The newly built flyover at Polgahawela in Kurunegala open for the use of the public on 17th January, said Lakshman Kiriella, Minister of Highways and Higher Education, in Kurunegala.

He said that a sum of Rs 2.3 billion has been spent for this flyover which is 353 metres in length. The government of Spain funded this project.

Two flyovers were declared open in January this year and the flyover at Polgahawela is the third which open this month.

The other two flyovers, at Ganemulla and Rajagiriya, were opened under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Source : http://dailynews.lk/2018/01/16/local/140010/polgahawela-flyover-be-opened-today