
This factsheet from the Global Monitor 2022 presents the support of the MobiliseYourCity Partnership to the SUMP in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
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Fact sheet / Case study
27 Aug 2021
Factsheet Kurunegala
The municipality of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, has engaged in a process to transform and modernise its urban mobility system. Despite being a relatively small town for Sri Lanka, with its 120 000 inhabitants Kurunegala is the Capital city of both the North Western Province and the Kurunegala District. According to the plan elaborated in 2018 by the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, Kurunegala should become one of the main urban centre – even a “metro region” – of the East‑West Development Corridor that guides the spatial and economic development at the national scale of Sri Lanka. This city should meet an annual growth rate of 2.5%, the highest of the country. Consequently, Kurunegala will face many challenges regarding urban development, employment, and transportation.
Another characteristic of Kurunegala is that the city does not have any transport master plan and neither public mass transit system. The SUMP elaboration is paving the way for the city to have adequate tool to develop sustainable mobility.
The elaboration of the SUMP was launched in April 2019. Through this SUMP elaboration, the municipality of Kurunegala has the following objectives:
The Municipal Council of Kurunegala will receive direct support from AFD who will hire a consortium of consultants to work directly with the municipality and local governmental agencies to assist on developing the SUMP.