The dreaded CHOGM is almost upon us. Every two years this meeting of heads of state and their entourages snarls traffic in some host country, and this year its us. What we've done is taken thistext traffic plan (thanks SueKiri) and drawn it on a map and written it out in a table. The parts marked dark red are officially going to be closed or blocked at random times. The parts in light red are connecting roads we assume will be bad as well.
Executive Summary
Stay in your home or leave Colombo.
| Dates | Days | Disasters |
| 12th-14th | Tue-Thur | Avoid anything between airports and hotels. |
| 13th-14th | Wed-Thur | Avoid BMICH |
| 15th | Friday | Avoid Nelum Pokuna (Town Hall) and BMICH |
| 16th | Saturday | Avoid Waters Edge and BMICH |
| 17th | Sunday | Avoid BMICH |
More Detail
Guests start arriving on Tuesday November 12th and continue till Thursday (the 14th). The new highway will make traffic from the Airport to Colombo not bad, but they will need to get to their hotels, messing up everything from Kelaniya on in, especially Baseline Road and Bauddhaloka Mawatha. Some private jets will also be arriving at Ratmalana Airport, messing up the Galle Road.
From the 13th there will be meetings and events at the BMICH, making traffic between there and the hotels bad. Specifically, avoid Bauddhaloka Mawatha. BMICH will be busy till the 17th.
The official opening is on the 15th, at Nelum Pokuna. This is near Town Hall and will basically mess up everything.
The main meetings are from the 16th-17th at Waters Edge in Battaramulla. This will mess up the Parliament Road for sure, and basically everything between there and the hotels.
CHOGM Event Calendar
| Date | Day | Events | Locations |
| 12th | Tuesday | - Heads Of State arriving from airports | - Airports, Hotels |
| 13th | Wednesday | - Heads Of State arriving | - Airports, Hotels |
| 14th | Thursday | - Heads Of State Arriving | - Airports, Hotels |
| 15th | Friday | - Opening And Conference (Nelum Pokuna) | - Nelum Pokuna |
| 16th | Saturday | - Main Meetings (Waters Edge) | - Waters Edge |
| 17th | Sunday | - Main Meetings (Waters Edge) | - Waters Edge |
Broadly, the heads of state arrive and they have to get to their hotels. Meanwhile events are starting up at BMICH. The thing kicks off on the 15th and they start having their main meetings at Waters Edge. The effect is that everything between Colombo 1 and 3 (where the hotels are) and Battaramulla and BMICH has to periodically and somewhat randomly close down to let them travel through.
CHOGM Traffic Plan (Unofficial)
| Date | Day | Locations | Avoid |
| 12th | Tuesday | - Airports, Hotels | - Airport Highway |
| 13th | Wednesday | - Airports, Hotels | -Bauddhaloka Mawatha |
| 14th | Thursday | - Airports, Hotels | -Bauddhaloka Mawatha |
| 15th | Friday | - Nelum Pokuna | Anything between the hotels |
| 16th | Saturday | - Waters Edge | Parliament Road |
| 17th | Sunday | - Waters Edge | Parliament Road |
If you take the airports, hotels, BMICH and Waters Edge as endpoints, that effectively snarls all of Colombo. The only parts that are relatively safe are Colombo 5 (Havelock Town), Wellawatte, Nugegoda, Dehiwala and Mount Lavinia.
The Out Of Town Stuff
| Dates | Event | Location |
| 10th-14th | Peoples Forum | Hikkaduwa |
| 10th-14th | Youth Forum | Hambantota |
| 15th-16th | Spouses Programs | Colombo, Kandy, Galle |
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