Ministry of Transport & Highways

The Ministry of Highways & Road Development is the apex organization in Sri Lanka for the Highways & Road Development sector. It is responsible for the formulation of policies, programmes and projects in regard to the subjects of Highways and all subjects that come under the purview of Departments and Statutory Institutions under the Ministry.

Road Development Authority

The RDA is the premier highway authority in the country and is responsible for the maintenance and development of the National Highway Network, comprising the Trunk (A Class) roads, Main (B Class) roads and Expressways and the planning, design and construction of new highways, bridges and expressways to augment the existing road network.

Expressway Operation Maintenance & Management Division

The Expressway Operation Maintenance & Management (EOM&M) Division operating under the purview of the Road Development Authority (RDA), holds significant responsibility for overseeing the maintenance and management operations of Sri Lanka's expressway network.





 Toll Payment Options:


You can pay your expressway tolls quickly and conveniently using the following methods:

Manual Toll Collection (MTC)

  • Cash Payment

    • Toll fees can be paid in cash at all expressways across Sri Lanka.

  • Card Payment (Credit/Debit)

    • Pay tolls directly at expressway booths using your credit or debit card. This service is available to all cardholders of Sri Lankan banks and supports Visa, Mastercard, American Express (Amex), and LankaPay JCB cards, ensuring a secure and seamless payment experience.

  • Contactless QR Payment

    • Use any LankaQR-enabled mobile app for seamless toll payments-just scan and pay. Check with your bank to activate this service.

Electronic Toll Collection (ETC)

Available exclusively on the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (E03). With ETC, registered vehicles are identified automatically, tolls are deducted electronically, and gates open without stopping.

Please click below link to apply for the ETC facility.


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Kerawalapitiya Interchange (Transit Terminal & Entry/Exit Terminal)

The Kerawalapitiya Interchange consists of two toll terminals:

  •  Kerawalapitiya I - Transit Toll Terminal
  •  Kerawalapitiya II - Entry/Exit Toll Terminal
Vehicles that do not exit via the Kerawalapitiya Entry/Exit Terminal (II) must pass through the Kerawalapitiya Transit Terminal (I). Toll payments are collected here for all vehicles coming from the Southern Expressway and the Outer Circular Expressway.

Since the transit terminal only facilitates through-traffic, the toll charges between Kerawalapitiya Transit Terminal (I) and other interchanges are lower than those between Kerawalapitiya Entry/Exit Terminal (II) and other interchanges.

The Kerawalapitiya Entry/Exit Terminal (II) functions as a regular interchange, providing full entry and exit facilities.

Toll Calculation:
Toll charges are calculated based on two components:
Total Toll Charge = Entrance charge (Fixed) + Distance Charge (Variable)

  •  For entry/exit terminals, both the fixed entrance charge and the variable distance charge apply.
  •  For transit terminals, the entrance charge is not applied, and tolls are calculated only on the distance charge.
 This means toll charges from transit terminals are lower than those from normal interchanges for the same travel distance.

Is it required to introduce congestion charges for Sri Lankan Expressways ?

The undue traffic congestions that have been taken place along Main & Secondary Highways, Sub urban road networks experience severe congestion during peak hours (morning, afternoon & evening). Today the congestion is causing unbearable delays, excessive emissions of gasses along with increasing of user costs.

Current status has revealed that most of vehicles which are normally utilizing the national highways during peak hours have selected the expressway network to save their journey time.

Tolling systems currently available in the expressway network in operation are as follows.

E-01 : Southern Expressway : Manual Toll collection (MTC)
E-02 : Outer circular Highway : Manual Toll collection (MTC)
E-03 : Colombo-Katunayake Expressway : MTC & Electronic Toll Collection (ETC)