* Filling sea land for new city in Sri Lanka capital to begin next month
Sun, Apr 17, 2011, 08:02 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka is to begin filling the sea land in May to build the proposed Port City attached to Colombo.
The sea land to be filled is from the breakwater of the Colombo South Harbor to the Galle Face in front of the Presidential Secretariat.
Under a directive of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan government is to reclaim between over 400 acres of sea land to build the Port City at a cost of US$ 300 million.
Chairman of the Ports Authority Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama, who is in charge of the construction, says that the new city to be built in a 450-acre land created by filling the sea land will be a separate administrative unit.
The buildings to be constructed in the new city are to be above 35 stories, he told the media.
The proposed offshore city, to be divided into three segments- business, residential and leisure, will be developed into a modern city with high rises, hotels, residential apartments, shopping malls, and other space to cater to the public needs.
Sun, Apr 17, 2011, 08:02 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka is to begin filling the sea land in May to build the proposed Port City attached to Colombo.
The sea land to be filled is from the breakwater of the Colombo South Harbor to the Galle Face in front of the Presidential Secretariat.
Under a directive of the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan government is to reclaim between over 400 acres of sea land to build the Port City at a cost of US$ 300 million.
Chairman of the Ports Authority Dr. Priyath Bandu Wickrama, who is in charge of the construction, says that the new city to be built in a 450-acre land created by filling the sea land will be a separate administrative unit.
The buildings to be constructed in the new city are to be above 35 stories, he told the media.
The proposed offshore city, to be divided into three segments- business, residential and leisure, will be developed into a modern city with high rises, hotels, residential apartments, shopping malls, and other space to cater to the public needs.
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