The Master Plan Project for the Colombo Metropolitan Region consists of two inter-related documents namely the Colombo Metropolitan Regional Structure Plan and the Colombo Urban Area Plan. The Colombo Master Plan Project, which pursued a balanced regional development strategy, covered the Colombo district including the area now classified as the Gampaha District and part of Kalutara District.
The Planning Unit was divided into Central Sub-region and Outer-region. The central sub-region consisted the Colombo urban area while the outer region consisted, the outer urban cluster. However, the strategy of the balanced spatial development, was not successful. Unchecked urban sprawl continued at a rapid rate than in the past and the Colombo urban area continued to expand beyond its physical limits as defined in the Colombo Master Plan. The Centres that were designated as nucles of development in the outer sub region have also failed to achieve the anticipated accelerated development.
Certain projects were, however, implemented such as the Investment Promotion Zone in Katunayake. The establishment of the Urban Development Authority (UDA ) as a planning organization was also a direct outcome of the Colombo Master Plan. Although the concept of Kotte as an administrative capital and the establishment of Greater Colombo Economic Commission (G.C.E.C) in the north of Colombo were not part of the plan, they were implemented as special projects by the governments in the early 1980s.
The Planning Unit was divided into Central Sub-region and Outer-region. The central sub-region consisted the Colombo urban area while the outer region consisted, the outer urban cluster. However, the strategy of the balanced spatial development, was not successful. Unchecked urban sprawl continued at a rapid rate than in the past and the Colombo urban area continued to expand beyond its physical limits as defined in the Colombo Master Plan. The Centres that were designated as nucles of development in the outer sub region have also failed to achieve the anticipated accelerated development.
Certain projects were, however, implemented such as the Investment Promotion Zone in Katunayake. The establishment of the Urban Development Authority (UDA ) as a planning organization was also a direct outcome of the Colombo Master Plan. Although the concept of Kotte as an administrative capital and the establishment of Greater Colombo Economic Commission (G.C.E.C) in the north of Colombo were not part of the plan, they were implemented as special projects by the governments in the early 1980s.
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