Ruto promises transformed JKIA-Westlands highway by January

President Ruto said the facelift is aimed at restoring the lower highway, which faced increasing strain during the Nairobi Expressway...
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President William Ruto announced a major rehabilitation and beautification project for the Mombasa Road–Uhuru Highway corridor, stretching from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to ABC Place in Westlands, Nairobi. The works are slated to begin this December as part of a broader government initiative to modernize Nairobi’s transport network, with completion expected by January.
- The project aims to restore the lower highway, which experienced strain due to the Nairobi Expressway.
- President Ruto stated that 60 kilometres of roads are currently under active development in Nairobi, with contractors re-engaged for stalled works.
- The government plans to construct and expand key routes, including doubling the carriageway from Bomas of Kenya to Rongai, Kiserian, and the Bomas–Karen–Ngong–Bul Bul–Kiserian corridor, by next year to ease traffic congestion.
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