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Rwanda is highly dependent on its road transport system, with major cities being interlinked with a strong road network. There is an excellent paved road system between Kigali, the capital and other major towns of Rwanda. Rwanda is also well-connected by an excellent road transport system with different countries of East Africa. These routes are very helpful for carrying out the import and export business of the country. Many countries like Japan, China and the European Union nations have contributed substantial amount of funds for the restructuring of Rwandan road transport system after it was devastated by the civil war of 1990’s.
Rwanda has a total road network of 12,000 km, out of which 1,000 km are paved. The rest of the roads are still unpaved and most of them have uneven tracks accessible only by four wheeler or have drain water clogging on the road surfaces. Most of the paved roads had a very poor condition until past few years when the country began rebuilding its infrastructure. There were numerous pot-holes on these roads earlier but now the roads have been revamped to a great extent.
The main roads in Kibuye, Kigali, Gisenyi and Ruhengeri are twin carriageways while all national highways are solo carriageways. Rwanda has no motorways as of now. There are 9 main road transport routes in Rwanda which are paved and have constant usage. Apart from these 9 roads, there are two other roads which may soon be upgraded to paved roads i.e. the first one is along Lake Kivu between Kibuye, Cyangugu and Gisenyi and second is from Kigali to Burundi border.
Road transport facilities in Rwanda will soon be further upgraded in the coming years.
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