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Thika Road Expansion was a Mistake
ecstacy
#111 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:10:09 PM
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Guys, either way, all nairobi environs will eventually be congested, road expansion or not! The fix lies in a multi-prong approach to solving congestion not refusing to take the first steps into developing infrastructure!!! geez. The highways still need to be expanded with roundabouts knocked up (an engineers problem not tax-payers) & aggressively pursue by-passes without relenting to public pressure, the metro-rails built as is in the CURRENT planning & implementation, decentralize government services and pursue satellite cities like Konza. Give credit where it is due for once.
simonkabz
#112 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:12:43 PM
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It wasnt a mistake. We should now be talking of how we can improve the rail transport, which, I think, is in the pipeline. Its like saying 'I shouldnt have bought the TV, I should have taken the fridge instead' and yet u still need both in the end.
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FundamentAli
#113 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:24:53 PM
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With the Lamu project coming up, Isiolo's status will change. Most of the goods to Nairobi will pass through Isiolo as Mombasa has now exceeded its capacity. A dual carriageway is planned for the whole stretch. The other issues is roads are not built to serve us now, but to serve for he next25 or 50 years depending on the design life.
Mpenzi
#114 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:45:36 PM
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ecstacy wrote:
Guys, either way, all nairobi environs will eventually be congested, road expansion or not! The fix lies in a multi-prong approach to solving congestion not refusing to take the first steps into developing infrastructure!!! geez. The highways still need to be expanded with roundabouts knocked up (an engineers problem not tax-payers) & aggressively pursue by-passes without relenting to public pressure, the metro-rails built as is in the CURRENT planning & implementation, decentralize government services and pursue satellite cities like Konza. Give credit where it is due for once.


You have spoken like 10 wise women!
amga
#115 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:34:55 PM
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simonkabz wrote:
I just wish the expansion included the pot-holed crowded Kenol-Makutano section....too busy as meru and nyeri highway traffic converge here.

i have noticed those markers on trees and on fence posts that indicate road markings almost done on all before road construction and rumours once held that there is a dual carriage way coming. when i do not know i repeat these are rumours(dont lynch me)
'user'
#116 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:40:59 PM
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amga wrote:
simonkabz wrote:
I just wish the expansion included the pot-holed crowded Kenol-Makutano section....too busy as meru and nyeri highway traffic converge here.

i have noticed those markers on trees and on fence posts that indicate road markings almost done on all before road construction and rumours once held that there is a dual carriage way coming. when i do not know i repeat these are rumours(dont lynch me)

I heard some rumors on my way to londokwe some time back.people saying that thika road is a political project aimed at giving some counties a headstart.saw an article on daily nation on the same rumors later too.
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Alphie_O'makalwala
#117 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2:10:21 PM
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How I wish something could be done quickly on The Uhuru Highway, Outering Road and Southern Bypass. The full benefit of Thika Road would be realized. Am sure the CBD is not the final destination of all those coming from Thika. It reminds me of taking 3.5hrs driving from Kisumu to Westlands and then 1.5hrs from Westlands to Imara Daima due to the Jam.
GGK
#118 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:34:56 PM
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amga wrote:
simonkabz wrote:
I just wish the expansion included the pot-holed crowded Kenol-Makutano section....too busy as meru and nyeri highway traffic converge here.

i have noticed those markers on trees and on fence posts that indicate road markings almost done on all before road construction and rumours once held that there is a dual carriage way coming. when i do not know i repeat these are rumours(dont lynch me)



It is not a rumour any more Kenol-Marua section of A2 will be a dual carriage road in the future.


An advert was in the papers for Feasibility Study, Environmental and Socio–Economic Impact Studies and Detailed Engineering Design for Dualling ff Kenol – Sagana – Marua Road (A2).
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simonkabz
#119 Posted : Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:17:52 PM
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'user' wrote:
amga wrote:
simonkabz wrote:
I just wish the expansion included the pot-holed crowded Kenol-Makutano section....too busy as meru and nyeri highway traffic converge here.

i have noticed those markers on trees and on fence posts that indicate road markings almost done on all before road construction and rumours once held that there is a dual carriage way coming. when i do not know i repeat these are rumours(dont lynch me)

I heard some rumors on my way to londokwe some time back.people saying that thika road is a political project aimed at giving some counties a headstart.saw an article on daily nation on the same rumors later too.

The cancer eating this country remains tribalism. Having driven extensively on kenyan roads, Thika road project was long overdue, being the busiest in east n central Africa. The risk of the noble project getting unfair tribal n political tags runs high though. The appaling state of some other very important roads really irks me. Voi-Taveta, Eld-Ktl, Wby-Ksm, Ktl-S.Sudan, Outering, juja rd....Thank God most of them are soon to be given a facelift. BTW, the recently completed Sagana-Marua highway (A2) is now full of potholes barely 2yrs later, courtesy of one Kirinyaga Construction. ABK.
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Impunity
#120 Posted : Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:23:05 PM
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Alphie_O'makalwala wrote:
How I wish something could be done quickly on The Uhuru Highway, Outering Road and Southern Bypass. The full benefit of Thika Road would be realized. Am sure the CBD is not the final destination of all those coming from Thika. It reminds me of taking 3.5hrs driving from Kisumu to Westlands and then 1.5hrs from Westlands to Imara Daima due to the Jam.


Were you driving a Buggati-Veyron or something close to that, and you must have been driving between midnight and 3am and Kenya must have been under a state of emergency!
Again the road must have been very straight with no corners at all.d'oh!
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