Design changes delay Mombasa-Tanga highway

Transport and Infrastructure secretary James Macharia. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya has blamed the delay in starting work on a key road linking the port of Mombasa to Tanga on change in design from single to dual carriage along a section of the transnational highway.

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the principal financier of the 445-kilometre project, said last week Nairobi was slow in completing preliminary studies such as road designs to pave the way for construction.

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