This archive report was first published on 13 July 2021.
Published on July 13, 2021, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has revealed that the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) will operate the Nairobi Expressway for 30 years, including a three-year construction period and a 27-year operation and maintenance period.
According to KeNHA, the CRBC will be granted an outright concession to build, operate, and transfer the project. This means the firm will earn a significant profit from the expressway, estimated to be Sh. 106 billion over 27 years.
Motorists using the road, which will link Mlolongo to the Nairobi-Nakuru highway via Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), will pay between $1 (Sh. 109.4) and $15 (Sh. 1,641) depending on the size of their cars and the distance traveled.
The CRBC is also working on another major project in Kenya, the Sh. 474 billion Mombasa-Naivasha standard gauge rail (SGR). The Nairobi Expressway will include a four-lane and six-lane dual carriageway within the existing median of Mombasa Road/Uhuru Highway/Waiyaki Way and 10 interchanges.
