NAIROBI-NAKURU ROAD EXPANSION TO BEGIN SOON IN KENYA

Kenya government has announced plans to expand Nairobi-Nakuru road.

The expansion which is set in motion after the government entered into a public private partnership (PPP) with French Consortium of Companies to build the 233-kilometre highway at a cost of Sh160 billion.

According to the partnership, Vinci Highways/Concession will design, finance, build, operate, and maintain the road for 30 years and, thereafter, transfer it back to the government.

Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said the two-lane highway will be expanded into a four-lane dual carriageway and later into six lanes at its busy sections.

Quoting macharia, “This 233-kilometre project also includes strengthening and widening of the existing Rironi-Mai Mahiu-Naivasha Road to become a 7-metre carriageway with 2-metre shoulders on both sides, construction of four kilometre viaduct (elevated highway) through Nakuru town, and construction and improvement of interchanges along the highway.”

The expansion of the road has been long overdue as congestion has plagued it in recent years. Meanwhile the road currently carries an estimated 20,000 vehicles per day, a number that was expected to grow by 4% annually.

The agreement was signed in the presence of the Ministry of Transport, through the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), and VINCI Consortium comprising of VINCI Highways SAS, Meridian Infrastructure Africa Fund (MIAF), and VINCI Concessions SAS.

Source: Nation

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