Kampala Outer Beltway

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Kampala Outer Beltway
Route information
Length63 mi (101 km)
HistoryDesignated in 2017 (Expected)
Expected completion in 2022
Major junctions
East end Seeta
Major intersections Namugongo
Kira
Kasangati
Matugga
Wakiso
Buloba
Nsangi
Kajjansi
Munyonyo
South end Ggaba
Location
Country Uganda
Highway system

The Kampala Outer Beltway, also known as the Kampala Outer Ring Road, is a planned road in Uganda. It will form a full circle around Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [1]

Contents

Location

The planned road would start around Seeta in Mukono Town, approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east of Kampala, on the Kampala–Jinja Expressway. It would run north to Bukeerere in Mukono District, then turn west through Namugongo, Kira, Kasangati, Matugga, Wakiso, Buloba, to Nsangi on the Kampala–Mpigi Expressway. At Nsangi the beltway would link with the Kampala–Mpigi Expressway and to the Entebbe–Kampala Expressway and continue through Kajjansi to Munyonyo, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. Traffic would then connect back the Kampala-Jinja Expressway via the Kampala Southern Bypass Highway. The estimated distance of the entire road is about 100 kilometres (62 mi). [1]

Overview

The objective of this road is to decongest Uganda's capital and largest city and to reduce the traffic jams on the roads and highways that run in and out of it. [2] Advertising for qualified engineering firms to design the road, carry out feasibility studies, and perform an impact assessment were carried out in May 2014. [3] The government of Uganda plans to develop and fund this road under a private-public partnership arrangement. [4]

Recent developments

As of January 2019, this road project was in the procurement stage, according to Allan Ssempebwa an official from UNRA. This will be followed by the tendering stage. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mwesigwa, Alon (3 June 2014). "Kampala to get 100km ring road". The Observer (Uganda) . Kampaka. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  2. CRO (5 June 2014). "100km ring road to be constructed in Kampala, Uganda". Construction Review Online (CRO). Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. UNRA (30 May 2014). "Request for Expression of Interest: National Roads Development and Maintenance Programme - Open International Bidding; Consultancy Services for Feasibility Study and Detailed Engineering Design of the Kampala Outer Beltway" (PDF). Kampala: Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  4. UNRA (29 September 2015). "Uganda Roads PPP Projects: Kampala Outer Beltway". Kampala: Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  5. Mushoborozi, Tony (16 January 2019). "Why you should buy property on Kasangati-Matugga road now". Daily Monitor . Kampala. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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