Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has announced that the construction of Lot 1, Phase 1 of the Bagamoyo-Tanga-Horohoro/Lungalunga-Malindi Road Project connecting Kenya and Tanzania, is nearly halfway finished.
Phase 1 of the project is divided into two: Lot 1, which is the Mombasa-Mtwapa section, and Lot 2, which is the Mtwapa-Kwa Kadzengo-Kilifi.
In a statement on his official X account on Monday, July 28, the PS claimed that Lot 1, which is the 13.5km long Mombasa-Mtwapa section that runs between Nyali Bridge and Mtwapa Bridge, is 43 per cent complete.
Omollo claimed that the construction of the section, which began in November 2022, includes the establishment of 2.5km of dual carriageway, 1 km of service road, 1 box culvert, 4 overpass bridges, 4.3 km of trunk drain, and 6 km of U-drains.