Marine drive to be extended to Panadura

The newly constructed marine drive from Kollupitiya junction to Wellawatte will be extended to Panadura from January next year.
According to the Ministry of Highways, construction work on the first phase between Wellawatte and Moratuwa will be completed soon to ease the heavy traffic congestion.
At present motorists take over 70 minutes to reach either destination.
Deputy Ports and Highways Minister Nirmala Kotalawala told the Sunday Observer that a marine drive from Wellawatte to Moratuwa is urgently needed and the road design process which is now being carried out will be completed before December.
After the first phase is completed motorists could access the new Galle Road from Moratuwa. At present it takes only five to six minutes to reach Panadura from Moratuwa on the new Galle Road which runs parallel to the Southern railway track.
Deputy Minister Kotalawala said that hoteliers, residents and land owners, living along the coastal belt from Wellawatte to Moratuwa have been warned to refrain from building new constructions.
The Minister said the road and other needs of the marine drive from Wellawatte to Kollupitiya are being regularly monitored, since all vehicles on the Galle Road from the South enter the city of Colombo from Dickman's Road.
Motorists could now drive to Kollupitiya from Dickman's Road junction within a few minutes due to the uniflow system, introduced by the City Police a few months ago.
 

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