ADB team on a special visit at Colombo Port Expansion Project

A distant view of the construction on progress at the CPEP

A team of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) made a special visit at the Colombo Port Expansion Project of Sri Lanka Ports Authoriry (SLPA) last week. The team comprising Vice President of the ADB - Xiaoyu Zhao, Director General - Kunio Senga Country Director - Richard Vokes, Senior Advicer - Nishan Zhang and Project Implementation Officer - Jagath Pettawadu expressed their satisfaction on the progress of constructions of the Colombo Port Expansion Project.

The ADB team inspecting the working site of the Colombo Port Expansion Project. Project Director Janaka Kurukulasuriya is also present

Currently, 700m of the breakwater of the new port project has been completed and the minor delays due to the prevailing weather conditions will soon be caught up after the South-West monsoon in September this year. Project Director Janaka Kurukulasuriya and Deputy Project Director Susantha Abeysiriwardana of SLPA also attended this special visit made by the ADB team at the Colombo Port Expansion Project.