Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday (12) approved a proposal to take further steps to declare certain roads, currently not owned by the Road Development Authority (RDA), as national highways.
Under the proposal, presented by the Transport, Highways and Urban Development Ministry and based on the recommendations of a committee, requests to upgrade roads administered by other institutions to national highways will be examined for their basic eligibility, technical feasibility and other relevant criteria. Roads that qualify will be declared national highways based on the committee's recommendations. The decision follows an earlier Cabinet approval granted during a meeting on July 20 this year, to appoint a committee chair...