Light vehicles are unable to travel towards Matara from the Palatuwa exit of the Southern Expressway due to the flooding of the Akurassa Matara main road near the Jayanti bridge.
Therefore, it is reported that if the light vehicles coming from Colombo on the expressway want to travel towards Matara, they can exit from the Kapuduwa exit gate, enter the Southern Expressway from the Kapuduwa entrance gate, then exit the Godagama exit gate and proceed towards Matara.