Masaka–Mutukula Road is a road in the Central Region of

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

, connecting the city of

Masaka Masaka is a city in the Central Region, Uganda, Buganda Region in Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The city is the headquarters of Masaka District. Location Masaka is approximately to the south-west of Kampala on the highway to Mbarara. The ...

, in Masaka District, to the border town of Mutukula in Kyotera District.

Location

The road stars in Masaka, near the Uganda Police barracks, where this road forms a T-junction with ''Broadway Road''. The road continues in a southwesterly direction, through Kalisizo, Kyotera and ends in Mutukula, at the international border with

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, a total length of about .

Overview

This road is part of the East African Community Road Network Project. It is the main road transport corridor between Uganda and Tanzania. The road is divided into two sections: (a) Masaka–Kyotera section, which measures , was built in 1960s and has begun to deteriorate and (b) Kyotera–Mutukula section, measuring , was originally constructed in the 1960s and was upgraded to class II bitumen standards in 2003 with a loan from the

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(AfDB). Section (b) was in good condition, as of 2006, while section (a) was in need of an upgrade.

Upgrade and expansion

In January 2020, the

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began preparations to upgrade and expand the road, using funds sourced from the

(AfDB). The single-carriageway road will be upgraded to class II bitumen surface, with culverts and drainage channels. The road width will be increased to . In the town of Kyotera, the width will be further increased to accommodate a parking lane. The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was awarded to Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICCO). Included in this contract is the upgrade to bitumen class II of the

- Villa Maria Road measuring and the tarmacking of another of roads within Masaka City. The contract price is reported as UGX:691 billion (approx. US$179 million). CICCO entered into a 2-year pre-financing agreement with the government of Uganda (GoU). For the first two years the company will use its own money. The road also received funding from the AfDB, in form of a loan to the GoU. Completion of the upgrade is anticipated in 2028.

References

External links

Website of Uganda National Roads Authority

{{DEFAULTSORT:Masaka-Mutukula Road Roads in Uganda Masaka District Kyotera District

Location

Overview

Upgrade and expansion

See also

References

External links