SLPA opens Colombo Port Expansion Project to public for five days
Thursday, 8 August 2013 00:17
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Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has extended an opportunity to the public to visit the newly opened Colombo Port Expansion Project (CPEP). Following instructions by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the Minister of Port and Highways (Projects) Rohitha Abeygunawardena, SLPA Chairman Dr. Priyath B. Wickrama has acted according to the necessary instructions, to facilitate this opportunity to the public.
Accordingly, citizens will be able to visit CPEP from 8 to 13 August 2013 during 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The public is allowed to visit the site by their own mode of transport or by using the shuttle service provided free of charge by SLPA. The public is requested enter the site from Gate 1A, from the Chaithya Road entrance to SLPA.
The security division of SLPA has deployed SLPA security personnel to strengthen the safety and security of the public whilst allowing them to visit the premises without inconvenience.
The Colombo Port Expansion Project with its new breakwater, control tower and the first terminal, the Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT), was ceremonially opened on 5 August 2013 by the initiative of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
