Eastleigh to get new face of infrastructure by end of year

Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer

Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) says it is less than ten months away to completely refurbishing the transport and drainage system of Eastleigh town in Nairobi. KURA is working on the town’s poor roads and drainage system that it has for a long time been known for.

Speaking to Kenya Engineer, Mr.Cheboi of KURA noted that the authority was 30 per cent complete with its works there. “The works will be complete within seven and eight months”, said Mr.Cheboi. Transport in the busy town has for a long time been affected by the poor state of roads. The Drainage system in the place is also a trouble to the residents and business operators. The long rains are known to worsen the situation in the place but this will soon be a thing of the past once the authority completes works in the place. Other than Eastleigh, KURA is also undertaking road works in Bomas, Kaswea in Eldoret, Upperhill and in Riverside. The Kaswea road project is according to Mr.Cheboi 40 per cent complete while the Upperhill project is ongoing at 35% complete. The Bomas road project had been scheduled for completion this May but that would not be so following arising issues of land. The authority will have to acquire land for the road works which will affect several houses in the area.