The Prime Minister’s four-day official visit to China in early April was meant to clear misunderstandings resulting from the suspension of Port City Project so…
Will Colombo East Terminal be another white elephant?
Posted on 0 commentBillions of dollars are being spent on expanding port facilities in Sri Lanka but the absence of an overall development plan is evident. The establishment…
Environmental report clears Colombo Port City
Posted on 0 commentThe Port City Project (PCP) commenced on 16 September 2014, with the signing of the agreement. The construction work was ceremonially inaugurated on the same…
Kandy Expressway blundered by politicians, needs technical review
Posted on 0 commentThe construction of the expressway connecting Colombo with Kandy was inaugurated again by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on 3 August, when he unveiled a plaque…
Hambantota and Colombo South: A tale of two ports
Posted on 0 commentThe filling of the basin of the controversial Hambantota Harbour with seawater began on 12 July with a simple ceremony attended by Ports and Shipping…
Ending Port City issue with an extended Galle Face Green
Posted on 0 commentThe Chinese investor’s Port City Project, costing $ 1.5 billion, the largest private investment ever, was inaugurated by the Chinese President Xi Jinping on 17…
Settling Colombo Port City impasse
Posted on 0 commentDuring the pre-election period, serious allegations were made against the Government for excessive costs and massive corruption in the awarding of large public projects. It…
Technical evaluation of public projects
Posted on 0 commentWith the forthcoming presidential elections, a large number of speakers pointed to the excessive costs of past public projects, especially road projects. Speakers charge that…
Environmentalists and development projects
Posted on 0 commentIn a recent report in the Sunday Times, a Director of an environmental conservation group raised concerns of flooding in areas surrounding expressways, stating that…
Matara-Beliatta Railway: Costlier than Katunayake Expressway
Posted on 0 commentThe construction of the Matara-Beliatta section of the Matara-Kataragama Railway Extension project commenced on 28 October with the laying of the foundation stone by Speaker…