Design Boundary
Colombo WCT-II has a design team, not a construction contractor
Sri Lanka Ports Authority; exact WCT-II detailed-design award summary
SLPA has awarded WCT-II's Western Breakwater detailed design, but the physical project has not crossed the construction gate. The award names a four-firm consultant chain and a 24-month term. A later owner document describes the future 2.5-kilometre breakwater and 70-hectare reclamation envelope while explicitly making project launch conditional on financing.
The consultant chain is complete while the works chain is empty
The SLPA award notice controls the four-firm design team, price components and 24-month duration. The 2026 SLPA TOR controls the planning geometry and financing boundary. ADB controls its USD equivalent. The records do not identify a physical works contractor, construction value, concessionaire, accepted design, start date or mobilisation.
WCT-I operations and WCT-II pre-investment must stay separate
Large port projects often appear to advance because an owner publishes terminal geometry, design values and a named engineering team. Those facts reduce uncertainty, but they do not establish a construction budget, concessionaire, EPC award, quarry source, marine spread, notice to proceed or physical progress.
Evidence conclusion
Financing and construction procurement remain unconfirmed
Outstanding evidence
- Accepted final detailed-design report
- Environmental approval and permits
- Financing decision and commercial structure
- Construction or concession procurement
- Breakwater, dredging and reclamation quantities
- LNG, pipeline and outfall interface packages
- Marine plant, quarry and logistics plan
- Notice to proceed and field mobilisation
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Sources used 4
- Notice of award for WCT-II Western Breakwater detailed design Sri Lanka Ports Authority, 4 April 2025
- Port of Colombo land-use optimisation consultancy TOR Sri Lanka Ports Authority, 10 May 2026
- Transport Project Preparatory Facility Asian Development Bank, Contract register reviewed 7 August 2026
- Cabinet decision approving the WCT-II design consultancy Cabinet Office of Sri Lanka, 20 January 2025