Upgrade of Nairobi county roads by NMS in Kenya in full gear

The upgrade of Nairobi county roads by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) in Kenya is in full gear, with the focus now on Industrial Area. The NMS has already begun the process of rehabilitating more than 38 roads in the area, by launching the tendering process.

Lot one of the rehabilitation programme will include: Garage, Homa, Workshop, Pate and Dar es Salaam roads. Lot two will include: Busia and Kampala roads while Lot three will include Gilgil, Bamburi and Changamwe roads. Lot four will cover Dakar, Funzi, Athi River, and Addis Ababa roads while lot five will cover Catalysts, Machakos, Baricho and Wundany roads.

Lot six the rehabilitation programme will include: Rangwe, Mareba, Hola, Lusingeti and Kitui roads while lot seven will include Migwani, Isiolo, Bandari, Wajir, Chogoria and Jirore roads.

Lot eight will cover Butere, Yarrow, Bunyala and Factory Street roads while lot nine will cover Ndume, Nyahera, Runyenjes, Lokitaung, Mogadishu roads, including paths for non-motorised transport including walking and cycling.

The deadline for the application of the tenders is March 10th 2021.

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Upgrade of Nairobi county roads 

The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has been re-carpeting and tarmacking roads in the city centre and surrounding areas. Following the completion of a new asphalt (bitumen) plant along Kangundo Road, the NMS intends to carry out the exercise in a speedy but efficient manner. The plant produces 2,400 tonnes of bitumen daily, enough to re-carpet 3km of road.

So far, NMS has re-carpeted roads in the Nairobi central business district (CBD) including City Hall way, Moi Avenue, Wabera Street with Grogon and Kirinyaga roads, which are nearing completion. Kenyatta Avenue, Wabera and Muindi Mbingu streets have also been transformed into non-motorised transport corridors with pedestrian and cycle paths added.

The NMS and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Kura) have also begun constructing 408km of access roads in informal settlements in Nairobi. The areas that will benefit are Kawangware, Riruta, parts of Dagoretti North, Mathare, Kangemi, Mukuru, Kibera, parts of Githurai 44 and 45, Mwiki and Zimmermann. Access roads in the areas have been upgraded to bitumen standards.