Rajapaksa opens Chinese funded airport highway

A Chinese funded highway was opened on Sunday by Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapakse.

The 16 mile expressway links the capital Colombo to the country's main airport, in the south, and cost $292 million, mainly funded by Chinese loans.

See Reuters for more.

Sudath Silva/ColomboPage



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