Following a fatal accident which happened this morning at Katende along Mpigi – Masaka road claiming lives, the roads body UNRA has come out to attribute the continued accidents along the Katende –Masaka stretch to high speed on the new smooth surface along the route. According to Eng. James Okiror who is the head of maintenance at UNRA, drivers are using very high […]
Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Spokesperson, Dan Alinange has expressed concern over the growing habit of people vandalizing raised road signs along newly constructed high ways. Alinange confirms that road signs along Hoima, Kabale-Kisoro, Malaba, Northern by-pass among others have been vandalized which has increased accidents along those routes as drivers cannot tell what is ahead. The officials at the […]
In a bid to stamp out over loading among transporters on Ugandan roads, the Uganda National Roads Authority is now set to acquire new six weigh bridges to help in taking weights on trucks along Uganda’s roads. According to Eng. Geofrey Obara, the manager axle load control project, the new equipment will be planted on all major high […]
Regional lorry drivers and transporters association have petitioned parliament against the traffic and road safety weighbridges regulations 2010. The Regional Lorry Drivers and Transporters Association chairman Byron Kinene handed over the petition to the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya . According to the chairperson of the body Byron Kinene the regulations the people found carrying access weight one […]
The protest by the local residents at Rugombe Trading centre in Bugaki sub county Kyenjojo district has been called off following the intervention by police and Uganda National Roads Authority officials. On Monday over 500 locals blocked the fort portal Kampala high way road with a coffin, stones and heaps of soil accusing government of […]
The Uganda National Roads Authority has revealed that construction of Gulu-Atyak high way commences August this year after receiving over 100 US million dollars for the project. The head of corporate affairs Uganda national authority Dan Alinange says they have received 200 billion shillings from the World Bank and the government of Japan to tarmac […]
The Uganda national Roads Authority has refused to give in to demands by drivers of trailers and other long vehicles who are protesting the roadway weighing bridges that have been put on different roads to ensure the trailer don’t surpass the load limit required of vehicles to avoid spoiling roads. This follows protests on Wednesday […]