Megapolis Minister Allocate Separate Lane for Buses From December

 Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association Chairman (LPBOA) Gemunu Wijeyaratne said yesterday that  they  had discussed this separate bus lane issue with the Megapolis Minister and it had been decided to introduce this  system  as  from December first week.

The Megapolis and Western Region Development Minister had approved the separate lane for buses during peak hours from Battaramulla to Colombo Fort from December 1.

Private bus operators  decided to use ‘low flow buses’. While using ‘low flow buses’ they hope many people will get used to it instead using their own vehicles and thereby minimise the road traffic.

Unfortunately, the new bus lane had not been approved on the expressways. But Minister Ranawaka had intervened to provide us with a good solution. We are thankful to the Minister, he said.

There are lots of government institutions situated in Battaramulla and those institutions can request buses for their transport services.

“Those allocated transport services will be operated with half the normal fare for the government employees,” he said