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Kenya: Nairobi's New Expressway May Ease Traffic Woes - but Mostly for the Wealthy
The Conversation Africa, 2 November 2021
An expressway, currently being constructed through Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is nearing completion. The Chinese-financed toll road starts near Jomo Kenyatta International Airport… Read more »
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Kenya: As Mega Roads Come Up, Nairobi Loses Its Green Spaces
Nation, 2 November 2021
Nairobi was once known as the "green city in the sun", as it had something distinctly noticeable when you looked at a map of it. Read more »
Will Kenya's New Expressway Be Accessible To All?
The Nairobi Expressway project is a China-financed four-lane dual carriageway that will stretch over 27 kilometres, linking Mlolongo town in the Machakos county and Jomo Kenyatta Airport, writes urban planner Laji Adoyo for The Conversation.
The benefits expected, include improved connectivity for the transport of goods, services and people, between Nairobi and the entire northern corridor. It is also expected to ease the flow of traffic through the city, reducing congestion along Mombasa road, Uhuru highway and Waiyaki Way in Nairobi city.
The new toll road, though thought to be a means to ease congestion, is also being criticised as not being "a serious attempt to deal with congestion" but rather a road for those who are "able to afford it".
Nairobi has always been known as the "green city in the sun", but with the construction of roads, has come the disappearance of the many trees and parks, changing the Nairobi landscape, writes Hilary Kimuyu for The Nation.
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Kenya Power says it has commenced the relocation of power lines on Nairobi's Mlolongo, Mombasa and James Gichuru roads, to pave the way for construction of the 27.1km Nairobi ... Read more »
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Authorities revised the design of the Nairobi Expressway project to ensure that no land is taken away from the Uhuru Park, following a public outcry. The four-lane dual carriageway ... Read more »
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U.S. contractor Bechtel has told the Treasury that the U.S.$3 billion Nairobi-Mombasa expressway will over 25 years generate nearly twice the money spent on the project. Motorists ... Read more »
