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'''Kampala–Jinja Expressway''', also known as '''Jinja–Kampala Expressway''' is a proposed four-lane toll highway in [[Uganda]], linking the [[capital city|capital]] and largest city [[Kampala]] in the [[Central Region, Uganda|Central Region of Uganda]] with the town of [[Jinja, Uganda|Jinja]] in the [[Eastern Region, Uganda|Eastern Region of Uganda]].<ref>{{cite news |title=UNRA: Construction of the Kampala–Jinja Expressway |work=[[The Observer (Uganda)|The Observer]] |location= Kampala |agency= Observer Media |date= 14 March 2014 |accessdate= 20 July 2014 |
The '''Kampala–Jinja Expressway''', also known as the '''Jinja–Kampala Expressway''', is a proposed four-lane toll highway in [[Uganda]], linking [[Kampala]], the capital and largest city of Uganda, with the town of [[Jinja, Uganda|Jinja]] in the [[Eastern Region, Uganda|Eastern Region]] of Uganda.<ref>{{cite news | title=UNRA: Construction of the Kampala–Jinja Expressway | work=[[The Observer (Uganda)|The Observer]] | location=Kampala | agency=Observer Media | date=14 March 2014 | accessdate= 20 July 2014 |
url= http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30675:unra-construction-of-the-kampala--jinja-expressway&catid=82:announcements&Itemid=128}}</ref>
url= http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30675:unra-construction-of-the-kampala--jinja-expressway&catid=82:announcements&Itemid=128}}</ref>


==Location==
==Location==
The expressway will start at [[Nakawa]], a neighborhood in [[Nakawa Division]], in the eastern part of Kampala, go through [[Namanve]] and [[Mukono]] in [[Mukono District]] and end at the [[New Jinja Bridge]] in [[Njeru]].<ref name="Tender">{{cite web|first=Billy|
The expressway will start at [[Nakawa]], a neighborhood in [[Nakawa Division]] in the eastern part of Kampala, go through [[Namanve]] and [[Mukono]] in [[Mukono District]], and end at the [[New Jinja Bridge]] in [[Njeru]].<ref name="Tender">{{cite web | first=Billy |
url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/667544-kampala-jinja-expressway-tender-to-be-advertised-in-may.html|title=Kampala-Jinja Expressway Tender To Be Advertised In May|accessdate=25 June 2015|date=28 April 2015|newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala)|last=Rwothungeyo}}</ref> The entire expressway will be a four-lane, dual carriageway, with limited access.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=25 June 2015|first=Raymond | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/636799-kampala-jinja-highway-planned-for-redevelopment.html||last=Baguma|newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala)|title=Kampala-Jinja Highway Planned for Redevelopment| date=26 October 2012}}</ref>
url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/667544-kampala-jinja-expressway-tender-to-be-advertised-in-may.html | title=Kampala-Jinja Expressway Tender To Be Advertised In May | accessdate=25 June 2015 | date=28 April 2015 | newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala) | last=Rwothungeyo}}</ref> The entire expressway will be a four-lane, dual carriageway, with limited access.<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=25 June 2015 | first=Raymond | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/636799-kampala-jinja-highway-planned-for-redevelopment.html | last=Baguma | newspaper=[[New Vision]] (Kampala) | title=Kampala-Jinja Highway Planned for Redevelopment | date=26 October 2012}}</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
The town of Jinja is Uganda's second industrial hub, after Kampala. The current [[Kampala-Jinja Highway]], highway A109 on the map, forms part of the Northern Corridor of the Trans-Africa Highway, linking the [[Indian Ocean]] port of [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] port of [[Matadi]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (DRC).
The current [[Kampala-Jinja Highway]], highway A109 on the map, forms part of the Northern Corridor of the Trans-Africa Highway, linking the [[Indian Ocean]] port of [[Mombasa, Kenya]] with the [[Atlantic Ocean]] port of [[Matadi]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (DRC). The section of A109 between Jinja and Kampala is the busiest and most congested road in Uganda. It is the main import/export route for land-locked Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DRC. The {{convert|77|km|mi}} expressway will pass to the south of the existing Kampala–Jinja Highway and is planned as a toll-road.


The section of A109 between Jinja and Kampala is the busiest and most congested road in Uganda. It is the main import/export route for land-locked Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DRC. In 2010, the Ugandan government engaged the [[World Bank]] as transaction adviser, and together, they hired Integrated Transport Planning (ITP), a UK-based transportation consulting firm, to conduct feasibility studies and road design. The {{convert|77|km|mi}} expressway will pass to the south of the existing [[Kampala–Jinja Highway]] and is planned as a toll-road. Government will compensate the landowners who will be displaced by the expressway. A core investor will be identified who will build, own, and operate the toll road for 25 years from the date of commissioning. This public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangement will be used on three other planned expressways, leading in and out of the nation's capital. Trademark East Africa, an affiliate of ITP, will provide oversight support to UNRA in the management of PPP preparation, procurement, and implementation.<ref name="Join">{{cite new |
In 2010, the Ugandan government engaged the [[World Bank]] as transaction adviser. They hired Integrated Transport Planning (ITP), a United Kingdom-based transportation consulting firm, to conduct feasibility studies and road design. A core investor will be identified who will build, own, and operate the toll road for 25 years from the date of commissioning. This public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangement will be used on three other planned expressways, leading in and out of the nation's capital. Trademark East Africa, an affiliate of ITP, will provide oversight support to the [[Uganda National Roads Authority]] (UNRA) in the management of PPP preparation, procurement, and implementation.<ref name="Join">{{cite new | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1317174/govt-joins-world-bank-build-usd15b-road-projects | title= Government Joins World Bank to Build $1.5B Road Projects | first=Joel | last=Ogwang | accessdate=12 February 2016 | newspaper=[[New Vision]] | date=12 April 2013}}</ref>
url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1317174/govt-joins-world-bank-build-usd15b-road-projects | title= Government Joins World Bank to Build $1.5B Road Projects | first=Joel | last=Ogwang | accessdate=12 February 2016 | newspaper=[[New Vision]] | date=12 April 2013}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Construction was expected to begin in 2015, with commissioning planned for 2020. The expressway will be a toll-road, with vehicles that use it needing fittings with electronic billing devices. The construction contract will be awarded once the core investor in the toll road is identified and approved.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.independent.co.ug/news/news-analysis/8610-is-shs9bn-road-repair-a-waste | first=Ronald | last=Musoke | accessdate=28 July 2014 | date=18 January 2014 | title=Is Shs9 Billion Road Repair A Waste? |publisher=[[The Independent (Uganda)]]}}</ref>
Construction was expected to begin in 2015, with commissioning planned for 2020. The expressway will be a toll-road, with vehicles that use it needing fittings with electronic billing devices. The construction contract will be awarded once the core investor in the toll road is identified and approved.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.independent.co.ug/news/news-analysis/8610-is-shs9bn-road-repair-a-waste | first=Ronald | last=Musoke | accessdate=28 July 2014 | date=18 January 2014 | title=Is Shs9 Billion Road Repair A Waste? |publisher=[[The Independent (Uganda)]]}}</ref>


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The exact cost of the project has not been finalized. Estimates have varied from UGX:800 billion (US$320 million),<ref>{{cite news | first= Frederic | url= http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kampala-Jinja-express-highway-to-cost-Shs800b/-/688334/2043240/-/13a52t0z/-/index.html | title= Kampala–Jinja Express Highway to Cost Shs800 Billion | date=23 October 2013 | accessdate=12 February 2016 | location= Kampala | newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | last=Musisi }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date= 6 November 2013 | url= http://constructionreviewonline.com/2013/11/06/us-318-million-jinja-express-highway | title=US$318 Million Jinja Express Highway | accessdate= 21 July 2014 | work=Construction Review Online}}</ref> to a high of US$800 million (USh:2.4 trillion).<ref name="Tender"/> This does not include funds needed to compensate and resettle people in the expressway's right-of-way.{{fact}}
The exact cost of the project has not been finalized. Estimates have varied from USh800 billion (US$320 million),<ref>{{cite news |first= Frederic |
url= http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Kampala-Jinja-express-highway-to-cost-Shs800b/-/688334/2043240/-/13a52t0z/-/index.html |title= Kampala–Jinja Express Highway to Cost Shs800 Billion |date= 23 October 2013 |accessdate=12 February 2016|location= Kampala | newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]]| last=Musisi }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | date= 6 November 2013|
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url= http://constructionreviewonline.com/2013/11/06/us-318-million-jinja-express-highway/|title=US$318 Million Jinja Express Highway |accessdate= 21 July 2014 |work= Construction Review Online}}</ref> to a high of US$800 million (USh:2.4 trillion).<ref name="Tender"/> This does not include funds needed to compensate and resettle people in the expressway's right-of-way.


In June 2014, the [[Uganda National Roads Authority]] (UNRA) selected the [[International Finance Corporation]] as lead transaction advisor to assess the potential to develop the {{convert|77|km|mi}} expressway on a public private partnership basis. [[Spea Engineering]] was hired to assist UNRA select one or more investors to design, build, finance, and operate the expressway.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 2014| url=http://www.spea-engineering.it/news/uganda-kampala-jinja-expressway-ppp-technical-traffic-consultants/|accessdate=25 June 2015|publisher=Spea-engineering.it (SEI)|last=SEI|title=Uganda – Kampala Jinja Expressway PPP: Technical & Traffic Consultants}}</ref> In July 2014, at the Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure that took place in [[Dakar]], Senegal, the [[Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa]] (COMESA) identified the expressway as a priority project, one of the six infrastructure projects to be developed before 2020. COMESA allocated US$74 million in funding towards its development.<ref>{{cite news |accessdate= 21 July 2014 |first= Dorothy |last= Nakaweesi |date= 21 July 2014 |newspaper= [[Daily Monitor]] |
In June 2014, the UNRA selected the [[International Finance Corporation]] as lead transaction advisor to assess the potential to develop the {{convert|77|km|mi}} expressway on a public private partnership basis. [[Spea Engineering]] was hired to assist UNRA select one or more investors to design, build, finance, and operate the expressway.<ref>{{cite web | date=June 2014 | url=http://www.spea-engineering.it/news/uganda-kampala-jinja-expressway-ppp-technical-traffic-consultants | accessdate=25 June 2015 | publisher=Spea-engineering.it (SEI) | last=SEI | title=Uganda – Kampala Jinja Expressway PPP: Technical & Traffic Consultants}}</ref> In July 2014 at the Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure that took place in [[Dakar]], Senegal, the [[Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa]] (COMESA) identified the expressway as a priority project, one of the six infrastructure projects to be developed before 2020. COMESA allocated US$74 million in funding towards its development.<ref>{{cite news | accessdate= 21 July 2014 | first= Dorothy | last= Nakaweesi | date= 21 July 2014 | newspaper= [[Daily Monitor]] | title= Comesa Earmarks Shs190 Billion for Kampala–Jinja Highway Expansion | url= http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/Comesa-earmarks-Shs190-billion-for-Kampala-Jinja-highway/-/688610/2391228/-/vdtmliz/-/index.html | location=Kampala}}</ref>
title= Comesa Earmarks Shs190 Billion for Kampala–Jinja Highway Expansion |
url= http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Commodities/Comesa-earmarks-Shs190-billion-for-Kampala-Jinja-highway/-/688610/2391228/-/vdtmliz/-/index.html| location=Kampala}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[New Jinja Bridge]]
* [[New Jinja Bridge]]


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Revision as of 05:22, 13 February 2016

Kampala–Jinja Expressway
Route information
Length47.9 mi (77.1 km)
HistoryDesignated in 2015
Completion expected in 2025
Major junctions
West endNakawa
East endNew Jinja Bridge, Njeru
Location
CountryUganda
Highway system

The Kampala–Jinja Expressway, also known as the Jinja–Kampala Expressway, is a proposed four-lane toll highway in Uganda, linking Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, with the town of Jinja in the Eastern Region of Uganda.[1]

Location

The expressway will start at Nakawa, a neighborhood in Nakawa Division in the eastern part of Kampala, go through Namanve and Mukono in Mukono District, and end at the New Jinja Bridge in Njeru.[2] The entire expressway will be a four-lane, dual carriageway, with limited access.[3]

Overview

The current Kampala-Jinja Highway, highway A109 on the map, forms part of the Northern Corridor of the Trans-Africa Highway, linking the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa, Kenya with the Atlantic Ocean port of Matadi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The section of A109 between Jinja and Kampala is the busiest and most congested road in Uganda. It is the main import/export route for land-locked Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DRC. The 77 kilometres (48 mi) expressway will pass to the south of the existing Kampala–Jinja Highway and is planned as a toll-road.

In 2010, the Ugandan government engaged the World Bank as transaction adviser. They hired Integrated Transport Planning (ITP), a United Kingdom-based transportation consulting firm, to conduct feasibility studies and road design. A core investor will be identified who will build, own, and operate the toll road for 25 years from the date of commissioning. This public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangement will be used on three other planned expressways, leading in and out of the nation's capital. Trademark East Africa, an affiliate of ITP, will provide oversight support to the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) in the management of PPP preparation, procurement, and implementation.[4]

History

Construction was expected to begin in 2015, with commissioning planned for 2020. The expressway will be a toll-road, with vehicles that use it needing fittings with electronic billing devices. The construction contract will be awarded once the core investor in the toll road is identified and approved.[5]

The exact cost of the project has not been finalized. Estimates have varied from UGX:800 billion (US$320 million),[6][7] to a high of US$800 million (USh:2.4 trillion).[2] This does not include funds needed to compensate and resettle people in the expressway's right-of-way.[citation needed]

In June 2014, the UNRA selected the International Finance Corporation as lead transaction advisor to assess the potential to develop the 77 kilometres (48 mi) expressway on a public private partnership basis. Spea Engineering was hired to assist UNRA select one or more investors to design, build, finance, and operate the expressway.[8] In July 2014 at the Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure that took place in Dakar, Senegal, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) identified the expressway as a priority project, one of the six infrastructure projects to be developed before 2020. COMESA allocated US$74 million in funding towards its development.[9]

See also


References

  1. ^ "UNRA: Construction of the Kampala–Jinja Expressway". The Observer. Kampala. Observer Media. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b Rwothungeyo, Billy (28 April 2015). "Kampala-Jinja Expressway Tender To Be Advertised In May". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. ^ Baguma, Raymond (26 October 2012). "Kampala-Jinja Highway Planned for Redevelopment". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ^ Ogwang, Joel (12 April 2013). "Government Joins World Bank to Build $1.5B Road Projects". New Vision. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ^ Musoke, Ronald (18 January 2014). "Is Shs9 Billion Road Repair A Waste?". The Independent (Uganda). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. ^ Musisi, Frederic (23 October 2013). "Kampala–Jinja Express Highway to Cost Shs800 Billion". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  7. ^ "US$318 Million Jinja Express Highway". Construction Review Online. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. ^ SEI (June 2014). "Uganda – Kampala Jinja Expressway PPP: Technical & Traffic Consultants". Spea-engineering.it (SEI). Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  9. ^ Nakaweesi, Dorothy (21 July 2014). "Comesa Earmarks Shs190 Billion for Kampala–Jinja Highway Expansion". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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