Fort Portal–Bundibugyo–Lamia Road
{{Short description|Road in Uganda}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
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|history=Designated in 2010
Completed in 2014
|direction_a=East
|terminus_a=Fort Portal
|junction=Bundibugyo
|direction_b=West
|terminus_b=Lamia
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The Fort Portal–Bundibugyo–Lamia Road is in the Western Region of Uganda. It links Fort Portal in the Kabarole District with the towns of Bundibugyo and Lamia in the Bundibugyo District.
Location
The road starts in Fort Portal, east of the Rwenzori Mountains. It runs north along the western border of Semliki National Park. After cutting across the mountain range, it makes a 180 degree turn and runs south along the western foothills of the range. It gradually turns westward, through Bundibugyo town to end at the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the banks of the Lamia River.{{cite web | accessdate=8 July 2015 | url=http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Environmental-and-Social-Assessments/ADF-BD-IF-2007-160-EN-UGANDA-ESIA-ROAD-SECTOR-SUPPORT-PROJECT-II.PDF | title=Upgrading of Fort Portal – Lamia Road: Environmental And Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) |publisher=African Development Bank | date=2009|format=PDF}}{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/images/stories/projects/report/fort%20portal-bundibugyo-lamia%20road%20feb.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority | date=March 2014 | title=Surfacing Fort Portal-Bundibugyo-Lamia Road |accessdate=8 July 2015}} The length of the road is approximately {{convert|103.6|km|mi}}.{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/644285-fort-portal-bundibugyo-lamia-road-almost-complete.html | title=Fort Portal–Bundibugyo – Lamia road almost complete | accessdate=6 July 2015 | date=24 June 2013 | first=Billy | last=Rwothungeyo | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}} The coordinates of the road in Bundibugyo town are 0°42'25.0"N, 30°03'47.0"E (Latitude:0.706944; Longitude:30.063056).{{google maps | accessdate=6 July 2015 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B042'25.0%22N+30%C2%B003'47.0%22E/@0.7097056,30.0556782,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 | title=Location of Fort Portal–Bundibugyo–Lamia Road At Bundibugyo Town}}
Overview
File:Bundibugyo road in western Uganda.jpg
Before 2010, the road was gravel surface. Between 2010 and 2014, the government of Uganda, with funding from the African Development Bank (ADB), upgraded the road to class II asphalt bitumen with a width of {{convert|6|m|ft}} and shoulders of {{convert|1.5|m|ft}} on each side.{{cite web | accessdate=6 July 2015 | url=http://works.go.ug/index.php/component/k2/item/25-upgrade-fort-portal-bundibugyo-lamia-road | date=6 July 2015 | publisher=Uganda Ministry of Works And Transport | title=Upgrade Fort Portal – Bundibugyo – Lamia Road | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706181818/http://works.go.ug/index.php/component/k2/item/25-upgrade-fort-portal-bundibugyo-lamia-road | archive-date=6 July 2015 | url-status=dead }} Construction was undertaken by the Chongqing International Construction Corporation from March 2010{{cite web | url=http://www.trademarksa.org/print/news/new-road-redefines-life-rural-uganda | title=New road redefines lifel in rural Uganda | accessdate=6 July 2015 | date=28 July 2010 | publisher=Trademarksa.org Quoting East African Business Week}} until March 2014.{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355:fort-portal--bundibugyo-lamia-funded-by-afdbgou&catid=45:completed-projects&Itemid=69 | date=7 July 2015 | accessdate=7 July 2015 | title=Fort Portal – Bundibugyo-Lamia (Funded by AfDB/GOU) | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority}} The road was officially commissioned in August 2015 by Allen Kagina, the executive director of the Uganda National Roads Authority.{{cite web |first1=Ruth | last1=Katusabe | first2= Morris | last2=Mumbere |
url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/UNRA-boss-warns-road-reserve-encroachers/-/688334/2828472/-/408c4uz/-/index.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061737/http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/UNRA-boss-warns-road-reserve-encroachers/-/688334/2828472/-/408c4uz/-/index.html|archivedate=2016-03-04|url-status=dead| title=UNRA boss warns road reserve encroachers | accessdate=12 August 2015 | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}}
Construction costs
File:Bundibugyo road with the Rwenzori ranges in background.jpg
The original cost of the road was budgeted at USh 170 billion (US$68 million) in 2010, with the government of Uganda contributing USh 29.58 billion (17.4 percent) and the ADB providing a loan of USh 140.42 billion (82.6 percent). Because of the adverse terrain and other factors, the original road design was revised and the final contract price was USh 217.8 billion.
Point of interest
Other point of interest close to or near the road:
- settlement of Bujerere in Bundibugyo District on the banks of the Lamia River forming the international border with the DRC
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.unra.go.ug/ Website of Uganda National Roads Authority]
{{Authority control}}
{{Kabarole District}}
{{Bundibugyo District}}
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