Uganda - Road Sector Support Project IV

Phase IV of the Road Sector Support Project focuses on the rehabilitation of the Kigumba-Masindi-Hoima-Kabwoya road. The road to be upgraded is 238 km with gravel carriage way located in Western Uganda, running through Districts of Kyenjojo, Kibale, Hoima, Masindi and ending up at Kigumba Town Council in the newly created Kiryandongo District connecting to Gulu highway. The sections that will be financed by the ADB under this project, is 135 km and run from Kigumba - Bulima (69 km) and Bulima – Kabwoya (66 km). These sections traverse districts of Hoima, Masindi and Kiryandongo. The project works shall entail upgrading the road from a gravel road to a Class II paved road standard with a carriageway width of 6 meters, 3 meters shoulders and overall claiming of 30 meters road reserve. This will be the source of the social impacts. The road project shall provide a strategic link between the northern corridor (specifically south western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and eastern DRC) and the Kampala - Gulu -Juba corridor. It will also improve access to markets, social and health services and employment possibilities for residents within the zone of influence of the proposed road. More so it will offer enormous distance and journey time savings for traffic to Fort Portal, southwestern Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in areas north of Kigumba (Gulu, Sudan and northeastern DRC).