station in in KompannaVeediya in Colombo.
The project involves design and construction of two flyovers and a connecting flyover between the two.
The flyovers were to be constructed above the railway tracks along Sri Uttarananda Mawatha and Justice Akbar Mawatha in the area.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe opened the flyover spanning the railway line connecting Kompanna Veediya with Justice Akbar Mawatha and Uttarankanda Mawatha on April 8 last year.
It has been revealed that nearly three hours of time is wasted daily due to the railway crossing located in Kompanna Veediya area, which is a very busy commercial city with various institutions including government offices, hospitals, and places of religious worship, restaurants and film halls.
In order to evade the traffic congestion, the construction work of this project, which is implemented by the Road Development Authority, was being carried out by Maga Engineering Company.
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