Thika Road to have 4 more footbridges

Four additional footbridges will be erected on Thika Road at a cost of Sh900 million, adding to the 18 already on the highway to reduce pedestrian accidents.

Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said that Kenya National Highway Authority (Kenha) had already initiated a tendering process.

The footbridges will be erected at Survey of Kenya just before the junction to Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS), Garden Estate Junction, Witeithie and Mungu areas on the busy highway.

“We are in the process of awarding contacts for construction of the four bridges at a cost Sh900 million. We expect construction to start in the next three months,” said Macharia.

Mr Macharia, who was speaking in Nairobi during the inspection of the dualling of Ngong Road Phase I project, said the government will also remove four more bumps and rumble strips along on road in the next three months to ease traffic jams at various spots on the road.

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The Kenha has flouted an infrastructure bond through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model and concession of targeted roads to check infrastructure cost.

Plans to install the additional footbridges come barely a week after Nairobi governor Mike Sonko promised city residents that he would remove all speed bumps on the road.

The bumps cause heavy traffic snarl up on the road, which starts as early as 6am.

In February, the High Court issued the order for the removal of the bumps and rumble strips on the road.

Justice George Odunga in his ruling also ordered for the removal of white strips, indicating pedestrian crossing points, at Kenya Breweries, Survey and Homeland areas, and use of footbridges.