By Joel Ogwang
In a move that will further boost private sector investment in the roads sub-sector, the government will tender out the management of three toll plazas to be erected on the Kampala- Entebbe expressway to the private sector.
Works state minister, Eng. John Byabagambi noted that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Banks business arm, has been consulted to draft modalities under which the tolls at Busega, Abayita Ababiri and Kajjansii will be managed.
We have engaged the IFC to look at how tolls on the Kampala- Entebbe expressway will be managed by a private operator, he said.
We will also involve IFC on the Kampala- Jinja expressway, another toll road whose construction will begin once we procure a contractor.
Construction of the 51.4km road commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni in November 2012 was contracted to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC).
Expected to be completed by 2016, the highway is funded off a $476m concessional loan, with Chinas EXIM bank contributing $350m while the government financed $126m as counterpart funding towards civil works as well as $100m in compensation of Project Affected Persons for acquisition of Right of Way (RoW).
The road will have five major interchanges at Kibuye, Nateete, Busega, Mityana and Kajjansi to facilitate interconnections with roads at designated locations including the Busega interchange at the interface with the Kampala-Northern Bypass.
Leading EXIM Bank President, Li Riogu, CCCC and the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) officials on a tour of the expressways construction site in Busega recently, Byabagambi said tenders for the management of toll plazas would be advertised in 2015.
A man pushes his bicycle beneath pillars erected to carry the Kampala- Entebbe expressway through Busega wetlands.PHOTO: Joel Ogwang
In a move that will further boost private sector investment in the roads sub-sector, the government will tender out the management of three toll plazas to be erected on the Kampala- Entebbe expressway to the private sector.
Works state minister, Eng. John Byabagambi noted that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Banks business arm, has been consulted to draft modalities under which the tolls at Busega, Abayita Ababiri and Kajjansii will be managed.
We have engaged the IFC to look at how tolls on the Kampala- Entebbe expressway will be managed by a private operator, he said.
We will also involve IFC on the Kampala- Jinja expressway, another toll road whose construction will begin once we procure a contractor.
Construction of the 51.4km road commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni in November 2012 was contracted to China Communications Construction Company (CCCC).
Expected to be completed by 2016, the highway is funded off a $476m concessional loan, with Chinas EXIM bank contributing $350m while the government financed $126m as counterpart funding towards civil works as well as $100m in compensation of Project Affected Persons for acquisition of Right of Way (RoW).
The road will have five major interchanges at Kibuye, Nateete, Busega, Mityana and Kajjansi to facilitate interconnections with roads at designated locations including the Busega interchange at the interface with the Kampala-Northern Bypass.
Leading EXIM Bank President, Li Riogu, CCCC and the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) officials on a tour of the expressways construction site in Busega recently, Byabagambi said tenders for the management of toll plazas would be advertised in 2015.
A man pushes his bicycle beneath pillars erected to carry the Kampala- Entebbe expressway through Busega wetlands.PHOTO: Joel Ogwang
