6-716: The Fort Portal–Bundibugyo–Lamia Road is in the Western Region of Uganda . It links Fort Portal in the Kabarole District with the towns of Bundibugyo and Lamia in the Bundibugyo District . The road starts in Fort Portal, east of the Rwenzori Mountains . It runs north along the western border of Semliki National Park . After cutting across the mountain range, it makes a 180 degree turn and runs south along
12-579: The Western region's population was 8,874,862. As of 2010, the western Region contained four Political Subregions, From North to South; 1- Bunyoro Subregion 2- Rwenzori Subregion aka Greater Tooro 3- Ankole Subregion and 4- Kigezi Subregion As of 2024, the Western Region contained 3 cities and 34 districts : The Western Region borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west and
18-407: The original road design was revised and the final contract price was USh 217.8 billion. Other point of interest close to or near the road: 00°42′25″N 30°03′47″E / 0.70694°N 30.06306°E / 0.70694; 30.06306 Western Region, Uganda The Western Region of Uganda is one of four regions in the country of Uganda . As of Uganda's 2014 census ,
24-560: The road was gravel surface. Between 2010 and 2014, the government of Uganda, with funding from the African Development Bank (ADB), upgraded the road to class II asphalt bitumen with a width of 6 metres (20 ft) and shoulders of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) on each side. Construction was undertaken by the Chongqing International Construction Corporation from March 2010 until March 2014. The road
30-555: The western foothills of the range. It gradually turns westward, through Bundibugyo town to end at the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the banks of the Lamia River . The length of the road is approximately 103.6 kilometres (64.4 mi). The coordinates of the road in Bundibugyo town are 0°42'25.0"N, 30°03'47.0"E (Latitude:0.706944; Longitude:30.063056). Before 2010,
36-576: Was officially commissioned in August 2015 by Allen Kagina , the executive director of the Uganda National Roads Authority . The original cost of the road was budgeted at USh 170 billion (US$ 68 million) in 2010, with the government of Uganda contributing USh 29.58 billion (17.4 percent) and the ADB providing a loan of USh 140.42 billion (82.6 percent). Because of the adverse terrain and other factors,
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