The Mombasa-Mtwapa road, a critical section of the 460-kilometre East African Coastal Corridor road project, is almost complete, the government has announced.
In a statement, Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said the 13.5 km stretch, valued at Ksh7.5 billion, is 90 per cent complete, despite delays due to challenges that related to land acquisition and compensation, which threatened its progress. The road is a crucial component of the 460km stretch that links Kenya and Tanzania, otherwise known as the Malindi-Bagamoyo highway.
The multi-country highway stretches from Lunga Lunga in Kenya through Mombasa, Malindi and continues to Tanga via Bagamoyo in Tanzania. The project is being financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the governments of Kenya and Tanzania and will cost a total of Ksh97.2 billion ($751 million).
Additional support from the European Union also went into financing the project.
