Ambulances allowed to use expressways free of charge
Posted by Editor on December 13, 2021 - 6:00 pm
Sri Lanka’s Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said that a Gazette notification has been issued declaring that all government and private ambulances can use the country’s expressways toll free with immediate effect.
Previously a toll was levied from every ambulance using the expressways but following the COVID-19 outbreak, they were exempted from paying the toll from May 20 until further notice.

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