World Bank provides $130.8m for Ugandan road project
The World Bank has approved a grant of $130.8 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the Uganda Roads and Bridges in the Refugee Hosting Districts Project.
The project will upgrade 105km Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo road from gravel to bitumen and strengthen the institutional capacity of the Uganda National Roads Authority to manage environmental, social, and road safety risks.
It will ease the movement of goods and people and improve access to social services and job opportunities in the refugee hosting districts in the West Nile sub-region of Uganda.
The Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo project complements other transport investments by the World Bank Group in Uganda. The bank is also financing the rehabilitation of the 340km Tororo-Mbale-Soroti-Lira-Kamdini road under the Uganda North Eastern Road-corridor Asset Management Project, and construction of the 100km of the Kyenjonjo-Kabwoya road under the Albertine Region Sustainable Development Project.
