Karuma road almost finished
Mar 06, 2006
The sh30b Karuma-Olwiyo road will be completed seven months ahead of schedule, the contractor, SBI International Holdings, has said.
By Ayiga Ondoga
The sh30b Karuma-Olwiyo road will be completed seven months ahead of schedule, the contractor, SBI International Holdings, has said.
The 45km road passes through the northern part of Murchison Falls National Park in Nwoya county, Gulu.
The project manager of SBI, T. Grave, said, “Major works on the road will be completed in April, ahead of the finishing date of December.â€
“We have finished earthworks on 45kms and are 40km done with the base. Chipping has been done on 35km. About 90% of the road is completed,†Grave said.
He said mobilisation to start road markings was in high gear, while guard reel construction and erection of sign posts would be done soon.
Grave said, “In our contract, we also had to renovate one bridge at Ayago, construct a few big box culverts and 120 other small culverts with a diameter of 900mm.â€
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The sh30b Karuma-Olwiyo road will be completed seven months ahead of schedule, the contractor, SBI International Holdings, has said.
The 45km road passes through the northern part of Murchison Falls National Park in Nwoya county, Gulu.
The project manager of SBI, T. Grave, said, “Major works on the road will be completed in April, ahead of the finishing date of December.â€
“We have finished earthworks on 45kms and are 40km done with the base. Chipping has been done on 35km. About 90% of the road is completed,†Grave said.
He said mobilisation to start road markings was in high gear, while guard reel construction and erection of sign posts would be done soon.
Grave said, “In our contract, we also had to renovate one bridge at Ayago, construct a few big box culverts and 120 other small culverts with a diameter of 900mm.â€
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