In the face of the ongoing fuel crisis, the Ministry of Transport and Highways has focused on introducing cycling lanes along major roads and by roads to promote cycling as per a long term plan.
Although cycling lanes were reserved when the Anuradhapura-Padeniya, Kaduwela-Battaramulla roads were developed, markings of them have been erased. The Ministry of Transport and Highways is currently making plans to re-allocate these lanes and build cyling roards from Dehiwala to Kollupitiya as well along by roads.
The Ministry of Transport and Highways is to take a policy decision to prepare separate lanes for pedestrians as well as bicycles as can be seen abroad and widen the cycling lanes during the construction of such new lanes in the forthcoming road development activities.