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UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
22 September^ 1972
Original: English
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFHIUA Meeting to determine assistance
from the Industrialized countries for the feasibility studies of the Transafrican Highway
Addin Ababa, 9-12 October 1972
CURRENT STATUS OP TSaJ TEANSAPRIUAN HIGHWAY IN UGANDA
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Introduction
This .note .gives the current status of the Transafrioan Highway seotion in Uganda and identifies the type of work needed to be done. - Status of the TAH and actions required thereon
The Transafrican.Highway section in Uganda, Malaba-Kampala-Fort Portal-Bwera, which is ^59 km. in length, consists of 419 km, of bitumen
and 240 km, of gravel surfaced roads. Thus, the whole route is of all- weather standard? but plans are underway for the reconstruction of most of the sections of the TAB route as can be seen belowt
Malaba-Jinja. 138 fcm, class C.-'
This is a claws 1 bitumen road, but it will be reconstructed under
Government financing. The Iganga-Jinja (38 km ^section has already
■been reconstructed at a cost of Sqb.. 11,2 million, Jinja-Kampala. 78 km, class 0. .
This.is a class 1 bitumen road. The section from Jinja to Mokono
(5^ km) is being reconstructed. The Mokono-Kampala (22 km) sec
tion needs major reconstruction, including realignment at some sections,, and its cost is estimated at Shs, 7 million. It is ex pected that dual carriageways will be built at some selected sec
tions,
Kampala-Mityana. 65 km, class G,
This is a class 1 bitumen road, but its reconstruction is-planned.
■-•■:.. The--work will consibt mainly of widening and strengthening of the pavement,
Mityana-Kyenjojo, 200 km, class C.
This section is gravel surfaced and the engineering design for its asphaltiug is complete. Its reconstruction is estimated to cost about Shs, 64 million.
Kyenjojo-Fort Portal. 46 km, class D.
This is a class 1 bitumen surfaced road. It was recently com pleted and there is no additional work needed now.
Fort Portal-Junction, £2 lzmy class D.
The road from Fort Portal to the junction of the Kasese-Mbarara road and the ifiquator Road is bitumen surfaced. It was constructed recently and no additional work is required now.
Junetion-Bwera. 40 km, class B.
From the junction of the Kasese/Mbarara and the Equator Eoad to Bwera (Uganda/Zaira frontier) it is a class 1 gravel road. Pre
liminary study for its asphalting has just bean completed.
l/ For explanation of classifications see page 3-
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Construction and maintenance costs
The construction cost of a class 1 bitumen is Shs. 500,000 per ■ ■■
km. (US$?0,000/km) and that of a class 1 gravel road is Shs. 400,000 per 1cm. (US$56,000/km). The cost of improving a gravel.surfaced road to
bitumen road is Shs. 18-20 per square 'yard o~r "SSiT.W^nS "?«•■"«!«*«'
metre. ' ■
The cost of routine maintenance, including resurfacing at regular intervals, is She. 6000 to 7000 or US$840 to 980 per kilometre per annuia for bitumen roads, and Shs. 4500 to 5500 or US$630 to 770 per kilometre
per annum for gravel roads. , . .
Responsibility for roads
The Ministry of Works and Housing is responsible for inter-terri torial, inter-district, and certain important access and feeder roads.
All oth-r public mads are the responsibility of the local authorities.
Where these latter roads are of more than local significance, tbf> local authority racoives a grant to cover the cost of their construction and maintenance. However, the present system has been found not to -be condu cive to the most efficient allocation of the available resources of road engineers, vehicles and plant. It is most likely that the Ministry of Works snd Housing will soon assume the responsibility for the construc*-
tion and maintenance of the entire road network in the country.
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TRANSAFRIOAN HIQliWfcY SECTION IN UGANDA
NOTt.S FOR
Classification
When considering the alignment of the Transafrican Highway as a whole in the six territories through which it passes from Mombasa to Lagos, th* sections of the Highway in each country are classified under four
categories (see Annex):
Category Ai Sections of the Highway which still require:
i) Feasibility studies;
ii) Engineering studies;
iii) Work implementation.
Category B: Sections of the Highway which still require:
i) Engineering studies;
ii) Work implementation.
Category C: Sections.of the Highway for which studies are completed and decisions taken, and now o:ily require work implementation.
Category D: Sections of the Highway for which work imple mentation are completed.
Hoad surface
On the following chart, roads have been classified by their sur face condition as follows;
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Permanent
Improved
Unimproved
Dista-ncee
Distances are in kilometres*
UGANDA KENYA
Mubende
Mityona
Junction Kampala
Jinja
Iganga
Buwayo
Tororo
Malabo
88
56
78
39
53
35
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UGANDA- ANNEX ANNEXE CLASSIFICATIONS
Permanent Roads
Improved Roads
Kasindi Swera
Kotojo
Junction
Kasese
29
19
73
Fort Portol
46
Ky enjojo
Mubende
112
ZAIRE UGANDA
DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES
Jinjo - Mukono Is under construction.
Jinja—Mukono en construction
