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Misrouted Nyampiri Bridge (Back) Photo Credit(New Vision)
Another bridge project in Bundibugyo District is drawing criticism from residents, this time over its very location. The Nyampiri Bridge, constructed within the district, has never served its intended purpose of easing movement for the community because, residents say, it was not built along the road at all.
According to locals, the bridge sits away from the actual road alignment, rendering it functionally useless to motorists, cyclists and pedestrians who need to cross at that point. Instead of connecting to the road network as bridges typically do, Nyampiri Bridge stands isolated, disconnected from the very route it was meant to serve.
According to Minister of Local Government Balaam Barugahara, he states that the unusual siting of the bridge was not a planning error but a deliberate move, claiming those behind the project directed its construction onto a particular parcel of land so that compensation could be claimed for the land used money that would not have been payable had the bridge been built on the road reserve itself, as is standard practice.
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