Oct
29
Colombo traffic to crawl at 12kmph

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Urban and Western Province Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka stated that the Colombo Motor Vehicle speed has been reduced to 12 km per hour.
It is to be further reduced to 8km per hour in two years’ time.

For the first 9 months of the year 486,000have been introduced to the road.174, 000 motor vehicles travel to Rajagiriya from Malabe per a day.

If the traffic at Colombo persists by 2020 it will be a reason for the fall of the economy.


At a media brief held yesterday the Minister further stated that the transport experts have warned of the traffic in Colombo and that nearly one million people and 5 lakhs vehicles frequent the Colombo city on a daily basis.

Further discussing on this the minister stated that currently motor vehicle speed in Colombo has dropped to 12km per hour and if this persists the motor vehicle speed would be further reduced to 8kmper hour in two years’ time and the apt solution for the crisis will be to develop public transport system.

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