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Ndaragwa
#1 Posted : Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:25:45 PM
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Is it true that Thika Road will be a toll Road?
See the following link http://thikaroad.blogspot.com/

If truly Thika road will be toll road - How would toll charges affect real estate developments along the road?
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:32:19 PM
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Few days ago from Drive - in - cinema to former G.S.U. round about they opened the patch. I found that road is not smooth. My car get jerks on that road and i found that final levels are not ok. (my car is ok on other roads)

Any one of you have notice this?
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#3 Posted : Wednesday, August 17, 2011 1:01:36 PM
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Yes thats looks like it. Thats what happens in other countries like SA, you pay as per usage.
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:41:08 PM
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hello wrote:
Few days ago from Drive - in - cinema to former G.S.U. round about they opened the patch. I found that road is not smooth. My car get jerks on that road and i found that final levels are not ok. (my car is ok on other roads)

Any one of you have notice this?


I dont think they are fully done with those roads yet.. Im told their could be one more top layer.
It could be true cos the stretch from Safaripark to allsops.. if left as is right now would be flooding quite often.. The road needs to be raised above those tu-drainage holes (or whatever Civil Engineers call them)
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#5 Posted : Wednesday, August 17, 2011 5:00:25 PM
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poundfoolish wrote:
hello wrote:
Few days ago from Drive - in - cinema to former G.S.U. round about they opened the patch. I found that road is not smooth. My car get jerks on that road and i found that final levels are not ok. (my car is ok on other roads)

Any one of you have notice this?


I dont think they are fully done with those roads yet.. Im told their could be one more top layer.
It could be true cos the stretch from Safaripark to allsops.. if left as is right now would be flooding quite often.. The road needs to be raised above those tu-drainage holes (or whatever Civil Engineers call them)


I think road going to thika is done. I dont think so they will do one more layer. Lets c.
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#6 Posted : Friday, August 19, 2011 7:04:48 PM
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Ndaragwa wrote:
Is it true that Thika Road will be a toll Road?
See the following link http://thikaroad.blogspot.com/

If truly Thika road will be toll road - How would toll charges affect real estate developments along the road?



Here are the likely/illustrative toll charges for Thika road as shown http://thikaroad.blogspot.com/

Class 1:Motorbikes KSh.200(Mon-Fri 6:30am-11pm) KSh.150(Sat-Sun 6:30am-11pm) KSh.90(All Days 11pm-6.00am)
Class 2:Saloon Cars KSh.400(Mon-Fri 6:30am-11pm) KSh.250(Sat-Sun 6:30am-11pm) KSh.180(All Days 11pm-6.00am)
Class 3:Car+Trailer KSh.800(Mon-Fri 6:30am-11pm) KSh.420(Sat-Sun 6:30am-11pm) KSh.200(All Days 11pm-6.00am)
Class 4:Van/Coach KSh.1200(Mon-Fri 6:30am-11pm) KSh.600(Sat-Sun 6:30am-11pm) KSh.280(All Days 11pm-6.00am)
Class 5:Trucks,HGV 3.5T KSh.2000(Mon-Fri 6:30am-11pm) KSh.1500(Sat-Sun 6:30am-11pm) KSh.1000(All Days 11pm-6.00am)
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#7 Posted : Friday, August 19, 2011 7:31:22 PM
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The Toll station & Weigh bridge will be located just after the Kimbo overpass on your way to Thika, just next Ruiru Golf Club.

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#8 Posted : Friday, August 19, 2011 7:45:45 PM
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GGK wrote:
The Toll station & Weigh bridge will be located just after the Kimbo overpass on your way to Thika, just next Ruiru Golf Club.



Weka link - no need to make claims without supporting evidence.
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#9 Posted : Friday, August 19, 2011 7:53:11 PM
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Now, now, now...For those coming from Nyeri, Embu, Meru, Nanyuki, Thika, Garissa, Isiolo e. t.c and cannot afford to pay the toll charges does it mean that will be locked out from doing business in Nairobi given that Thika road is the only way to access the city from these areas?
I may be wrong but toll roads the world over usually have adjacent toll free roads that road users can opt for just in case they can't afford the toll charges or just feel like not paying the toll. Thika road has no alternatives if you are coming from the above areas.
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Ndaragwa
#10 Posted : Friday, August 19, 2011 8:00:43 PM
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Mpenzi wrote:
GGK wrote:
The Toll station & Weigh bridge will be located just after the Kimbo overpass on your way to Thika, just next Ruiru Golf Club.



Weka link - no need to make claims without supporting evidence.


Well, here is the link - http://thikaroad.blogspot.com/

I am not sure I would call it evidence, but the charges are posted here
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#11 Posted : Friday, August 19, 2011 9:36:10 PM
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Ndaragwa wrote:
Mpenzi wrote:
GGK wrote:
The Toll station & Weigh bridge will be located just after the Kimbo overpass on your way to Thika, just next Ruiru Golf Club.



Weka link - no need to make claims without supporting evidence.


Well, here is the link - http://thikaroad.blogspot.com/

I am not sure I would call it evidence, but the charges are posted here



Evidence kweli !!
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#12 Posted : Saturday, August 20, 2011 5:16:01 AM
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Thats a blog. Nothing from the GOK.
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#13 Posted : Saturday, August 20, 2011 9:53:03 AM
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Let them try!
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#14 Posted : Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:19:22 AM
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simonkabz wrote:
Let them try!

let call this, wild allegations for the time being.
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Mpenzi
#15 Posted : Sunday, August 21, 2011 10:27:42 AM
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Ndaragwa wrote:
Is it true that Thika Road will be a toll Road?
See the following link http://thikaroad.blogspot.com/

If truly Thika road will be toll road - How would toll charges affect real estate developments along the road?



I suspect this blogger is simply trying to get Wazuans to visit his site offering baseless information on tolls.
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Ndaragwa
#16 Posted : Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:26:02 PM
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I suspect this blogger is simply trying to get Wazuans to visit his site offering baseless information on tolls.[/quote]

The information was not posted by a blogger. Some of us use the blog site http://thikaroad.blogspot.com/ to get updates on Thika Road since we are out of Nairobi but interested on progress. I only asked whether introduction of toll charges would have a impact on ever increasing property prices along Thika Road. I cannot vouch for authenticity of information posted in the blogg, but has been an informative source of updates on Thika road construction progress.
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mukiha
#17 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 8:45:22 AM
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How young are you people?

I ask because Thika road had a toll station located near the point where we now have the Ruiru weigh-bridge station. But it was not the only one - Mombasa highway had one at the Athi River turn-off, and the weighbridge station at Gilgil on the Nakuru highway was initially built as a toll station.

Toll stations were then done away with and the funds collection were replaced with the Road Maintenance Fuel Levy.

there is absolutely no truth in the suggestion that Thika road will be a toll road! This is just a pigment of the imagination of some young, bored blogger who wants to build traffic to their website by convincing us that toll roads are the way of the future!

Sorry, in Kenya, toll stations are the way of the past - we tried them 20 years ago, the idea didn't work and we demolished them.
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#18 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 8:51:02 AM
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Oh; and by the way. Toll roads are usually private roads... perhaps that's why our trial didn't work because all our roads are public.
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#19 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 10:03:17 AM
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mukiha wrote:
How young are you people?

I ask because Thika road had a toll station located near the point where we now have the Ruiru weigh-bridge station. But it was not the only one - Mombasa highway had one at the Athi River turn-off, and the weighbridge station at Gilgil on the Nakuru highway was initially built as a toll station.

Toll stations were then done away with and the funds collection were replaced with the Road Maintenance Fuel Levy.

there is absolutely no truth in the suggestion that Thika road will be a toll road! This is just a pigment of the imagination of some young, bored blogger who wants to build traffic to their website by convincing us that toll roads are the way of the future!

Sorry, in Kenya, toll stations are the way of the past - we tried them 20 years ago, the idea didn't work and we demolished them.


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#20 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 10:33:00 AM
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mukiha wrote:
How young are you people?

I ask because Thika road had a toll station located near the point where we now have the Ruiru weigh-bridge station. But it was not the only one - Mombasa highway had one at the Athi River turn-off, and the weighbridge station at Gilgil on the Nakuru highway was initially built as a toll station.

Toll stations were then done away with and the funds collection were replaced with the Road Maintenance Fuel Levy.

there is absolutely no truth in the suggestion that Thika road will be a toll road! This is just a pigment of the imagination of some young, bored blogger who wants to build traffic to their website by convincing us that toll roads are the way of the future!

Sorry, in Kenya, toll stations are the way of the past - we tried them 20 years ago, the idea didn't work and we demolished them.


Which pigment are you suggesting red yellow or blue?

You are being very presumptuous about toll roads, they are not a way of the past but an direction of the future. The overpass that is to be built from Athi river to waiyaki way will have toll stations using public private funding.
Road users will be expected to pay premium rates to enjoy some of this services.
Road maintenance fuel levy fund is for ......MAINTENANCE. The monies raised from this fund is now where near enough what is required to construct and upgrade the road and other infrastructure in the country hence the infrastructure bonds, loans from IMF and other institutions.

Tolls will be a way to raise this funds the signs are everywhere for you to see, don't be myopic!
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