The revenue of Expressways during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year season this year has increased by around Rs. 76 million compared to last year, the Road Development Authority (RDA) said.
The Director General of RDA Priyantha Suriyabandara said while speaking to the media today (16), that the income generated from the highways during the New Year season within six days from 10th to 15th April this year recorded as Rs. 235 million.
Suriyabandara further said that during the six day New Year festive period 674,000 vehicles have used the Expressways in the country. According to him, last year during the New Year period a total of 614,000 vehicles have travelled on Expressways where it has recorded an increase of about 60,000 vehicles this year compared with last year.
