,
8 tweets,
2 min read
Read on Twitter
The proposed Mombasa-Nairobi Expressway will bypass the capital city to branch off just past Konza and terminate onto the Nakuru highway in Kikuyu, design maps of the high-speed road have revealed.
The Sh300B expressway, to be built by American conglomerate Bechtel, is set to start any time after June according to project documents.
The Kes300B road will turn off before reaching Athi River, cut through Ongata Rongai and Ngong to join Nairobi-Nakuru highway in Kikuyu town. An offshoot of the expressway will pass through Kisaju, Isinya areas, snaking its way to Maai Mahiu to serve travellers to Western Kenya.
The first detailed map of the expressway also shows that the 525-kilometres road will have 22 inter-changes with a total length of 48 kilometres and another 189 kilometres of paved roads, making more than 700kms of construction.
The speedway will run largely parallel to the current Mombasa-Nairobi highway.
Bechtel estimates that the highway will create 500 jobs during construction and involve local businesses in supplying up to 100,000 tonnes of cement and 40,000 tonnes of steel expected to be used on the road.
ISPs will also get an opportunity to lease the 6 by 100 millimetre pipes running along the expressway in addition to other dedicated service areas to be concessioned.
Kes300bn Mombasa mega highway to bypass Nairobi and many towns along the current Nairobi - Mombasa highways because it will run parallel to the SGR. bit.ly/2OW5Lht
