Traffic in Dehiwala
Anyone who’s taken the Galle road will know how much fun Dehiwala can be. Used to be (haven’t taken the route in some time) that the traffic would extend somewhere upto Ratmalana in the mornings (to Colombo). Evenings are no better on the way back. The best advertisement for travel by train could’ve included photos of morning/evening traffic in Dehiwala.
Now it would seem that there’s change in the air. I saw some guys with “Access” on their luminous vests along the roads at Dehiwala junction, which is also now missing some pavement.
Apparently, a flyover will be under construction soon. Hopefully, construction will be in 2-4 month range similar to the Kelaniya and Nugegoda flyovers which means some short term pain for long term gain.
However, there’s still the question of this will ease traffic out of Colombo, since there’s still plenty of that in the evenings, but I guess time will tell.
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I went over that road for more than a decade…and still remember gritting my teeth in exasperation in mornings when all the buses would seemingly come to a stand still in Dehiwala! Hope this finishes in time and traffic situ improves
Niroshinie
7 Jun 09 at 6:25 pm
@Niroshinie
Exasperation pretty much sums it up!
I spent a lotta time on that road myself, but towards the latter half of it, it was with a load of friends, so the traffic wasn’t much of a problem. Being something of a daydreamer helped on the occasions that I was on my own…
Being stuck in traffic with the school vans around kinda helped pass the time too
Dulan
7 Jun 09 at 6:36 pm