Tarmacking works on Gatuanyaga ring-road is set to commence soon. Thika Town MP Patrick Wainaina confirmed the report and said that the project will begin next month.
The road will stretch from Muguka-Ngurai-Munyu-Githima-Kang’oki-Kisii and back to the Thika-Garissa highway, and will help ease traffic in the busy road. It will be a Class B road, 6.5 metres wide with provision for pedestrian walkways and a lane for cyclists, able to withstand heavy trucks that ferry building stones from local quarries.
First tarmac road in Thika East Sub County
Works is being done by Inter-Works limited and will take 30 months to be completed. Overall cost of the project is Sh 1bn. Street lights will be erected to enhance security, and 30% of jobs will be given to locals. Upon completion, it will be the first tarmac road in Thika East Sub County. Works limited will also be involved in Sh700million maintenance of Thika town CBD roads.
“Residents have suffered enough due to the poor state of this road, especially during rainy seasons. It took a lot of lobby from the government and it has finally paid off. After its completion, expect land prices to triple due to its accessibility to Thika town,” said Wainaina.
Wainaina at the same time called on those who have encroached the road corridor to vacate and allow for construction, warning that all structures along the road will be pulled down. This comes as residents led by former Councilor Ng’ang’a Wanjukira said the road designs cut across some of their plots calling for a revision of the designs.
“If you have encroached the road, you have to pull your structure down since once works begins, they will be destroyed to pave way for the roads. The designs can’t be contested,” said Wainaina.
