Ministry wants trucks banned in city
Sep 15, 2011
HEAVY trucks with a cargo capacity of more than 3.5 tonnes are to be banned from the city centre if the Cabinet approves a proposal by the works and transport ministry.
By Samuel Balagadde
HEAVY trucks with a cargo capacity of more than 3.5 tonnes are to be banned from the city centre if the Cabinet approves a proposal by the works and transport ministry.
According to the proposal, it will be illegal for the trucks to access or park in the central business district between 5:00am and 10:00pm.
The ministry also intends to ban street parking of vehicles, motorcycles, tricycles and bicycles on selected roads and streets in the city.
The streets include Ben Kiwanuka and Burton, while the roads are Allen, Namirembe, Entebbe, Speke and Lower Colville.
Other roads are Nile Avenue, Kampala-Jinja Parliamentary Avenue and around the Constitutional Square.
Motorists will, however, be allowed to pick and drop passengers on the roads, but not to park there.
This was disclosed by transport state minister Stephen Chebrot at a special meeting with stakeholders in urban public transport.
The meeting was at the ministry boardroom on Port Bell Road on Tuesday.
He said the ministry would present the proposal to the Cabinet for approval.
Last year, the Uganda Revenue Authority issued a directive banning heavy trucks to Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania from going through the city centre.
The move was intended to reduce traffic congestion in the city and minimise the dumping of transit goods on the local market.
According to the directive, all transit cargo trucks were to be diverted to the Northern By-Pass at Namboole stadium. The Kampala Northern By-Pass is a 21km road skirting the city from Bweyogerere to Busega.
HEAVY trucks with a cargo capacity of more than 3.5 tonnes are to be banned from the city centre if the Cabinet approves a proposal by the works and transport ministry.
According to the proposal, it will be illegal for the trucks to access or park in the central business district between 5:00am and 10:00pm.
The ministry also intends to ban street parking of vehicles, motorcycles, tricycles and bicycles on selected roads and streets in the city.
The streets include Ben Kiwanuka and Burton, while the roads are Allen, Namirembe, Entebbe, Speke and Lower Colville.
Other roads are Nile Avenue, Kampala-Jinja Parliamentary Avenue and around the Constitutional Square.
Motorists will, however, be allowed to pick and drop passengers on the roads, but not to park there.
This was disclosed by transport state minister Stephen Chebrot at a special meeting with stakeholders in urban public transport.
The meeting was at the ministry boardroom on Port Bell Road on Tuesday.
He said the ministry would present the proposal to the Cabinet for approval.
Last year, the Uganda Revenue Authority issued a directive banning heavy trucks to Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania from going through the city centre.
The move was intended to reduce traffic congestion in the city and minimise the dumping of transit goods on the local market.
According to the directive, all transit cargo trucks were to be diverted to the Northern By-Pass at Namboole stadium. The Kampala Northern By-Pass is a 21km road skirting the city from Bweyogerere to Busega.