Posted by Editor on February 6, 2026 – 8:00 pm
Development work on the lengthy stalled Kandy Gatambe Flyover resumed this afternoon (February 06) below the patronage of Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, with the venture now funded totally by means of home assets.
The flyover venture was first launched in 2021 with mortgage help from the Authorities of Hungary and was estimated to price Rs. 14.37 billion. Nonetheless, the suspension of Hungarian mortgage help through the latest financial disaster led to the entire halt of development for a number of years.
Development has now recommenced utilizing home funds amounting to Rs. 12.27 billion. Authorities anticipate the venture to be accomplished inside 22 months.
The flyover is being constructed alongside William Gopallawa Mawatha, ranging from the southern financial institution of the Mahaweli River on Gannoruwa Street and lengthening over the Gatambe junction and the railway line. The principle flyover might be 374 metres in size and can operate as a twin carriageway as much as the railway line.
An auxiliary flyover can be being constructed from the Peradeniya facet. It’s going to hook up with the principle flyover above the railway line and hyperlink with William Gopallawa Mawatha as a 3 lane carriageway. This auxiliary construction might be 172 metres lengthy and 6.5 metres extensive, permitting autos travelling from Kandy to Peradeniya to cross the railway line with out delays.
The twin lane part of the principle flyover may have a width of 9.4 metres, whereas the three lane part will measure 12.9 metres in width.
Throughout the occasion, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake inspected the venture plans and held a short dialogue with venture officers relating to the progress of development.
Minister of Transport, Highways and City Improvement Bimal Rathnayake, Deputy Minister of Transport and Highways Prasanna Gunasena, Central Province Governor Professor S.B.S. Abeykoon, Kandy District MP Thanura Dissanayake, Kandy District Secretary Indika Udawatte, and senior officers of the Street Improvement Authority had been additionally current on the event.
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