Project detail |
Information |
Project name |
Civil works for upgrading of Hoima-Butiaba- Wanseko road from gravel to paved (Bituminous Standard 111km) |
Implementing Agency |
UNRA |
Employer |
GoU represented by UNRA |
Funding Agency |
GoU and EXIM Bank of China |
Contractor |
Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) Ltd |
UNRA Project Management team |
Project Manager: Alfred Tugume Kahonaho Project Engineer: Rogers Ssentongo |
Supervising Engineer |
UNRA construction and supervisoion Team Engineer: Eng: Samuel Muhoozi Resident Engineer: Eng. Ronald Olaki |
Contract Amount |
USD 179,538,545.59 |
Contract signature date |
18th January 2018 |
Commencement date |
16th April 2018 |
Original completion date |
A6th April 2021 |
Original project duration |
36months |
Time completed to date |
14.5 months (40.3%) |
Defects Liability period |
12 Months |
Project details
Government together with the oil partners identified critical oils roads that must be upgraded by the prescribed time in order to achieve the 2020 target. Because of this, the GOU through MoFPED applied for financing support from China Exim Bank to fund the construction of Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko road (111km) for upgrading to bituminous standard from gravel. Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) Ltd the contractor is expected to deliver 30% of the road made up of continuous road section as proposed by the contractor (0+000) to (37+000) including all the bridges within 58% of the contract time and the remaining works of the project after 36months from the commencement date of 16th April 2018.
The main objective of the project are to;
- Improve the road infrastructure within the mineral and oil exploration zones which are in both Hoima and Bulisa districts
- Improve access to social and economic development opportunities along the route and integration to the rest of the rest of the country by providing high capacity infrastructure
- Ensure that no road side communities become worse off as a result of the road upgrading work
Progress
Cumulative physical progress of civil works was at 30% against a planned 27%. Financial progress stood at 27% against a planned 32%. In terms of time, the project 40%.