Maintenance Works at Queen’s-Way in Kampala is nearing completion, thanks to a lockdown that eased the flow of traffic to allow speedy repairs by the contractor. The repairs cover the section between Clock Tower and Kibuye roundabout.
Kampala Capital City Authority contracted Abubaker Technical Services to implement the road maintenance project under a 31.5 billion Shillings contract to rehabilitate select roads in Makindye Division. The Field Engineer Timothy Wasajja told URN that the work which involved replacing old layers of the road is now at 80 per cent.
According to the contractor, the road will last 10 years. The construction involved replacement of the formation layer also known as the sub-base, the base layer which is made out of a mixture of crushed rocks and marram and the Asphalt made layer.
According to a traffic study conducted by the contractor before the start of works, over 500,000 vehicles use the road daily. KCCA says the section is the busiest after Jinja Road Highway.