Kadawatha-Mirigama Expressway Now Promises April 2028 - Believe It?

The first 37km stretch of the Central Expressway, Kadawatha to Mirigama, is meant to link the Southern and Katunayake Expressways through the Outer Circular Highway. Work stalled for years during the economic crisis and only restarted in September 2025. The Transport Minister just moved the target opening to April 2028, a month earlier than the May 2028 date given in Parliament only two months before, with physical progress at just over 53% as of August 2026 and Rs 66.15 billion allocated to it this year alone. Supporters say this corridor is the real fix for the Kadawatha bottleneck that chokes anyone heading to Kandy, Katunayake or the hill country, and a few more years of patience is worth it once it finally opens. Skeptics point out the date has already moved once in two months and ask why anyone should plan around 2028 when earlier targets came and went before. How many "final" dates have you heard for this one, and are you actually routing your trips assuming it opens on schedule? මේ project එක ඇත්තටම 2028ට ඉවර වෙයිද, නැත්නම් තව කල් දානවද?