Kampala roads expired
Oct 04, 2006
THE lifespan of all Kampala city roads has expired.<br>Kampala City Council (KCC) public relations officer Simon Muhumuza said the roads will develop worse potholes.
By Harriette Onyalla
THE lifespan of all Kampala city roads has expired.
Kampala City Council (KCC) public relations officer Simon Muhumuza said the roads will develop worse potholes.
“Our roads are like an old shirt. How many times can you patch up an old shirt and still expect to wear it comfortably? All the roads need to be reconstructed and not patched,†he said on Tuesday.
“The trunk roads which belong to the central government and the feeder roads which are under KCC have expired. We should stop hiding our heads in the sand.
People are always complaining that Kampala roads are bad, what do you expect KCC to do?†he asked.
Muhumuza said KCC needs sh132 trillion to reconstruct the 330km of tarmac roads.
He said some roads were constructed in the 1930s and others in the 1950s.
“Depending on the construction, a tarmac road takes about 15 years to expire. Then it begins disintegrating. That is why we have so many potholes in Kampala.
The repairs cannot help much. Some of our roads have tripled their expiry dates,†he said.
Muhumuza said KCC had spent sh500m on repairing potholes in the city this year. He said sh400m would be spent on road repair and maintenance while sh400m will be spent on pedestrian walkways in January 2007.
Muhumuza said the central government should fund Kampala’s road reconstruction project since it is impossible for KCC to raise the money.
THE lifespan of all Kampala city roads has expired.
Kampala City Council (KCC) public relations officer Simon Muhumuza said the roads will develop worse potholes.
“Our roads are like an old shirt. How many times can you patch up an old shirt and still expect to wear it comfortably? All the roads need to be reconstructed and not patched,†he said on Tuesday.
“The trunk roads which belong to the central government and the feeder roads which are under KCC have expired. We should stop hiding our heads in the sand.
People are always complaining that Kampala roads are bad, what do you expect KCC to do?†he asked.
Muhumuza said KCC needs sh132 trillion to reconstruct the 330km of tarmac roads.
He said some roads were constructed in the 1930s and others in the 1950s.
“Depending on the construction, a tarmac road takes about 15 years to expire. Then it begins disintegrating. That is why we have so many potholes in Kampala.
The repairs cannot help much. Some of our roads have tripled their expiry dates,†he said.
Muhumuza said KCC had spent sh500m on repairing potholes in the city this year. He said sh400m would be spent on road repair and maintenance while sh400m will be spent on pedestrian walkways in January 2007.
Muhumuza said the central government should fund Kampala’s road reconstruction project since it is impossible for KCC to raise the money.