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· Taxpayers will have to spend Sh2.1 billion to relocate water and sewerage lines along Kenya’s first-double -deck highway
· About 15% of the construction of the Nairobi Expressway has been completed
· The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) is executing the project and is being financed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model
Taxpayers will have to spend Sh2.1 billion to relocate water and sewerage lines along Kenya’s first-double deck highway. This information is contained in the estimates of the supplementary budget tabled before Parliament. This amount will be expended on Northern Collector— the line supplying water to Nairobi from Murang’a County and the James Gichuru Express Road sections. Taxpayers will have to spend Sh1.1 billion to foot relocation of electricity lines along the 27.1-kilometre highway that is currently under construction.
About 15% of the construction of the Nairobi Expressway has been completed, according to Transport Secretary James Macharia. He added that the project is ahead of schedule and will be completed before December next year. The road is set to link the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) is executing the project and is being financed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model. The Nairobi Expressway, the private company involved, will operate the road for 27 years to recoup funds spent in the project before ceding it to the State. The toll charges will be kept in a dedicated fund to finance maintenance of the highways and repayment of other roads built by private contractors but fail to generate enough funds to pay investors due to low number of users.
