With 71% of the Entebbe-Kampala Expressway works completed, by November 2017, the Uganda National Roads Authority has said the multibillion highway will be fenced.
During a Wednesday morning spot-check by NBS TV, Entebbe-Kampala Expressway project engineer Semanda Hassan said that Ugandans will soon be using this road but will be fenced to limit access to users who will have paid the tolls.
“The actual cost of accessing the Entebbe-Kampala Expressway is among some of the technicalities being finalized,” Semanda revealed.
TheUgandan understands that government will tender out the management of three toll plazas to be erected. UNRA couldn’t readily comment on the matter by presstime.
Construction of the 51.4km road commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni in November 2012 was contracted to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC).
Expected to be completed by November 2017 one year late, the highway is funded off a $476m concessional loan, with China’s EXIM bank contributing $350m while the government financed $126m as counterpart funding towards civil works as well as $100m in compensation of Project Affected Persons for acquisition of Right of Way (RoW).
The road
The Entebbe-Express highway starts at Abayita Ababiri, on the old Kampala-Entebbe Road, goes through Ssisa, Kajjansi, Kabojja, and ends at Busega, where it joins the Northern bypass, a distance of approximately 37km.
A spur branches off the highway at Kajjansi, to connect to Munyonyo, a Kampala suburb, a distance of about 14km.
The road will have three road toll points at Busega, Kajjansi and Mpala, where motorists will be required to pay a fee to access the road.
More than half of the 51km length has been cleared so far. And construction of many of the sub-structures such as piles, flyovers, drainage channels and abutment caps at Busega and Nalukolongolo bridges is complete.
