Kampala to be jam free - roads authority
Dec 21, 2010
The Government, together with the World Bank, will transform the road network in Kampala city and its suburbs into a modern integrated system to reduce traffic jams. Speaking to journalists during a tour of upcountry roads over the weekend, Dan Alinange, the communications manager of the Uganda Nati
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The Government, together with the World Bank, will transform the road network in Kampala city and its suburbs into a modern integrated system to reduce traffic jams. Speaking to journalists during a tour of upcountry roads over the weekend, Dan Alinange, the communications manager of the Uganda National Roads Authority, said the city is to get the first long distance dual carriage flyovers.
“We shall construct flyovers from Jinja Road by-passing the city centre, crossing over the Mukwano and Port Bell railway lines, up to Kibuye,†Alinange said.
He said the city would also get a rapid bus transport service, light passenger rail network, circumferential roads, walkways and proper drainage. Greater Kampala covers 970km2 with a population of over 2.6 million and a growth rate of 4.5% per year. It includes 171 parishes, 99 in Kampala, nine in Mukono and 63 in Wakiso districts.
Alinange said the city is disorganised, outdated, congested and its transport system is expensive. “It must be upgraded to “become efficient in terms of traffic flow, travel times and safety,†he added.
According to statistics at Kampala City Council offices, there are over 450,000 vehicles in Uganda, 50% of these in Kampala. For every 100 people in Kampala, 8.7% have a car. The 2008 statistics show about 7,600 minibuses in Kampala.
According to the transport master plan, Alinange said, traffic lights will be installed at nine junctions at a cost of $10m (sh19.5b). These are at Nakawa-Spear Motors, Social Security House, Mini Price building, Equatorial Hotel, Nakulabye, Mukwano-Access Road and the Port Bell and Spring Road junction at Bugolobi.
The Government, together with the World Bank, will transform the road network in Kampala city and its suburbs into a modern integrated system to reduce traffic jams. Speaking to journalists during a tour of upcountry roads over the weekend, Dan Alinange, the communications manager of the Uganda National Roads Authority, said the city is to get the first long distance dual carriage flyovers.
“We shall construct flyovers from Jinja Road by-passing the city centre, crossing over the Mukwano and Port Bell railway lines, up to Kibuye,†Alinange said.
He said the city would also get a rapid bus transport service, light passenger rail network, circumferential roads, walkways and proper drainage. Greater Kampala covers 970km2 with a population of over 2.6 million and a growth rate of 4.5% per year. It includes 171 parishes, 99 in Kampala, nine in Mukono and 63 in Wakiso districts.
Alinange said the city is disorganised, outdated, congested and its transport system is expensive. “It must be upgraded to “become efficient in terms of traffic flow, travel times and safety,†he added.
According to statistics at Kampala City Council offices, there are over 450,000 vehicles in Uganda, 50% of these in Kampala. For every 100 people in Kampala, 8.7% have a car. The 2008 statistics show about 7,600 minibuses in Kampala.
According to the transport master plan, Alinange said, traffic lights will be installed at nine junctions at a cost of $10m (sh19.5b). These are at Nakawa-Spear Motors, Social Security House, Mini Price building, Equatorial Hotel, Nakulabye, Mukwano-Access Road and the Port Bell and Spring Road junction at Bugolobi.