Kapchorwa–Suam Road

Route information
Length: 48 mi (77 km)
History: Designated in 2016 (Expected)
Completed in 2019 (Expected)
Major junctions
West end: Kapchorwa
East end: Suam

The Kapchorwa–Suam Road, is a rural road in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The road links Kapchorwa, the district capital of Kapchorwa District to Suam, at the international border with Kenya.

Location

The highway will start at Kapchorwa and continue in a general westerly direction to go through Kween in Kween District, then turn in a southeasterly direction to go through Bukwo in Bukwo District and end at Suam, on the banks of the Suam River, which forms the border between Uganda and Kenya. The total road distance is approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi).[1] The coordinates of the road, southeast of the town of Kween are 01°25'03.0"N, 34°37'20.0"E (Latitude:1.417509; Longitude:34.622219).[2]

Overview

The existing road is gravel surface. Most of the road lies within Mount Elgon National Park. The steep terrain becomes muddy and slippery during the wet season.[3][4]

Updating to bitumen surface

As early as 2010, the government of Uganda, through Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), started planning to upgrade the road to grade II bitumen surface with shoulders and drainage channels.[3] In the earlier years, loans were sought from the World Bank and the Danish International Development Agency.[5]

In 2014, Kenyan print media reported that the governments of Kenya and Uganda were working together to develop the Kapchorwa–Suam Road in Uganda and the Suam–Endebess–Kitale–Eldoret Road in Kenya.[6] UNRA and the Kenya National Highways Authority (KNHA) are jointly seeking funding from the African Development Bank to jointly develop that road corridor in order to promote trade between the two neighboring countries.[7] It is anticipated that physical works will commence in the 2016/2017 financial year. The Ugandan section of the road will cost an estimated $80 million (UShs270 billion), funded by the African Development Bank and the government of Uganda.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ GFC (31 December 2015). "Road Distance Between Kapchorwa And Suam With Route Marker". Globefeed.com (GFC). Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Google (31 December 2015). "Location of Kapchorwa-Suam Road At Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 Newvision Archive (22 November 2010). "Sh230b for repairing Kapchorwa-Suam Road". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Edgar R. Batte, and Allan Chekwech (26 June 2013). "Bukwo's poor roads cripple businesses". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Ojwang, Joel (28 December 2008). "Uganda: Works Sets Sh148 Million for Suam Road". New Vision via AllAfrica.com. Kampala. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Daily Nation (17 October 2014). "Kenya, Uganda in joint road tarmacking project". Daily Nation. Nairobi. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Murumba, Stellar (30 December 2015). "Kenya, Uganda Seek Transport Corridor Funds With Eye On Trade". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Stellar Murumba, and Mark Keith Muhumuza (1 January 2016). "Uganda seeks Shs270b for Kapchorwa-Suam road to boost regional trade". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

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Coordinates: 01°25′03″N 34°37′20″E / 1.41750°N 34.62222°E / 1.41750; 34.62222

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