The government of Kenya has kicked off a process of constructing two other elevated carriageways in Nairobi to be done concurrently with the Nairobi Expressway.
The Kenya Urban Roads Authority revealed the report and said that the new carriageway will be constructed at Valley Road/Kenyatta Avenue; Ngong/Nyerere Road interchange and Upper Hill/Haille Selassie overpass. The overpasses are aimed at linking Ngong Road to the Central Business District (CBD).
“The elevated carriage ways are two, one from Integrity Centre to Serena (Hotel) and another on the Milimani Close. The initial phase of relocating existing service infrastructure is already ongoing. At the moment, we are doing preparatory works that involve the relocation of works planning and geotechnical investigations,” said Kenya Urban Road Authority (KURA) resident Engineer Benjamin Asin.
Strategic design
The project valued at Sh 2.9bn is slated to end in 2023. Eng Benjamin explained that the design was strategic such that the carriageways, would approach the Nairobi Expressway, which is slated to be completed in 2022, at lower levels and into the CBD through Haile Selassie and Kenyatta Avenues.
“There will be no connection because that one is for traffic that are going express so we do not want to mix, so as traffic approaches the Expressway, it will go down and into the city,” said Mr. Benjamin.
China Road and Bridge Corporation-Kenya is expected to undertake the project which will include KURA overseers. No buildings will be pulled down during the construction of the project save for strips of land owned by All Saints Cathedral, the Milimani Commercial Court and others along Nyerere Road.