Nsambya Road gets traffic lights
May 21, 2004
KONOIKE Construction Company has this week installed traffic lights on Nsambya road as part of the US$2.7m (sh5.4b) project to modernise the Kampala-Gaba road
By Catherine Ntabadde
KONOIKE Construction Company has this week installed traffic lights on Nsambya road as part of the US$2.7m (sh5.4b) project to modernise the Kampala-Gaba road.
The project coordinator in the works ministry, Eng. Godfrey Magala, said yesterday the lights at the Nsambya-Mukwano road junction would help improve traffic flow along the 7.9km stretch.
“The signals will definitely improve the traffic flow. The traffic lights are still under test because we have not yet marked the road. We shall adjust them depending on the nature of traffic. We shall ensure that traffic moves faster especially in the morning and evening when it is heavy,†he said.
Magala said traffic along Gaba and Nsambya roads was currently being controlled by the new traffic signals.
The government of Japan is funding the project under Phase II of the Improvement of Trunk roads in Kampala.
The Japanese firm installed traffic lights at Nakawa, Natete and Wandegeya junctions in Kampala in 2000. The three sets of traffic lights are still functioning properly.
Kampala city engineer and surveyor, Abraham Byandala, yesterday said the Nakawa traffic signals had been switched off because they were causing more traffic congestion rather than coordinating traffic flow.
“These traffic lights had worked for about 10 years. Their spare parts could not easily be accessed. The lights were of the old model,†he said.
Traffic lights at Nakawa near Spear Motors, Kampala-Entebbe, Ben Kiwanuka-Luwum, Kyaggwe and Sir Apollo Kaggwa-Makerere Hill road junctions have not been operational for a long time.
Spear Motors and Sembule Electronics installed the Nakawa traffic lights.
Byandala said they would signalise the Yusuf Lule-Access and the Wampewo-Old Port Bell road junctions soon.
KONOIKE Construction Company has this week installed traffic lights on Nsambya road as part of the US$2.7m (sh5.4b) project to modernise the Kampala-Gaba road.
The project coordinator in the works ministry, Eng. Godfrey Magala, said yesterday the lights at the Nsambya-Mukwano road junction would help improve traffic flow along the 7.9km stretch.
“The signals will definitely improve the traffic flow. The traffic lights are still under test because we have not yet marked the road. We shall adjust them depending on the nature of traffic. We shall ensure that traffic moves faster especially in the morning and evening when it is heavy,†he said.
Magala said traffic along Gaba and Nsambya roads was currently being controlled by the new traffic signals.
The government of Japan is funding the project under Phase II of the Improvement of Trunk roads in Kampala.
The Japanese firm installed traffic lights at Nakawa, Natete and Wandegeya junctions in Kampala in 2000. The three sets of traffic lights are still functioning properly.
Kampala city engineer and surveyor, Abraham Byandala, yesterday said the Nakawa traffic signals had been switched off because they were causing more traffic congestion rather than coordinating traffic flow.
“These traffic lights had worked for about 10 years. Their spare parts could not easily be accessed. The lights were of the old model,†he said.
Traffic lights at Nakawa near Spear Motors, Kampala-Entebbe, Ben Kiwanuka-Luwum, Kyaggwe and Sir Apollo Kaggwa-Makerere Hill road junctions have not been operational for a long time.
Spear Motors and Sembule Electronics installed the Nakawa traffic lights.
Byandala said they would signalise the Yusuf Lule-Access and the Wampewo-Old Port Bell road junctions soon.