Mpigi–Kabulasoke–Maddu–Sembabule Road
Mpigi–Kabulasoke–Maddu–Sembabule Road | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 84 mi (135 km) |
| History | Designation in 2014 Expected completion in 2017 |
| Major junctions | |
| East end | Mpigi |
| Gombe Kanoni Kabulasoke Maddu | |
| West end | Sembabule |
| Location | |
| Country | Uganda |
| Highway system | |
Mpigi–Kabulasoke–Maddu–Sembabule Road is a road in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Mpigi in Mpigi District to Gombe in Butambala District, Kabulasoke and Maddu in Gomba District and Sembabule in Sembabule District.[1]
Location
The road starts at Mpigi, a town of 44,274,[2] about 39 kilometers (24 mi), southwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.[3] The road continues through four central Ugandan districts to end at Ssembabule, a total distance of about 139 kilometers (86 mi).[4] The coordinates of the road near Kanoni are 0°10'26.0"N, 31°55'27.0"E (Latitude:0.173889; Longitude:31.924167).[5]
Upgrading to bitumen
In October 2010, Uganda National Roads Authority, a parastatal, publicly announced that in 2011, it would begin upgrading 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) of 32 different national roads in the country, from unsealed gravel surface to class II bitumen. This road was one of the roads on that list.[6]
The road was divided into two sections; (a) Mpigi–Kanoni Road 64 kilometers (40 mi) and (b) Kanoni–Sembabule Road 71 kilometers (44 mi). Work on both sections started in 2014, with expected completion in the second half of 2017. A related road, the Sembale–Villa Maria Road 38 kilometers (24 mi) is under the same contract and work on that road is expected to begin in September 2015, with completion expected in 2018.[7] Finding is 100 percent provided by the Ugandan government.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Monitor Reporter (2 February 2016). "Economy stable because of NRM, says Museveni". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants". Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Google (10 July 2022). "Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Mpigi, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Google (10 July 2022). "Road Distance Between Mpigi, Uganda And Sembabule, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Google (27 July 2015). "Location of Mpigi–Kabulasoke–Maddu–Sembabule Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Nsubuga, Henry (1 October 2010). "1,000 Kilometers of Roads To Be Constructed". New Vision. Kampala. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Kisekka, Chistopher; Jjingo, Malik Fahad (28 October 2017). "Armed robbers steal Shs140 million from Chinese road contractors". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ EAAB (12 July 2015). "Implementation of the NRM Manifesto 2011-2016: Mpigi–Kabulasoke–Maddu–Sembabule Road And Sembale–Villa Maria Road". East Africa Agribusiness (EAAB). Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.