Project: Proposed Dualing of Kenol-Sagana-Marua Road (84Km)
Language: English Original: English PROJECT: PROPOSED DUALING OF KENOL-SAGANA-MARUA ROAD (84KM) COUNTRY: KENYA RAP SUMMARY FOR THE PROPOSED DUALLING OF KENOL – SAGANA – MARUA ROAD Date: March 2019 Team Leader: Z. TESSEMA, Chief Transport Engineer, RDGE.3 Preparation Team E&S Team Member: E.B. KAHUBIRE, Social Development Officer, RDGE4 /SNSC 1 PROJECT TITLE: KENOL – SAGANA – MARUA ROAD PROJECT PROJECT NUMBER: P-KE-DB0-037 COUNTRY: KENYA CATEGORY: 1 CATEGORY: 1 Sector: PICU Project Category: 1 2 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. The Kenol – Sagana – Marua Road is part of the “Great North Road” from Mombasa, through Nairobi and on to Moyale - and hence to Ethiopia and Addis Ababa. It forms part of the 800km stretch between Nairobi and Moyale and is situated in the three counties of Muranga, Kirinyaga and Nyeri. The road starts at the junction with C71 (Kenol) and traverses through the trading centres of Makutano (Junction A2/B6), Sagana, Karatina before terminating at Marua (Junction A2/B5). 1.2. The existing road is a single carriageway to bitumen standards. It is a constriction – an impediment to flow of the high traffic experienced between Nairobi and Isiolo/Nyeri towns as well as other roads serving off shoot towns like Embu, Meru, Mwea, Kerugoya, Kutus, Kagio, Baricho, Kagumo,Mukurweini, Tumutumu among others that connect to this arterial road at various points. The road therefore requires upgrading to dual carriageway to absorb and serve this traffic and support the socio-economic growth of the area. The route from the Port of Mombasa to Addis Ababa, via Nairobi, Isiolo and Moyale, holds economic advantages for Kenya in her trade with Ethiopia.
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