Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
The ministry of roads will today launch the Roads 2000 Strategic Plan 2013-2017 at the KICC.The plan which runs from July 2013 to June 2018 will involve all road agencies.
In line with Vision 2030, Roads 2000 is one of the flagship programmes within the social Pillar whose objective is to invest in the people of Kenya so as to improve their quality of life. The programme aims at providing employment-based social protection for rural and urban poor especially the youth.
In 1997, the government launched its strategic plan for the roads sector. The plan spells out implementation strategies and work methods for road maintenance. The work methods for part of the institutional reforms of the Ministry of Roads and Public Works (MoRPW).
“Through the R2000 programme, the country has been able to save foreign exchange that would have been used to import equipment, fuel, lubricants and spare parts”, said the minister for roads, Franklin Bett in a statement.
The main outputs expected at the end of the plan period include routine maintenance (34,000km),periodic maintenance (12,200km),rehabilitation (1,360km),upgrading (609km),new construction (700km) as well as create about 23 million person-days employment.
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