This archive report was first published on 2 November 2021.
Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) Director-General Engineer Kung'u Ndung'u has revealed that only 68.4% of the ongoing construction of the Nairobi Expressway is complete.
According to a circular issued by KeNHA, the construction of the operation and monitoring centre is now at 98% completion.
The monitoring centre is expected to aid in the management and maintenance of the road once it is fully operational.
‘This is set to be completed before the main road works are finished,’ Eng Ndung'u said.
KeNHA has also opened some sections of the road to ease traffic, including the sections between Mlolongo-JKIA, the Haile Selassie and University of Nairobi roundabouts, half of the newly-built road from Westlands to James Gichuru road, and the new pedestrian bridge at General Motors (GM) along Mombasa road.
However, motorists may experience more traffic at the GM area where a new footbridge has been installed and at the Bunyale Roundabout-University Way where construction is still ongoing.
More than 4,000 people have been employed directly under the project across various departments and sites.
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia announced in September that President Uhuru Kenyatta will commission the Expressway in April 2022.
