{"id":57073,"date":"2023-10-11T18:16:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T18:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=57073"},"modified":"2023-10-11T17:08:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:08:16","slug":"govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one","title":{"rendered":"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>All trucks carrying goods might soon be barred from using the damaged section of Ssezibwa Bridge after Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) disclosed that there are no immediate plans to have it renovated.<\/b><\/p>\n

Although timely renovations would allow the now blocked heavy vehicles from accessing the bridge, Mr Allan Ssempebwa, the Unra spokesperson, told Daily Monitor in an interview yesterday that they would instead construct a new permanent bridge to replace the dilapidated one.<\/p>\n

In an October 7 notice, Unra blocked all heavy vehicles from using the 70-year-old bridge, which according to engineers has outlived its lifespan.<\/p>\n

Currently, only lighter vehicles are permitted to use the bridge. Those carrying heavy cargo are turned away by traffic police officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the structural defects and failures we detected [on the bridge], we are going to pace up the procurement process of getting a contractor of the new permanent bridge. We are not looking at renovating the old one,\u201d Mr Ssempebwa told this publication on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He added that the procurement process of getting a contractor to work on the new bridge is ongoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not working under normal situations, but are handling an emergency situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, when asked to disclose when construction of the new bridge would commence, Mr Ssempebwa said: \u201cVery soon. I cannot now commit myself when the construction of the new bridge will start and when it is expected to end.\u201d<\/p>\n

He admitted that despite the bridge being \u201crisky\u201d to road users, their technical team had assessed its condition and resolved that relieving it of heavy load would help it continue to serve lighter vehicle users.<\/p>\n

Heavy trucks carrying sugarcane from Kayunga District to Luweero District and other parts of the country have contributed to the current damage on the bridge.<\/p>\n

Currently, the bridge is limited to one lane with Unra placing warning notices to drivers in Bukolooto, Kalagi and Kabimbiri trading centres to use alternative routes as guided by the agency.<\/p>\n

In the notice, Unra advised traffic from Jinja to use the Kampala-Jinja road (72km) or alternatively use the Njeru-Kisoga-Mukono road (64km).<\/p>\n

Additionally, Unra said traffic from Kayunga heading to Kampala shall use the Kyampisi \u2013Namataba road (51km).<\/p>\n

While the traffic from Luweero heading to Kayunga, shall use the Kalagi-Mukono \u2013Namataba-Kyampisi\u2013Kayunga road.<\/p>\n

The Kyampisi\u2013Namataba route is not only slippery when it rains, but is narrow with steep slopes, making the route not convenient for big trucks that ferry sugarcane from Bbaale in Kayunga District to Lugazi , Luweero and other areas.<\/p>\n

History of the bridge<\/b><\/p>\n

Ms Gidah Nakankya, 70, an elder in Kayunga Town, described Ssezibwa bridge as a very important infrastructure for not only Kayunga, but even other parts of the country. She said before the construction of the bridge in 1953, travellers used to cross the one kilometre stretch of River Ssezibwa using canoes with their merchandise. Kayunga (Bugerere) during the early 1940s to the 1970s was among the areas in the country that were famous for growing cotton and coffee. Because of this, the colonial government constructed Ssezibwa Bridge to ease transportation of the two cash crops to Kampala.<\/p>\n

Before the bridge broke down over the weekend, many motorists were using it to dodge traffic jams, especially from Nakawa, Bweyogerere, Seeta and Mukono towns on the Jinja\u2013Kampala road.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. All trucks carrying goods might soon be barred from using the damaged section of Ssezibwa Bridge after Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) disclosed that there are no immediate plans to have it renovated. Although timely renovations would allow the now blocked heavy vehicles from accessing the bridge, Mr Allan Ssempebwa, the Unra […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-57073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nGovt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All trucks carrying goods might soon be barred from using the damaged section of Ssezibwa Bridge after Uganda Nationa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All trucks carrying goods might soon be barred from using the damaged section of Ssezibwa Bridge after Uganda Nationa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-11T18:16:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-11T18:16:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one\"},\"wordCount\":568,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one\",\"name\":\"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-11T18:16:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"All trucks carrying goods might soon be barred from using the damaged section of Ssezibwa Bridge after Uganda Nationa ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one - Uganda","description":"All trucks carrying goods might soon be barred from using the damaged section of Ssezibwa Bridge after Uganda Nationa ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one","og_description":"All trucks carrying goods might soon be barred from using the damaged section of Ssezibwa Bridge after Uganda Nationa ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-10-11T18:16:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one","datePublished":"2023-10-11T18:16:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one"},"wordCount":568,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one","name":"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-11T18:16:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"All trucks carrying goods might soon be barred from using the damaged section of Ssezibwa Bridge after Uganda Nationa ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/10\/sm_1697030913.921009.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-wont-repair-ssezibwa-bridge-to-build-new-one#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Govt won\u2019t repair Ssezibwa Bridge, to build new one"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}