Colombo Municipal Council prepares guidelines for billboards

Colombo Municipal Council Commissioner Badrani Jayawardena says that the Municipal Council has prepared a set of guidelines for advertisement displays in billboards.

According to the new guidelines, the billboards that affect the road traffic will be removed, the Commissioner said.
A committee, consisted of police and municipal authorities has compiled the guidelines. The committee will be overseeing the approval and placement of billboards and cut-outs.

The Commissioner says that 450 places have been identified by the committee as suitable places for erecting billboards for display.
Sri Lanka government last week vested the powers of granting permission for erecting billboards in Colombo city to the Ministry of Defense.