A package of transport projects to link Uganda and South Sudan will cost both governments more than four billion Sudanese pounds.
The money will be spent to build the Northern Uganda Railway line, four major roads and some air facilities.
Both countries have agreed to construct four major roads with emphasis on the Gulu-Nimule-Juba Road, which will cost 1.7 billion pounds, the Kampala based Daily Monitor reported.
They also agreed to hold feasibility studies on the construction of a railway line that will link both countries with the Africa railway network.
In a meeting with GoSS transport minister Anthony Makana in Kampala on Friday, Ugandan Works and Transport Minister John Nasasira said his country will start with the upgrading of Gulu-Nimule stretch to tarmac later this year.
The government of Southern Sudan is starting to tarmac the road from Juba to Nimule while Uganda is expected to do the same from Gulu to Nimule later this year.