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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) will prioritize renovation of roads under the Kampala Institutional Infrastructure Development Projects (KIIDP II) in 2019.
“I would like to assure all the people of Kampala that the transformation of the City is on course and we intend to achieve our set objectives. I call upon all of you to support KCCA in this effort to transform the City,” said the acting Executive Director Eng. Andrew Kitaka Mubiru while addressing the media at the KCCA headquarters.
He promised that KCCA would improve the road network in all parts of the town.
Some of the roads that will be renovated include Kulambiro Ring, Ntinda- Nakawa road which shall be upgraded to a dual road with four lanes, Acacia Avenue will also to be upgraded to four-lane roads stretching from Golf Course to Kamwokya, Kabusu-Bunamwaya-Lweza road and Lukuli Road stretching from Mobutu Road to Munyonyo.
Kitaka says that renovation works shall start in the next three months.
According to Kitaka, KIIDP II project will also include installing traffic lights at 13 junctions.
They are Ntinda Junction, Martyr’s Way Junction, Ssemawata Junction, Ntinda 2 Junction, Lower Kololo Terrace Junction and Upper Kololo Terrace Junction.
Others include Masaka Road, Junction, Kabusu / Masaka Rd, Acacia Avenue Junction, Mabua Road Junction, Sturrock Road, Lweza/ Entebbe Junction and Lukuli Road/ Kayemba Junction.
KIIDP II is a 684 Billion Shillings five year World Bank funded project. The project which started in 2015 seeks to enhance infrastructure and institutional capacity of KCCA.
Eng. Kitaka further revealed that plans are underway to do emergency repairs on Binaisa road and Mulago Junctions, Bandali Rise junction with Luthuli village, Fifth street, Port Bell and restoration of Natete Junction traffic lights.
Eng. Kitaka also revealed that KCCA will partner with the Africa Development Bank-ADB to fund construction of 80 km roads in the city.
KCCA is also in talks with the Department for International Development (DFID) of the UK to fund rehabilitation of 300 km of City roads and maintain them for 15 years.
According to Kitaka, the funds from the two partners shall be paid back annually.
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