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Southern  Transport  Development  Project  

R  W  R  Pemasiri  Secretary  Ministry    of    Ports  and    Highways  Sri  Lanka  

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Presentation at the Transport Forum at the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines. November 7, 2012

Sri  Lanka’s  First  Access  Controlled  Expressway              Challenges  Faced  ,Lessons  Learned  and  Accrued  

Benefits    

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Area          =  65610  square  kilometers  

 

PopulaHon        =    20,869,832    

 

PopulaHon  Density      =    333  per  Sq  Km  

 

PopulaHon  Growth  Rate    =    1.0%  

GDP  @2011      =    SLRs  6543  Billion  

GDP    Growth    Rate  (2011)    =    8.4%  

 

GDP  Per  Capita  (2011)    =    US$  2,836  

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Sri  Lanka  at  a  Glance  

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Expressway  Network  in  Sri  Lanka  

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Southern  Expressway  Trace  

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Southern   Transport   Development   Project   is   the   Sri   Lanka’s   Expressway   (126  km)   and   it   consists   of   4   secLons.   This   Project   is   financed   by   the   Asian  Development  Bank  (ADB),  Japan  InternaLonal  CorporaLon  Agency  (JICA),  and  EXIM  Bank  of  China  and  Government  of  Sri  Lanka  (GoSL).      The  principal  product  of  the  project  is  Sri  Lanka’s  first  access  controlled  expressway,  connecLng  KoYawa  in  Colombo  suburbs  to  Matara  in  the  Southern  Province  with  an  access  road  from  the  Expressway  to  Galle  (4.285  km).      Access  to  the  expressway  is  only  through  eleven  interchanges,  which  are  located  at  places  where  expressway  crosses  major  roads/highways.      Total  Project  Cost  is  esLmated  at  SL  Rs    86.8  billion  and  it  is  126  km  long.  This  project  will  be  fully  operaLonal  by    mid  2013.    

         Project  DescripHon  

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   Present  Status  

1. Colombo      to  Galle    SecLon    is  currently  operaLonal.  Opened  to  public  on  26th  November  2011.  

2. Galle  Matara  SecLon  is  being  constructed  

3. Expressway  will  be  fully  operaLonal  in  mid  2013.  

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PACKAGE  1  –  KOTTAWA  TO  DODANGODA  

Funded    by  JICA  

PACKAGE  1  –  KOTTAWA  TO  DODANGODA  

Funded    by  JICA    

PACKAGE  2  –  DODANGODA  TO  KURUNDUGAHAHETHAKMA  

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Funded    by  ADB    

PACKAGE  3  –KURUNDUGAHAHETHAKMA  TO  

PINNADUWA  

Funded    by    Exim  Bank  China    

PACKAGE  4  –  PINNADUWA  TO  GODAGAMA  

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The  Road  Development  Authority  (RDA)    has  to  face    many  challenges  in  the  implementaHon  process  of    the  Southern  Transport  Development  Project  ,  Sri  Lanka’s  first  access  controlled  Expressway.    RDA  did  not  have  experience  in  planning,  construcHng,  operaHng  and  maintaining  of  an  Expressways  prior  to  the  construcHon  of  the  southern  Expressway.      Therefore  it  was  a  major  task  and  a  challenge  for  the  RDA  to  successfully  implement  this  project.              

   Challenges  

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Major  Challenges  are  

1.         Dealing  with  Engineering  Issues    2.        Dealing  with  Social  Issues    3.        Dealing  with    Environmental  Issues  

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Dealing  with  Engineering  Issues    1. 50%  of  the  length  of  the  Expressway  was  constructed  on  soa  ground  using  proven  technologies  such  as  CVC,  remove  and  rep[lace,  precast  piling,  wick  drains,  surcharging  and  heavy  tamping.  

 

2.  Corrugated  Soil  Steel  Structures  were  used  first  Lme  in  Sri  Lanka  for  pedestrian  and  vehicular  underpasses.    

 

3.  Delayed  eYringite  formaLons  was  first  discovered  in  pile  caps  of  some  structures  leading  to  cracking  and  was  strengthened  using  post  tensioned  replacement  pile  caps.  

Structure  Types  •  MAUP  –  for  footpaths  

– MAUP  47N  –  span  3.7m  rise  3.5m  – MAUP  55N  –  span  4.25m  rise  4.1m  – MAUP  67N  –  span  5.15m  rise  4.9m  

•  HPA  –  for  minor/major  local  roads  –  HPA  60N  –  span  7.87m  rise  4.65m  –  HPA  74N  –  span  10.58m  rise  5.54m  

•  HES  –  for  streams  and  flood  relief  –  HES  87N  –  span  7.96m  rise  5.53m  

Types  of  soil  steel  structures  used  in  the  STDP  

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       •  AcquisiLon  of  more  than  1500  Land  Plots,  ReseYlement  of  

1500  families  and  Payment  of  CompensaLon  of  Rs  4  Billion      •  ImplementaLon  of  Grievance  Redress  Mechanism  for  the  

affected    parLes.  GRM  had  to  address  in  a  wider  socio  economic  spectrum  covering  Colombo,  Kalutara,  Galle  and  Matara  administraLve  districts.  To  get  a  beYer  representaLon  and  parLcipaLon  and  wider  awareness  creaLon,  GRC  commiYees  were  expanded  to  cover  22  Divisional  Secretaries.  Moreover  several  hosing  commiYees  were  established  to  achieve  this  endeavor.    

 

•   400  families  were  directly  reseYled  in  40  well  established    ReseYlement  Sites.      

 

Dealing with Social Issues  

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Dealing  with  Social  Issues                                                                contd……  

•   1100  families  were  coached  and  guided  and  directed  for  self  relocaLon,  which  was  successful.      •   Self  relocated  families  are  becoming  more  self  reliance  when  compared  to  families  that  of  reseYled  in  reseYlement  sites.  This  example  can  be  enhanced  and  uLlize  in  future  development  projects  of  this  nature.    •   Income  RestoraLon  Program  was  implemented  specifically  for  the  affected  people  who  were  economically  vulnerable  at  the  Lme  of  acquisiLon.                

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Dealing  with  Social  Issues      contd….  

•   ADB  appointed  a  Compliance  Review  Panel  (CRP)  and  tasked  to  invesLgate  the  achievement  of  Compliances  with  regard  to  the  Southern  Transport  Development  Project.    •   CRP  recommendaLons  and  guidance    helped  us  implement  land  acquisiLon,  reseYlement  and  GRC  in  wider  and  more  comprehensive  manner.  

•   ADB  sent  monitoring  missions  on  regular  intervals  to  assess  the  performance    of  implementaLon  of  CRP  recommendaLons  and  were  saLsfied  with  the  outcome  of  the  overall  process.    This  helped  us    to  implement  beYer  procedures  in  future  projects.    

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Dealing  with  Environmental  Issues  

•   The  Rock  was  found  in  many  locaLons  alone  the  trace.  This    rock  was  harvested  by  implemenLng  proper  environmental  and  safety  procedures.  This  task  was  achieved  with  a  minimal  environmental  damage.  CompensaLon  were  paid  to  all  affected  parLes  by  following  a  comprehensive  assessment  procedure.    

•     MiLgaLon  issues  were  introduced  to  prevent  soil  erosion  alone  the  trace.  

•   MiLgaLon  of  flooding  due  to  expressway  embankment  was  done  by  widening,  dredging  and  deepening  the  exisLng  cannels  as  well  as  introducing  new  cannels  for  the  exisLng  network.      

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Dealing  with  Environmental  Issues    

• The  Expressway  trace  are  going  through  a  rural  area.    The  rural  vegetaLon  had  to  be  removed  to  construct  the  Southern  Expressway.      • To  compensate  this  environmental  damage  ,  Re  –  ForestaLon    Program  was  idenLfied  and  currently  being  implemented  with  the  assistance  of  the  Forest  Department.    • With  this  overall  iniLaLves,  an  ESD  Division  was  established  with  the  assistance  of  ADB  to  facilitate  beYer  implementaLon  of  social  and  Environmental  management  pracLces  in  future  road  projects.          

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Establishment  of  Expressway  Management  Unit  (EMU).  

One  of  the  major  challenge  arose  aaer  construcLng  the  Expressway  was  to  beYer  operate  and  maintain  the  Expressway.      To  facilitate  this  requirement  JICA  assisted  RDA  in  establishing  an  EMU.      This  EMU  is  funcLoning  now  and  assisted  to  maintain  higher  degree  of  safety  standards,  facilitate  toll  /  revenue  collecLon  and  helped  regulaLng  day  to  day  requirements.    

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Rewards    &  Benefits  from  Lessons  Learned      

The  experience  we  gathered  by  facing  all  these  tasks  and  challenges  in  STDP   equipped   us   to   beYer   plan,   construct   ,   operate   and   maintain  access  controlled  highways  and  expressways  in  future.    As  there  are  few  other   access   controlled   highways   and   expressways   are   being  constructed   and   planned   at   present,   the   ‘Lessoned   Learned’   from  Southern  Expressway  would  help  us  to  minimize  cost  and  Lme  overruns  and  to  deliver  a  beYer  products  to  the    public.      As   explained,   once  we   construct   Southern   Expressway,   Outer   Circular  Highway,   Northern   Expressway,   Colombo   –   Kandy   Highway,   and  Katunayake   Expressway   and   with   the   proposed   improvements   to   the  exisLng  network  would  help  Country   to  have  opLmally  designed,  best  connected   economically  maintainable   road   network   that  will,   help   Sri  Lanka  to  achieve  a  sustainable  development  and  rapid  inclusive  growth.    

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