The state minister for works Eng. John Byabagambi said that the Government has set aside sh6.3b for upgrading the Gulu-Juba road to a first class murram road and build a new bridge on Aswa River,

A new contractor will start regravelling the road from Pabbo to Nimule as Sobetra Construction Company takes on Gulu-Pabbo road in a year’s time.

He said the European Union had contributed sh3.5b towards the rebuilding of the bridge and another sh3b the for road is part of the sh1.1 trillion budget for the ministry.

The minister said work on the brigde will start in two weeks time.
He said traffic would be diverted to Gulu-Patiko-Palaro-Atyak road when the work kicks off.

While inspecting the road on Wednesday,Byabagambi apologised to businessmen who had lost their property because of the bad road.

He said the road would be maintained and the Bibia-Nimur-Agoro stretch to Sudan would be tarmaced.

By Tanah Hadijah
Uganda Travel News