Sri Lanka highway assets for sale to Chinese firm?

Two highway stretches in Sri Lanka may be sold to a Chinese company. The firm, Shangdong, is looking at purchasing the concessions for the Colombo-Katunayake expressway and the Colombo Outer Circular expressway in Sri Lanka. The two highways have a pricetag of around US$600 million. A substantial portion of the funding for the Colombo-Katunayake expressway, some $248.2 million, was provided by China’s Exim Bank while the remaining $45 million was provided by the Sri Lanka Government.
August 29, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Two highway stretches in Sri Lanka may be sold to a Chinese company. The firm, Shangdong, is looking at purchasing the concessions for the Colombo-Katunayake expressway and the Colombo Outer Circular expressway in Sri Lanka. The two highways have a pricetag of around US$600 million. A substantial portion of the funding for the Colombo-Katunayake expressway, some $248.2 million, was provided by China’s Exim Bank while the remaining $45 million was provided by the Sri Lanka Government.

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