Uganda - Kampala- Jinja Expressway PPP Project – Phase 1 – ESIA Summary

The African Development Bank is considering a financial support for the Phase 1 of the Kampala – Jinja (KJE) PPP1 Project which consists of a limited access tolled expressway from the Central to the Eastern Regions of Uganda in East Africa. The overall project (which includes Phases 1 and 2) comprises the Kampala Jinja Expressway Mainline from the capital city of Kampala to the town of Jinja in the east and the Kampala Southern Bypass (KSB) (See Plate 1 in Annexure of this report). This ESIA Summary Report highlights the key environmental and social (E&S) assessment and management plans designed by the Government of Uganda (represented by Uganda National Roads Agency - UNRA) to ensure the proposed project component activities comply with both national and the African Development Bank’s E&S policy requirements (Integrated Safeguard System- ISS).