China delayed a loan for an expressway to Kandy for 4.5 years through the building contract was awarded to a Chinese contractor was re-confirmed during his time, former Sri Lanka Highways Minister Lakshman Kiriella said.

Sri Lanka’s central expressway which runs from Colombo to Kandy and is then expected to run to Jaffna is being built in three segments.

“We started the expressway from Kadawatha. The project had three stages. Kadawatha to Meerigama, Meerigama – Kurunegala and Pothuhera – Galagedara,” Kiriella told parliament during the highways ministry vote.

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