President Museveni will next week officially open up the Kampala flyover, the Minister for Works and Transport, Gen Katumba Wamala has said.
He said the official opening will be done on March 5, 2025.
“The president will also officially launch the second phase of the project,” Gen Katumba said on Friday.
The Ministry of Works recently completed the Kampala flyover and officially handed it over to KCCA for management, adding another beauty to Kampala’s skyline.
It includes the Clock Tower Flyover, which spans 584 meters in total length with a 366-meter bridge section that accommodates two lanes; the uniquely designed Shoprite Pedestrian Bridge, which is 92 meters long and fashioned in a three-pointed star shape; the Clock Tower Pedestrian Bridge, which measures 229 meters; the Kibuli Pedestrian Bridge, which is 40 meters long; and the Nsambya Underpass, which extends 360 meters, including a 132-meter open-cut box culvert, and serves four lanes.
There is also widened and improved roads totaling 2,920 meters and five signalized junctions at Shoprite, Clock Tower, Nsambya, hospital, and new Kibuli Overpass.
The first phase which cost over shs300billion (US 82 million) involved works at Queen’s Way, Nsambya junction and part of Mukwano road, a new modern Clock Tower flyover, a four-lane Nsambya underpass, three pedestrian bridges, junction improvements, and general road widening to ease traffic flow.
The second phase will see the construction from the end of first one along Mukwano Road through Access road, part of Yusuf Lule road to Garden City Roundabout, and part of Jinja road up to Wampewo Roundabout. The entire project is expected to cost US$1.1 billion.
