By Kabageny t
Masindi Masindi-
Contractor of masindi Biiso road has abandoned the construction of the road
For the ones using Masindi-Biiso road also face a number of challenges since the road stalled. There are some spots which need improvement because they’re impassable.
According to Kiiza Kenneth Nyendwoha the member of parliament Bujenje county told the journalist that China railway seventh group was contracted in 2018 to construct the road it’s not being completed.
The contractor abandoned the site because us demanding government sh120b. Construction was supposed to be completed in 2022 in vain. Deadline for extension has been extended thrice, I am supposed even to present this issue to parliament,” he added.
According to Nyendwoha some spots they were working on were left deteriorated, adding that it’s now four months since the contractor abandoned the road.
“They left when the workers were also demanding three months. Over 200 trucks are now using the same road through Kabango town council in Masindi. But there are many incomplete sports and they are in bad shape.
Government should intervene and pay the contractor to continue with the work. At an emergency work should be done done the bad spots,” Nyendwoha appealed.
Allan Ssempewa, the public relations officer UNRA explained to the journalist that they have deployed all the security protocols to ensure that people cross safely.
We are on ground closely monitoring the situation. We deployed the necessary officers to manage the situation. After realising that there was too much traffic we deployed the second vessel to be able to manage but we are looking at improving everything,” said Ssempewa.
What’s overwhelming is the traffic but we are still monitoring situation to identify other urgent issues which need to be worked on. W also encourage people to use our other alternative routes, he added.
Commenting on Masindi Biiso road, Ssempewa said that: “It’s not true that the road is abandoned . Theroad is largely motorable but it’s only a km which is bad . It’s a common problem we have on on going projects but it’s due to insufficient funding but it doesn’t mean that the road is
abandoned.