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THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS OF SRI LANKA
SEPTEMBER 2021

What was the need for reclaiming land from the a metropolis that can compete with cities like
sea? Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai.

A reclaimed extension of the Colombo CBD was A development of this magnitude requires an
conceptualized during beginning of the millennia, immense amount of planning with the assistance of
however, it was actioned a decade later followed by renowned consultants, significant investments into
many studies, feasibilities, ecological and coastal state of the art infrastructure and also a well thought
impact assessment, environmental assessments out strategy & positioning in order to derive the
and deliberations with regard to the reclamation highest socio economic benefits to country.
process and to minimize any adverse impacts
to the environment. A modern planned city This required an investor who not only
was to address the issues of aged urban had the technical know-how but also
infrastructure, ad-hoc developments, a strong financial capacity to ride out
traffic & congestion, lack of public many economic cycles over the long
spaces etc. Land acquisition can be term as master-planned cities take
time consuming and more costly and decades to develop.
the reclaimed land areas was a function
of the length of the Colombo South
Port Breakwater.

Due to the natural
sediment movement from
south to the north, littoral
sediments trapped by
the Colombo South
Breakwater made
Port City a reality. Port
City will reinvigorate
the Colombo city as

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