🛣️ Cabinet OKs Local Funds for Maharagama-Piliyandala Road Finish

• The Cabinet of Ministers approved utilizing State funds to finalize the Maharagama-Piliyandala road upgrade after the original OPEC Fund for International Development loan was found insufficient. • The OPEC loan was part of a broader US$ 50 Mn agreement to upgrade 46 km of roads in the Colombo District. • The specific Maharagama-Piliyandala section totals 6.7 km. While 5 km (1 km completed + 4 km started) is covered, the loan balance could not finance the remaining 1.7 km (Section B). • Government funding will now be used to complete the critical final stretch, ensuring the long-delayed infrastructure project is finalized.