Heavy vehicles on Southern Expressway from next week

The Director of the Expressway Management Unit of Sri Lanka’s Southern Expressway B.D.K. Bandara said that the heavy vehicles would be given permission to run on the Expressway from next week.

Trucks, container careers, lorries and other heavy vehicles will have to pay between Rs. 1,500 and Rs. 2,000 to run on the Expressway.

However, the operators of the Expressway will give permission only to the suitable heavy vehicles to run on the Expressway, the Director stated.

The vehicles will also have to pay service charges in case of removal from the Expressway due to breakdown, the official said.

The authority has allowed State-owned and private buses on the highway on a limited basis.