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China provided an RMB 48 million grant to Sri Lanka for the Signalization of Welikada Intersection and Improvement of Colombo-Kandy Road Section from Kiribathgoda to Kadawatha Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$10,485,516
Commitment Year•2007Country of Activity•Sri LankaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sri LankaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2007
End (actual)
Jul 12, 2011

Geospatial footprint

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This project widened a 2.3 km road segment from Gala Junction Bridge at Kiribathgoda to Kadawatha of Colombo Kandy Road (A001). It also supported the signalization of Welikada Intersection. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_car&route=6.98475%2C79.93356%3B7.00070%2C79.94940#map=16/6.9847/79.9355 and http://wikimapia.org/1863443/Welikada-Junction and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/475476947#map=18/6.90887/79.89598

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Sri Lanka

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Sri Lanka Road Development Authority

State-owned companies

  • China Railway Design Corporation (CRDC)
  • Shanxi Construction Engineering (Group) Corporation

Loan description

China provided an RMB 48 million grant to Sri Lanka for the Signalization of Welikada Intersection and Improvement of Colombo-Kandy Road Section from Kiribathgoda to Kadawatha Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 18, 2007, Sri Lanka’s Road Development Authority (RDA) signed two contracts with Shanxi Construction Engineering (Group) Corporation (CSCE): one contract worth RMB 45 million for improvement of 2.3 km from Kiribathgoda to Kadawatha of Colombo-Kandy road and for and another contract worth RMB 3 million for the signalization of Welikada Intersection. Both of these contracts were supported by grant assistance from the Chinese Government. Third Railway Survey and Design Institute of China (renamed as China Railway Design Corporation (CRDC) ) was responsible for the design of the road. CSCE was responsible for construction of the road. Through this project, a 2.3 km road segment from Gala Junction Bridge at Kiribathgoda to Kadawatha of Colombo Kandy Road (A001) was widened to four lanes with a 1.2 m centre median, a 1.4 m hard shoulder and a 1.6 m soft shoulder both sides. The project was completed on July 12, 2011.