Kampala–Hoima Road
{{Short description|Road in Uganda}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox road
|country= UGA
|type=
|route=
|name= Kampala–Hoima Road
|length_mi=126
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|history=
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a=Kampala
|junction=Naakulabye
Nansana
Wakiso
Kakiri
Busunju
Bukomero
Kiboga
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b=Hoima
}}
The Kampala–Hoima Road is a road in the Central and Western regions of Uganda, connecting the cities of Kampala and Hoima. A section of this road, between Namungoona and Busunju, is being developed into the Kampala–Busunju Expressway.{{cite web | url=http://observer.ug/business/38-business/42479-nansana-road-ready-in-three-weeks | title=Nansana road ready in three weeks | first=Prisca | last=Biake | access-date=27 February 2016 | date=8 February 2016 | newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | location=Kampala}}
Location
The road begins in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, running in a northwestern direction through six districts to end in Hoima, the headquarters of the country's nascent petrochemical industry,{{cite news | title=Uganda: Hoima Town, Heart of the Oil Kingdom | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201303260401.html | date=25 March 2013 | access-date=20 February 2016 | newspaper=East African Business Week | via=AllAfrica.com | location=Kampala | first=Baz | last=Waiswa}} a distance of approximately {{convert|202|km|mi}}.{{cite web |
url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%20Road%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Hoima%2C%20Western%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJCacTwgW5fRcRPuJJw9VOeWU&dt2=ChIJJfeZtKfEZBcR7aOKo9_8RYc | title=Distance between Kampala Road, Kampala, Central Region, Uganda and Hoima, Western Region, Uganda | last=GFC | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC) | date=20 February 2016 | access-date=20 February 2016}}
Overview
The highway is an all-weather tarmac single carriageway road. It offers the most direct route from Kampala to the oil-rich Albertine region in the Western Region.{{cite web | url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/hoima-kampala-road-closed-as-river-kafu-floods | title=Hoima–Kampala Road Closed as River Kafu Floods | first=Peter | last=Kugonza | access-date=20 February 2016 | date=19 November 2015 | publisher=Uganda Radio Network}}
Upgrade to tarmac
Before 2006, the road was gravel surfaced. The government of Uganda contracted for the road to be upgraded to class II bitumen surface with shoulders, drainage channels, and culverts. The upgrade lasted until 2009.{{cite web | work=Oilinuganda.com | last=Infrastructure | url=http://www.oilinuganda.org/features/infrastructure/oil-sparks-off-roads-upgrade.html | title=Oil Sparks Roads Upgrade | date=5 June 2013 | access-date=20 February 2016 | location=Kampala | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725152727/http://www.oilinuganda.org/features/infrastructure/oil-sparks-off-roads-upgrade.html | archive-date=25 July 2015 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | url=http://www.observer.ug/component/content/article?id=11751:nasasira-do-not-judge-our-performance-basing-on-sorry-kampala-roads | date=16 January 2011 | title=Nasasira: Do not judge our performance basing on sorry Kampala roads | first=John | last=Nasasira | access-date=20 February 2016 | location=Kampala | newspaper=The Observer}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/641490-government-teams-up-with-world-bank-to-build-over-1-5b-road-projects.html Government Teams-up With World Bank To Build Over $1.5b Road Projects]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150712134336/http://ea-agribusiness.co.ug/unra-paves-1200km-roads-5000km-for-tarmacking-by-2016/ UNRA paves 1200km roads; 5,000km for tarmacking by 2016]
{{Kampala District}}
{{Wakiso District}}
{{Mityana District}}
{{Kiboga District}}
{{Kyankwanzi District}}
{{Hoima District}}
{{coord|00|55|29|N|31|45|26|E|display=title}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kampala-Hoima Road}}