Plan to redevelop Willingdon island

KOCHI: The master plan for the redevelopment of the Willingdon Island will be ready in one-and-a-half month, Cochin Port Trust chairman Paul Antony said. “The agency entrusted to prepare the master plan is expected to complete it in six weeks,” the chairman said. The master plan is being prepared by a consortium of companies appointed by the port. A new business district in Willingdon Island is expected to be created as optimal use of land for long-term economic benefits is proposed. Under the plan, the northern side of the island will be developed for port-related activities and the southern side for business districts. There are plans to lease out 56 acres opposite the Vallarpadam terminal as three separate plots for setting up CFS and Logistics parks.The plan to redevelop Willingdon island was mooted in the wake of commissioning of Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal as the port activities would be shifted to Vallarpadam from Willingdon Island.