Western Region Megapolis

Western Region Megapolis also called Western Region Megapolis Planning Project(WRMPP) is an urban planning, zoning, and development project aimed at creating a planned Megapolis in Sri Lanka's Western Province by 2030. The master plan was created by Surbana in cooperation with local experts. The plan hopes to create a Megacity that can match other economic hubs such as Dubai, Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo and solve the issues of traffic congestion, garbage, slums, and environmental pollution. The main goals of the project are for economic growth and prosperity, good governance , creation of an efficient and well-planned region ,social equity and harmony as well as environmental sustainability. The project includes Social Infrastructure development such as housing, healthcare, education ,spiritual development, Safety and security, Transportation and traffic Management, Airports and port development, Water and Energy related infrastructure development as well as the development of SMEs, Industries and tourism.

The conceptual plan was initially mooted in 1991 by the then young Sri Lankan Industries, Science and Technology Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, when he made a presentation in the presence of the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, with the objective of getting Japanese assistance to implement the Megaproject. However development of the concept came to a halt with the change of the government in 1994. In 2004 Singaporean HDB's design subsidiary CESMA created the Western Region Megapolis plan when Wickremasinghe returned to power and the proposal was submitted to the Board of Investment(BOI) however the fall of the government again stopped the project. His successor Mahinda Rajapaksa abandoned the plan but implemented piecemeal recommendations of the project.

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