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The Kampala Entebbe Expressway was constructed with the overall strategy of decongesting the Greater Kampala Metropolitan area. [6] It is the first toll road in Uganda and it provides an alternative to the free existing surface road, known as the Kampala–Entebbe Road, or simply Entebbe Road which is narrow, congested, and not sufficient to handle the heavy traffic traversing it. [7]
Kampala is served by Entebbe International Airport, which is the largest airport in Uganda. Taxi station in Kampala Pioneer buses (2020) Boda-bodas (local motorbike transport) are a popular mode of transport that gives access to many areas within and outside the city. Standard fees for these range from USh:1,000 to 2,000 or more.
The Tondeka Metropolitan Kampala Bus Service (TMBS), is the proposed principal public transport operator in the Kampala metropolitan area.Expected to start in September 2020, the bus system, Tondeka Metro, proposes to serve the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital, the city of Entebbe, including Entebbe International Airport, Buloba, Nsangi, Ssabagabo, Mukono, Kira Town, Matugga, Wakiso, and the ...
Kampala–Entebbe Road accommodates an estimated 264,000 passengers every day, as of May 2016. [3] Other credible sources quoted traffic on this road at 635,656 vehicles annually, in 2011. [ 4 ]
It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), by road, northeast of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest civilian and military airport. [1] This location lies approximately 33 kilometres (21 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [2]
Entebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN) is the only international airport in Uganda. It is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of the town of Entebbe , on the northern shores of Lake Victoria . [ 5 ]
Entebbe is a city in Central Uganda which is located on Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. [3] Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda prior to independence, in 1962.
The estimated cost of the road was budgeted at approximately US$100 million, as reported by the Daily Monitor. [13] The cost is now budgeted at US$91 million (loan from AfDB) plus $41 million contributed by the government of Uganda for a total of US$132 million.