21 February 2022 08:41 am Views - 98
By Yohan Perera
Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando instructed ministry officials to construct a vehicle park under the flyover to be built from the Malay Street to the Salve Island Railway Station.
Instructions were given by the Minister during his inspection tour on Saturday to observe the progress of two flyovers at the Justice Akbar Mawatha and Uttharananda Mawatha as a solution to eliminate heavy traffic congestion in Colombo. The flyover at the Justice Akbar Mawatha is to be constructed at a height of 5.3 metres from Malay Street to Slave Island Railway Station. The area coming under the flyover could be converted into a vehicle park, the minister observed. Besides the roads of the vehicle park service lanes would be constructed for the movement of containers and heavy vehicles, Project Director Eng. Nalinda Ratnayake explained to the Minister.