I was in Runda yesterday and noticed that a section of the new northern bypass traversing the estate has been opened to traffic. I used the bypass but noticed that it doesn't connect to the existing roads within Runda but rather all junctions are designed with the new road being an overpass over the Runda roads meaning you can't get from the bypass into Runda. This is unlike in Thome where one would access the estate from the bypass, and at the Kiambu road junction where despite having an overpass there is a side road connecting Kiambu road to the bypass. There is also a beautiful roundabout connecting the bypass to Windsor Hotel and Ridgeways/Garden estate.

I asked one of the road construction workers why I couldn't access Runda from the bypass and he told me that some Runda residents 'refused' to have the bypass connect any of the existing Runda roads and that the contractors have lodged a court case. How true is this? And if it is true, should some citizens be allowed to interfere with infrastructure development in such a way? Does it mean (some willing) Runda residents won't be able to use the bypass despite it traversing their estate?

I also noticed that some Runda residents living along the bypass are increasing the walls of their compounds to ridiculous heights probably so that the hoi polloi using the bypass 'don't see into their compounds'.

But you have to agree that the KCB Pension Estate is beautiful. It would have been even more so had the road not run right next to it.

Passed by Runda yesterday and noticed that the residents were enforcing this by blocking the rough unofficial access road to the bypass! Have gone ahead and dug trenches across the road........

The asinine decision on the part of a vocal minority of Runda folks to push for no ingress/egress directly from the by pass will come back to bite them.

Everyone who lives in Runda knows how congested Ruaka Road is on a daily basis. These are both residents and non-residents using this road. Where is everyone headed? They are trying to make their way to United Nations Drive.

Why there is no exit off the by pass to United Nations Drive is a question only the featherheads who argued for this can answer. Is that not why a roundabout was created at Ruaka/UN Drive in the first place?

I can only hope a fellow Runda resident with some common sense will take the lead of the Association and abide by the wishes of a silent majority of us.

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