Hon. (Dr.) Prasanna Gunasena
Hon. (Dr.) Prasanna Gunasena outlined plans under the “Path to Revival” rural road programme to support local authority roads that lack adequate funding or technical capacity for rehabilitation. He stated that eligible roads may be brought under RDA workstreams or supported through technical assistance and funding via District Secretaries, with Rs. 14,000 million allocated for 2025 and an expected Rs. 25,000 million for 2026.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 There are several road classes: RDA roads, Provincial (PRDA) roads, and Local Authority roads. Many local authorities lack funds and technical capacity to rehabilitate roads. Under our rural road programme “Path to Revival”, we intend in 2025–2028 to support such roads by taking eligible local authority roads into RDA workstreams or by providing technical assistance and/or funding via the District Secretary. For this year, Rs. 14,000 million has been allocated; next year we expect around Rs. 25,000 million. Thus we will enhance rural road development, including where local bodies lack capacity.
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Prasanna Gunasena. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 July 2025. No. 1754382585021621. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11031