NAIROBI EXPRESS WAY SPARES HISTORIC UHURU PARK FROM INTERFEARANCE

The project is a Private Public Partnership between the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and the Government of Kenya. The project will speed up and ease traffic jams on Mombasa Road and Uhuru Highway and enhance the access to and from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

  The Planned Nairobi Express Road

The Nairobi Express road project will be constructed in the middle of the dual carriage way to and from Mlolongo in Machakos County. Effectively, this means no new land parcels is required to effect the project, outside the Government gazetted road reserve.

Conversely, there will be minimum interruption during the exercise, as the existing reserve; at certain points are more than 30 metres. The project is approximately 27 kilometers in length.

Phase one covers 15.7kilomotres at grade level, or ground level while phase two, consisting of 11 kilometers is elevated.Phase one covers 15.7kilomotres at grade level, or ground level while phase two, consisting of 11 kilometers is elevated. Phase one runs from Mlolongo to Nexgen Mall, from where elevation all the way to James Gichuru.

The project is a Private Public Partnership between the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and the Government of Kenya. The project will speed up and ease traffic jams on Mombasa Road and Uhuru Highway and enhance the access to and from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Currently, commuters waste up to 3 hours on the 27 kilometer stretch of road.

It has been made worse by increase of traffic on Langata Road, Thika Superhighway, Outering Road, Jogoo Road and Lusaka Road. In total, 10 interchanges will be constructed in the expressway to ease flow.