Motorists may have to pay for KENHA Expressway Test Run
On Tuesday, October 19 Kenya National Highways Authority announced its plan to conduct test runs of the Nairobi Expressway.
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Its implementation team is constructing an operation and monitoring center that will help to manage and maintain the highway. According to the statement issued by Director General, Engineer Kungu Ndung’u the center will be crucial in KeNHA’s plans to run a pilot project on the electronic toll collection system.
A center that stands at 98% completion. Motorists planning to use the road will have to pay between Ksh150 and Ksh1,700 depending on the size of the car and the distance covered.KeNHA noted that the entire highway stands at 67.3% completion as of Tuesday, with plans in full swing to have it ready by June 2022.
On Tuesday, October 19, the agency further opened previously closed sections between Mlolongo and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Diversions were built at the Haile Sellasie and the University of Nairobi Roundabouts to pave way for works in that section.
Half of the newly built road from Westlands to James Gichuru Road was opened for public use as the contractor races to complete the highway by the end of October 2021.
