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1594: 1089: 587: 1346: 1552: 1286: 1047: 548: 327: 191:. The road continues through four western Ugandan districts to end at Fort Portal, a total of about 208 kilometres (129 mi). The coordinates of the road near Kamwenge are 0°11'09.0"N, 30°27'14.0"E (Latitude:0.185833; Longitude:30.453889). 221:
Work to upgrade the 66 kilometres (41 mi) Kamwenge–Fort Portal section was assigned to the China Railway Seventh Group. The USh:120 billion cost is funded jointly by the government of Uganda and the
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for USh:167 billion. The Canadian engineering firm SNC Lavalin performed the consulting and supervision. Construction on these two sections began in May 2011. Funding was sourced from the
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was divided into three sections: Nyakahita–Kazo 68 kilometres (42 mi), Kazo–Kamwenge 75 kilometres (47 mi), and Kamwenge–Fort Portal 66 kilometres (41 mi).
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for USh:134 billion. The consulting engineers on the project were J. Burrow. This section was completed in June 2013. The Kazo–Kamwenge section was contracted to the
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Before 2011, the entire road was poor grade gravel surface. In that year, the upgrading of the road to
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and the Ugandan government. Work on the Kazo–Kamwenge Road ended in June 2014.
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Felix Basiime, Alex Ashaba, and Fedinand Tuhame (10 August 2017).
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Index

Nyakahita
Kazo
Ibanda
Kamwenge
Fort Portal
Uganda
Roads in Uganda
Western Region
Uganda
Nyakahita
Kiruhura District
Ibanda District
Kamwenge District
Fort Portal
Kabarole District
Masaka–Mbarara Road
Ankole sub-region
bitumen
China Communications Construction Company
China Railway Seventh Group
African Development Bank
International Development Association
Daily Monitor
List of roads in Uganda
Economy of Uganda
Transport in Uganda


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