Roads and Construction

Works department is the department that does District Engineering works in Roads and Engineering construction, Buildings construction and Mechanical works.

Departmental goal: To have a well-developed and maintained infrastructure in the District.

Objectives: To improve the condition of the District road network from the current 50% in fair condition to 90%   

Strategies

  • Maintain the road equipment in sound condition to enable the District maintain its road network.
  • To implement government policy of using force account for mechanized routine road maintenance works and direct labor for based routine maintenance works.
  • Lobby central government to take over highly trafficked district roads to the national roads network and in turn, upgrade deserving community roads to district roads status.

Interventions

  • Labor based routine maintenance of District roads using direct labor  – 221kms
  • Mechanized routine maintenance using District road equipment
  • Carryout periodic maintenance of district roads
  • Construction and repair of key bridges
  • Continue lobbying for rehabilitation funds for District roads in poor condition

STAFFING LEVEL IN THE DEPARTMENT

NameTitleStation
Stephen WakatamaDistrict EngineerHeadquarter
Mugabi Puis KaturamuSenior Civil EngineerHeadquarter
Kamwaka Basoona NaomiSupervisor of WorksHeadquarter
Bassudde BrunoCivil Engineer – WaterHeadquarter
Mugenyi Joshua ManyirahoAssistant Engineering Officer (Civil)Headquarter / Town Council
Bright JuliusAssistant Engineering Officer (Civil)Town Council
Burolerro Happy JamesAssistant Engineering Officer (Civil)Town Council
Kyosimire Jude I.Assistant Engineering Officer (Civil)Town Council
Support staff6 Drivers, 5 Plant operators, 1 Plant attendant 3 Office support staffsHeadquarter

The District has a total of 221.6 kms of feeder roads network of which 35kms are gravel roads and the remaining 186.6 kms are earth roads.

Below is a summary of current condition of the district feeder roads Network:-

ConditionGoodFairPoor
Total length25kms138.2kms48.4kms
%  of total network126523

And the total length of community access roads in the district is about 800kms, of which only about 20% is in fair condition and the remaining 80%  in poor condition.