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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, August 3, 2017
Priority bus lanes in force in Colombo from August 15
Priority
bus lanes will be in force in Colombo and its suburbs from August 15,
officials from the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development and the
Police Traffic Division confirmed Today.
Officials said the programme will initially be implemented for traffic
coming into Colombo along the Galle Road with other major roads and
outbound traffic roped into equation in the coming months. If followed
successfully the programme is set to reduce traffic congestion by at
least 50 percent and allow a faster traffic flow within the city.
Transport Development Deputy Project Director from the Ministry of
Megapolis and Western Development, P. Dissanayke said all bus routes in
the city will be brought under the programme as and when infrastructure
is available to do so.
“We need at least three lanes in the road to establish such a programme.
The issue now is that we don’t have the necessary infrastructure. We
will start with Galle Road and establish the programme in other areas
when possible,” he said.
Under the first phase of the programme, lanes will be allocated for
buses along Galle Road, from Moratuwa to Pettah, and the route from
Diyatha Uyana to Pettah.
A monitoring centre will be set up by the Ministry which will have
access to CCTV cameras set up along the bus route. Buses will also be
fixed with GPS trackers to ensure they do not travel outside the
allocated lane.
“The monitoring centre will be manned throughout the day and police
officers will be present at the scene to direct officers in the field in
case bus drivers do not travel along the allocated lane,” Dissanayake
said.
As the pilot project was already held, once initiated on August 15, the
programme will function as part of traffic regulations and bus drivers
will be liable to fines if they were to drive out of line.
“We will deal with inbound traffic this year and out bound traffic next
year. We have chosen Galle Road and road leading from Diyatha Uyana for
the initial phase of the project. Under the second phase we will
concentrate on Havelock Road,” he said.
Officials conducted the pilot project for the programme from Rajagiriya Junction to Ayurveda Junction earlier this year.
Meanwhile, speaking to the Daily Mirror Director of Police Traffic
Division in Colombo, SP Sumith Nissanka said the Police would provide
their service to conduct this project as they did earlier when
initiating it in Rajagiriya.
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