Mpigi–Kabulasoke–Maddu–Sembabule Road

Mpigi–Kabulasoke–Maddu–Sembabule Road
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

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.

Location

The road starts at Mpigi, a town of 44,274,[1] about 35 kilometres (22 mi), southwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country.[2] The road continues through four central Ugandan districts to end at Ssembabule, a total distance of about 128 kilometres (80 mi).[3] The coordinates of the road near Kanoni are 0°10'26.0"N, 31°55'27.0"E (Latitude:0.173889; Longitude:31.924167).[4]

Upgrading to bitumen

In October 2010, Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), a parastatal, publicly announced that in 2011, it would begin upgrading 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) kilometers 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.[5]

The road was divided into two sections; (a) Mpigi–Kanoni Road 64 kilometres (40 mi) and (b) Kanoni–Sembabule Road 71 kilometres (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 kilometres (24 mi) is under the same contract and work on that road is expected to begin in September 2015, with completion expected in late 2017. Funding is 100 percent provided by the Ugandan government.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ UBOS, . (27 August 2014). "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 (UBOS). Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ↑ GFC, . (27 July 2015). "Road Distance Between Kampala And Mpigi With Map". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ↑ GFC, . (27 July 2015). "Map Showing Mpigi And Sembabule With Route Marker". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Google (27 July 2015). "Location of Mpigi–Kabulasoke–Maddu–Sembabule Road At Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Nsubuga, Henry (1 October 2010). "1,000 Kilometers of Roads To Be Constructed". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. ↑ 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). Retrieved 27 July 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 00°10′26″N 31°55′27″E / 0.17389°N 31.92417°E / 0.17389; 31.92417

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