Last Updated 13 years ago by Kenya Engineer
By Mercy Nduati
Thika road and major highways users will soon be required to pay toll fees. Consultants will advice on the modalities of operating tolling stations on key highways.
The consultant will advise and invite firms to bid for tolling tenders on major highways, including the Mombasa-Nairobi highway and Thika Superhighway.
The transaction adviser will supervise the feasibility studies and make the competitive search for companies that will be awarded the concessions to put up and manage toll stations under a Public Private Partnership model.
The first tolling stations will be put up on Thika Road by mid next year. National Treasury said that there is a probability of extending this to Thika-Marua-Nyeri road. The other road to be tolled is Mombasa-Nairobi-Nakuru transport corridor that will have five toll stations by mid 2016.
Mombasa will have two toll stations, Mariakani and at Machakos turn off, Nairobi-Nakuru highway will have three toll stations Rironi, Naivasha and Lanet.
Individuals, associations and other firms invited to bid are those from the environmental and social departments, traffic and engineering consultant and legal consultant.
This comes after the Transport and Infrastructure ministry planned to hand over the maintenance of roads to private sector firms. Funds collected will be used to maintain roads meaning that road users will bear the cost of road repairs.
The firms selected will manage the roads through long-term concessions.
Extract: Standard Digital News
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