WORK BEGINS ON KAMPALA FLYOVER PROJECT IN UGANDA
https://constructionreviewonline.com/2019/05/works-begin-on-kampala-flyover-project-in-uganda/Construction works on Kampala flyover in Uganda has officially commenced 3 months after the commissioning of the project by President Yoweri Museveni. Shimizu-Konoike JV, project contractor has begun the first phase.
The Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra), who will implement the entire project together with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), said that the contractor started with preparatory works for redirection of both motorists and pedestrian traffic along Entebbe Road and relocation of utility lines from the target area.
Unra’s media relations officer Allan Ssempebwa revealed that they have since signed a supervisory consultant for the project which is being funded by the government of Uganda and that of Japan through its overseas development agency, Japanese Integration Corporation Agency (JICA), at a cost of overn US $59m.
The construction work on this phase includes the addition of lanes on a half-kilometre of road from Shoprite at Queen’s Way towards Katwe side, improvement of Nsambya Road, Mukwano Road and part of Ggaba Road, and lastly construction of the Clock Tower flyover which will be 500 m long. All this work is expected to be complete by 2021.
Phase 2 of the project which will also be funded by JICA at a cost of nearly US $175m, will begin after the completion of phase 1. This phase will see the construction of flyovers at Kitgum round about on Jinja Road near the Centenary Park and Wampewo Roundabout. The tendering of the design for the second phase will be announced next year.
The project was conceived by JICA eight years ago after commissioning studies to explore options for easing the hectic traffic jams around the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area where motorists who live 30 km away from the city spent more than two hours in traffic before reaching their destination, especially during peak hours. The flyovers will also be connected outwards to the proposed Kampala-Jinja and Kampala-Mpigi Expressways. 3
