Bandaranayake International Airport expansion project starts. Minister of Industrial Export, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Prasanna Ranatunga said that the aim of this project is to minimize passenger traffic at the airport.
The Katunayake International Airport will spend Rs. 600 million for this project.
The Road Development Authority is implementing the project directly.
Minister Ranatunga has said that a land belonging to the Board of Investment had been given free of charge for the purpose.
The new expressway will be used to ease congestion on the Katunayake Expressway on the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway.
Source:http://www.aviationvoice.lk/bandaranayake-international-airport-expansion-project-starts/