Construction of an overpass from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) will begin in March 2019, the government has announced.
Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the 28-kilometer flyover will link JKIA with Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) and end at Kangemi area on Waiyaki Way.
Macharis says the road will run over the railway yard at the Central Railway Station and will be completed in 15 months time.
” Come January next year, a contractor for the project will be picked and actual works will be expected to start in March,” Macharia says as quoted by the Star.
The Sh60 billion viaduct is expected to reduce the time taken to drive from JKIA to the city center and vice versa as well as ease traffic congestion within the city.
Nairobi County Transport Executive Mohammed Dagane says the viaduct is part of Nairobi Integrated Urban Development Master Plan whose aim is to decongest the Kenyan capital.
” We are promising a brighter future ahead for Nairobi,’ Dagane says.
Last month, CS Macharia said engineers were putting final touches on the design of the highway.
“Right now, we have engineers who are testing the soil at JKIA. It is no longer mere talks. We have done the bypasses around the city of Nairobi, we have done the Southern, Eastern and Northern bypass and about a month ago we signed for Western bypass.”
“It critically important to make sure that people can go round the city of Nairobi without getting into the city,” Macharia told Daily Nation.
Bravo bravo Jubilee gavament…
Bravo bravo Jubilee gavament for this infrastructure which will make our country part of our modern city.Wr ready to pay the loans aslong as we can c this projects completed.Thika superhighway opened nairobi big time n we have seen the eastern,southern bypasses too.Let those who r lazy n don’t pay taxes continue to yep n vomit about kenyans loans yet they r paying taxes heavily to the countries they have moved too eg uk,australia.usa.Lets go kenya let’s go kenya.
Really, how much tax do you…
Really, how much tax do you pay. These are just conduits of kickbacks.
Nairobi will be chocking on…
Nairobi will be chocking on its own infrastructure. There is a carrying capacity for a city area and beyond that the planners ought to start opening and developing new lands. This ensures planned development, space for future utilities and amenities. By not solving the traffic problems on road network to and from the airport, the overpass will simply be adding to gridlock traffic. the overpass is a seductive idea but there are better options that can bring more benefits in the long run.