Opening the road in front of the Dalada maligawa Kandy

Rana wrote:වායු  දුෂණයක්  ගැන  කියන  කතා  හුදෙක්  මෝඩ  තර්ක.. එහම  වෙනවනම්  කොළඹ  නගරයේ  ජනතාව  මෙලහකට  පෙනහළු  පිලිකා  රෝගීන් වෙලා.
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Ukboy wrote:

Rana wrote:වායු  දුෂණයක්  ගැන  කියන  කතා  හුදෙක්  මෝඩ  තර්ක.. එහම  වෙනවනම්  කොළඹ  නගරයේ  ජනතාව  මෙලහකට  පෙනහළු  පිලිකා  රෝගීන් වෙලා.
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Rana Geographically Colombo city in a better position. Most of the polluted air move away to the sea by a natural process. Due to that air pollution is quite low in Colombo.
But Kandy city is not that lucky. It's surrounded by mountain ranges. Hence polluted air has very little chance to escape.

Ukboy wrote:This road was opened until 1998. Why all of a sudden we all want to close this road forever?

poor boy wrote:this is not old kandy. traffic growth is unimaginable.we cant compare with old days because traffic situation is completely different . if this road is opened there will be huge traffic clog during day time around the maaligawa and it will be huge problem to pilgrims and tourists. problem is not not opening , real problem is authorities not doing any thing to open a new road, if the existing maaligawa road is cut and cover with concrete to make a underground road problem is solved and it will be acceptable to every body. this project will not cost much. start the entry near the Georg dE silva Park and end just after the maaligawa .Full strecth is less than one killometer.

poor boy wrote:There is no big civil engineering challenge in this type of project.similar concerns were raised during city centre project and car park project but those were nicely engineered.but i would say even opening of this road under ground or on the ground is not a solution for the existing traffic problem.

pirate wrote:Development of Kandy city has a lot to do with Maligawa. Kandy is a trip attracting place and the citizens' lives have an impact from it. Therefore it is crucial develop a city sustaining its historic value.

There is an ongoing project to develop the Kandy city and proposals are to implemented from this June,2016 onward.

Building a bridge or few bridges would ease the congestion, but that is not the way to develop a city.

Since a study is going on with how to address these issues, there is a good chance to ease the congestion without opening the that road. (In fact the studies have found a lot on relieving the congestion.)

If anyone interested, I will share some readings on this matter.

Hawk Eye wrote:The door is there, and the key is in your hands  

If we can really understand the problem, The answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem  - J.Krishnamurthy

If its a Hindu Kovil or Muslim Mosque how we would have handled it ?

My mind as a Buddhist blocks to think of anything other than preserving and maintaining the sacred beautiful place.  

Hawk Eye wrote:

And the doc that Pirate shared states... The use of Bicycles is zero%

pirate wrote:
It's all about the culture. I heard Jaffna is going to be developed as a Bicycle friendly city. I guess bicycle is not posh enough to Kandy and Colombo people.  

Hawk Eye wrote:

And the doc that Pirate shared states... The use of Bicycles is zero%