The joint venture between Engineering Consultants (Pvt) Ltd (ECL), Sri Lanka’s leading multi-disciplinary consulting company, and Keios Development Consulting of Italy, has been awarded the consultancy contract of the “Kandy City Urban Upgrading Project”implemented by the Strategic Cities Development Project (SCDP).
Keios provides planning, design and technical assistance services in the fields of urban development, cultural heritage and sustainable tourism, according to an ECL media release. The popular city of Kandy has many issues such as traffic congestion, lack of good pedestrian connectivity and vibrant public spaces, unplanned development, degradation of cultural assets, threats of landslides, lake shore erosion, and social challenges due to impending gentrification.
(Source: Sunday Times)
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