Traffic arrangements for today

The Traffic Police have made special arrangements around the Galle Face area. Accordingly, the section from the Galle Face roundabout to Old Parliament roundabout (NSA Roundabout) and from NSA roundabout to Ceramic Junction on to Lotus Road will be closed until 12 noon.

A section of the road from the Slave Island railway station area to the Galle Face roundabout and the Macan Markar Road, will be closed.

Traffic on the road from Kollupitiya Junction to the Galle Face roundabout will be restricted.

DIG Police, Traffic and Road Safety, L.S. Pathinayake called on motorists to use alternative routes and to avoid Slave Island and Kollupitiya areas.

Traffic movement will also be restricted from Kollupitiya Junction to Galle Face roundabout, and from Kollupitiya St. Michael's to Galle Road.

Around 3,500 police personnel have been deployed for traffic management and overall security.

York Street to Bank of Ceylon Mawatha, Ceynor Junction to Fort CTO Junction, Fort CTO Junction to Ceramic Junction, Khan Roundabout to Fort, Macan Markar Road to Galle Face roundabout near the Slave Island railway station, Gamini Junction to D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha and Slave Island Police Junction to the Regal roundabout will remain closed, or traffic will be restricted.

Motorists are advised to use the alternative routes through W.A.Silva Mawatha in Wellwatte via Havelock Road, Thimbirigasyaya, Thunmulla towards Town Hall.

Heavy vehicles leaving Colombo are advised to use the route through Thunmulla Junction, and Duplication Road.