The much awaited dueling of the Kenol-Isiolo dual road is scheduled to begin next month, the government has announced.
Speaking in Mukurweini, Nyeri, a week ago, Deputy President William Ruto said works for 80-km highway will get underway in the next 30 days, bringing into reality a project that seeks to further ease transportation and trade in the Northern Corridor.
The project, which is estimated to cost Sh50 billion, is financed by the African Development Bank.
It is, however, not clear whether or not the government has finalized funding and procurement issues of the project based on the timelines that were given earlier by Transport and Infrastructure CS James Macharia.
Mr Macharia had in January said the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) was designing of the Nyeri-Isiolo stretch, having completed the Kenol-Nyeri segment in readiness for the commencement of the bidding process to determine the budget.
“The actual cost will be determined once we do bidding. That will be around mid this year,” Mr Macharia said.
The Kenol-Isiolo dual road will start from Kenol in Murang’a to Nyeri through Marua, Nanyuki to Isiolo. The road is an extension of Thika Superhighway that was built by President Mwai Kibaki’s regime to open up the Northern Corridor connecting the Coast to northern Kenya and Ethiopia.
KeNHA has marked out the road and started clearing out businesses set up on the route.
The much awaited dueling of the Kenol-Isiolo dual road is scheduled to begin next month, the government has announced.
Speaking in Mukurweini, Nyeri, a week ago, Deputy President William Ruto said works for 80-km highway will get underway in the next 30 days, bringing into reality a project that seeks to further ease transportation and trade in the Northern Corridor.
The project, which is estimated to cost Sh50 billion, is financed by the African Development Bank.
It is, however, not clear whether or not the government has finalized funding and procurement issues of the project based on the timelines that were given earlier by Transport and Infrastructure CS James Macharia.
Mr Macharia had in January said the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) was designing of the Nyeri-Isiolo stretch, having completed the Kenol-Nyeri segment in readiness for the commencement of the bidding process to determine the budget.
“The actual cost will be determined once we do bidding. That will be around mid this year,” Mr Macharia said.
The Kenol-Isiolo dual road will start from Kenol in Murang’a to Nyeri through Marua, Nanyuki to Isiolo. The road is an extension of Thika Superhighway that was built by President Mwai Kibaki’s regime to open up the Northern Corridor connecting the Coast to northern Kenya and Ethiopia.
KeNHA has marked out the road and started clearing out businesses set up on the route.
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