Projects

Dredging Of Dutch Canal Near Colombo – Katunayaka Expressway Project

  • Client: Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation
  • Date of commencement: September 27, 2010
  • Date of completion: April 30, 2011
The dredging of the Dutch canal was initiated as part of the Katunayake Expressway project to mitigate the risk of flooding of lower level land due to Expressway construction. AEL carried out the re-channelling works of the Old Dutch Canal at Muthurajawela along the Colombo – Katunayake Expressway from Ch 10+900 to Ch 13+546 (Total re-channeling length of the canal is 2,646 m and the width of the canal is 40 m).