Sri Lanka: National Port Master Plan: Technical Assistance Completion Report

Abstract

The policy and advisory technical assistance (TA) aimed to support the Government of Sri Lanka in developing the National Port Master Plan (NPMP), including the restructuring of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). The TA was expected to identify priority projects which will contribute to scaling up future ADB interventions in the nation. Some of the priority projects identified in the TA are being further prepared through the Transport Project Preparatory Facility. The TA was also to support SLPA in the technical verification of the design of the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) port access elevated highway (PAEH) through coordination with the road sector and ensuring that the operation and development of the Colombo port in future will not be unduly constrained by the planned road development which would run through the port. [From the Description]