Luweero–Butalangu Road

The Luweero–Butalangu Road is a road in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Luweero, the political headquarters of Luweero District, with the town of Butalangu, the political and administrative headquarters of Nakaseke District.^[1]

Luweero–Butalangu Road
Route information
Length	18 mi (29 km)
History	Designated in 2018 (expected) Expected completion in 2020
Major junctions
East end	Luweero
Major intersections	Kiwoko
West end	Butalangu
Location
Country	Uganda
Highway system
Roads in Uganda

Location

The road starts at Luweero (pop. 42,734),^[2] and continues through Kiwoko (pop. 11,013),^[3] to end at Butalangu (pop. 3,873),^[3] a total distance of approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi).^[4] The geographical coordinates of this road immediately west of downtown Kiwoko are:0°51'19.0"N, 32°20'27.0"E (Latitude:0.855278; Longitude:32.340833).^[5]

Upgrading to bitumen

In December 2016, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) announced its intention to upgrade the gravel surfaced road to class II bitumen surface.^[1] The improvements are budgeted at US$40 million co-financed by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), and are expected to last two years.^[1] UNRA sought parliamentary approval to borrow the required funds^[1] and received approval in December 2016.^[6][7]

In February 2017, BADEA and the government of Uganda signed loan agreements at BADEA's headquarters in Khartoum, for the funding portion of the road upgrade that BADEA has agreed to finance.^[8] Sidi Ould TAH, Director General of BADEA signed on behalf of BADEA and Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for the Republic of Uganda signed for Uganda.^[8]

In UNRA's end-of-year report for 2016/2017, which ended on 30 June 2017, this road is listed among those road projects at the "Feasibility study for road upgrading" stage.^[9]

See also

• Economy of Uganda
• Transport in Uganda
• List of roads in Uganda
• Uganda National Roads Authority

References

1. Kiwanuka, Frederick (3 October 2016). "UNRA to upgrade Luwero–Nakaseke road". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
2. UBOS (27 August 2014). "The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants". Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
3. UBOS (November 2014). (PDF). Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
4. Kiwanuka, Frederick (3 October 2016). "UNRA to upgrade Luwero–Nakaseke road". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
5. Google (1 August 2017). "Location of Luweero–Butalangu Road West of Kiwoko Town" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
6. DFM (22 December 2016). "Parliament Approves a Loan to Support the Multinational Roads Construction". Kampala: 106.5 Digida FM (DFM). Retrieved 1 August 2017.
7. Kiwanuka, Frederick (19 April 2017). "US$40 Million Loan Secured For Luweero–Nakaseke Road Project". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
8. "BADEA & Uganda sign a loan agreement and a guarantee agreement". Financialafrik.com. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
9. Kagina, Allen (25 July 2017). "UNRA end of Financial Year 2016/2017 #Statement". Kampala: Uganda Media Centre. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

External links

• Uganda National Road Authority Homepage

Coordinates: 0°51′19″N 32°20′27″E / 0.85528°N 32.34083°E / 0.85528; 32.34083