The Urban Development Authority will look at introducing several new global building and transport concepts to Sri Lanka within the next few months, new Secretary Urban Development Authority, Prof Ranjith Dissanyake said.
Speaking to Daily News Business he said one of the prime areas the government would focus on is to minimize the number of people coming to the Capital to get their work done. “To meet this objective there would be a high focus on ICT sector where the government would link Ministries with each other online. People requesting government services then could also get ‘online’ and ‘not in line’ and fulfill their duties.
More and more government institutions going on line would also help people to access their services from home and it would also lead to less corruption.
He said priority would be given to ‘new cities’ which would be created outside main towns like Kandy, Galle Gampaha and even Jaffna where people would have the same privileges of living in a city.
He said that modern techniques would be used in road constriction where environmental impact would be minimal. “For the first time we will also use plastic waste and similar waste for road construction.”
He said transport would be a major priority and the proposed Light Rail system would be given priority. “We will also look at more practical water/canal transport system from Nawala to Wellawatta and also from the Fort Railway station to Colombo 2.”
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