[Image]Motorists intending to use the Nairobi Expressway will have to dig deeper into their pockets as the government revises toll rates up, by 16 per cent.The Sh88 billion expressway has 11 interchanges at Mlolongo, Standard Gauge Railway, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Eastern Bypass, Southern Bypass, Capital Centre, Haile Selassie Avenue, Museum Hill, Westlands, and James Gichuru Road.The expressway, with 18.2km on the ground and 8.9km elevated, is a class A, four-lane dual carriageway with a design speed of 80km per hour.In the new rates, salon cars using the yet to be commissioned Nairobi Expressway from Mlolongo to the James Gichuru exit in Westlands will pay Sh360 from the initial Sh310.Here is the breakdown:James Gichuru to JKIA and Eastern bypass ---360James Gichuru to Southern bypass -----240James Gichuru to Capital Centre and Haile Selassie Avenue ----180James Gichuru to Museum Hill -----120 Westlands to JKIA ----300Westlands to Easter Bypass ----240Westlands to Southern Bypass and Capital Centre ----180Westlands to Museum Hill and Haile Selassie -----120Museum Hill to JKIA and Eastern Bypass --- 240Museum Hill to Southern Bypass -----180Museum Hill to Capital Centre and Haile Selassie ----120 Haile Selassie to JKIA-----240Haile Selassie to Eastern Bypass -----180Haile Selassie to Southern Bypass -----120Haile Selassie to Capital Centre -----120Haile Selassie to Museum Hill -----120Haile Selassie to Westlands ----120 Capital Centre to JKIA ----180Capital Centre to Eastern Bypass ----180Capital Centre to Southern Bypass ----120Capital Centre to Museum Hill ----120Capital Centre to Westlands ----180Capital Centre to James Gichuru ----180 Southern Bypass to JKIA -----180Southern Bypass to Eastern Bypass -----120Southern Bypass to Capital Centre -----120Southern Bypass to Museum Hill -----180Southern Bypass to Westlands -----180Southern Bypass to James Gichuru -----240 Eastern Bypass to JKIA ----120Eastern Bypass to Southern Bypass ----120Eastern Bypass to Capital Centre ----180Eastern Bypass to Museum Hill ----240Eastern Bypass to Westlands ----240Eastern Bypass to James Gichuru----300 JKIA to Eastern Bypass ----- 120JKIA to Southern Bypass ----- 180JKIA to Capital Centre ----- 180JKIA to Museum Hill ----- 240JKIA to Westlands ----- 300JKIA to James Gichuru ----- 300 SGR to Eastern Bypass ----120SGR to Southern Bypass ----180SGR to Capital Centre ----240SGR to Museuem Hill ----300SGR to Capital Westlands ----300SGR to James Gichuru ----300 Mlolongo to SGR ----120Mlolongo to Eastern Bypass ----180Mlolongo to Southern Bypass ----240Mlolongo to Capital Centre ----240Mlolongo to Museum Hill ----300Mlolongo to Westlands ----360Mlolongo to James Gichuru ----360The Government had announced that it will conduct test runs in this month ahead of the commissioning of the expressway by President Uhuru Kenyatta.As of March, the Cabinet Secretary for Transport James Macharia had updated that the construction of the expressway stood at 95 per cent.The bulk of the work along the 27.1 km road, being the main infrastructure was said to be completed with the focus shifted to ancillary infrastructure.Moja Expressway, a subsidiary of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), will operate the road for 27 years to recoup the money through toll fees.CRBC is responsible for designing, financing and building the expressway, and will maintain and operate it during the concession period.Several activities have also been prohibited on the expressway, including graffiti and scribbling on expressway property and setting up billboards without prior authorisation. BY MPASHO NEWS
posted by Breaking Kenya news at 15:54 on 24 Apr 2022
"Full breakdown of charges on all the stages of the Nairobi expressway"
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