Rwekunye–Apac–Aduku–Lira–Kitgum–Musingo Road

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Rwekunye–Apac–Aduku–Lira–Kitgum–Musingo Road is a road in the Northern Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Masindi Port in Kiryandongo District to Apac in Apac District, Lira in Lira District, Acholibur in Pader District, Kitgum in Kitgum District, and Musingo in Lamwo District at the international border with South Sudan.

Location

The road starts at Rwekunye, a suburb of the town of Masindi Port, on the Kampala-Gulu highway, about {{convert|5|km|0}} west of the Victoria Nile.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Rwekunye/Masindi+Port/@1.7055722,32.0347571,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177ae850f7d49e83:0x54199e0d150efa20!2m2!1d32.031181!2d1.7116125!1m5!1m1!1s0x177ae8b827cbf6a3:0x1667e01458961161!2m2!1d32.0733109!2d1.699532!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Rwekunye And Masindi Port | access-date=23 October 2020}} The road continues through five northern Ugandan districts to end at Musingo, a distance of about {{convert|350|km|0}}.{{cite web |access-date=16 July 2015 | date=April 2013 | url=http://www.aicprogetti.it/en/progetti/strada-rwenkunye-apac-lira-kitgum-musingo-olwiyo-gulu-kitgum |title=Rwekunye–Apac–Lira–Kitgum–Musingo, Olwiyo–Gulu–Kitgum Roads |author=AICPI | publisher=Aicprogetti.it (AICPI)}} The coordinates of the road near Lira are 2°22'27.0"N, 32°56'04.0"E (Latitude:2.374167; Longitude:32.934444).{{google maps|access-date=16 July 2015 |url=https://www.google.co.ug/maps/place/2%C2%B022'27.0%22N+32%C2%B056'04.0%22E/@2.3736018,32.9337505,17.85z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Rwekunye–Apac–Aduku–Lira–Kitgum–Musingo Road At Google Maps}}

Upgrading to bitumen

In 2009, the Ugandan government commissioned a feasibility study and a detailed engineering design for this road and for the {{convert|167| km|0}} Acholibur–Gulu–Olwiyo Road, both in northern Uganda. The reports became available in 2013.

In February 2015, the upgrade from unsealed gravel surface to class II bitumen surface began. President Yoweri Museveni commissioned the start of the project on 21 February 2015. The work on the {{convert|86|km|0}} from Acholibur to Musingo is assigned to Chongqing International Construction Corporation. Work is expected to last three years.{{cite web | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Museveni--launches--road--works/-/688334/2632064/-/9cjcp8/-/index.html | title=Museveni launches road works | accessdate=15 July 2015 | date=23 February 2015 | first=Dan Michael | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala | last=Komakech}} The road project is fully funded by the Ugandan government.{{cite web |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1342162/solicitor-clears-contracts-450km-roads/ |title=Solicitor General clears contracts for 450km of roads |newspaper=New Vision |date=29 June 2014 | author=Billy Rwothungeyo |access-date=23 October 2020 |

location=Kampala}} The work on the Rwekunye to Acholibur section of the road will be commissioned at a later date.

On 21 October 2020, President Museveni flagged off two other sections of the same road. The {{convert|91|km|0}} Rwekunye–Apac section was awarded to Sadeem Al Kuwait General Trading & Contracting Company, of Kuwait. The Apac–Lira–Purang’a section, measuring {{convert|100.1|km|0}}) was awarded to Gulsan Insaat Sanayi Turizm Nakliyat Ve Tecaret A.S. of Turkey. The budgeted cost of renovating these two sections is USh735 billion (approximately (US$201 million).{{cite web| url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/museveni-flags-off-shs753b-roadworks-2720136 |title=Museveni flags off Shs753b roadworks |newspaper=Daily Monitor |date=23 October 2020 |author=Daily Monitor |access-date=23 October 2020 | location=Kampala}}

In February 2022, UNRA officials estimated the scope of work on this road as 80 percent complete.{{cite web|

url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/business/technology/all-oil-roads-will-be-ready-by-2025-says-kagina--3732408 |title=All oil roads will be ready by 2025, says Kagina |work=Daily Monitor |date=28 February 2022 |author=Ismail Musa Ladu |access-date=28 February 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}

References

External links

[http://www.unra.go.ug/ Uganda National Road Authority Homepage]
[https://www.aicprogetti.it/en/progetti/strada-rwenkunye-apac-lira-acholibur-250-km/ Masindi Port Bridge]
[https://www.isdb.org/project-procurement/tenders/2023/gpn/upgrading-national-roads-uganda-7-components/ Upgrading of National Roads in Uganda - 7 Components]