Motorists plying the Langata Road will experience less traffic after the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) officially opened the overpass to the public on Friday.

The overpass was constructed to ease traffic along Langata Road especially at the T-Mall roundabout

Vehicles headed to Ongata Rongai and Magadi to pass over an elevated road to the Shell Petrol Station next to the Wilson Airport. 

Vehicles headed to Mbagathi Road, South C and Wilson Airport, on the other hand, will use the underpass.

The project was con conceptualised under the Public-Private Partnership between the Government of Kenya and its Spanish counterpart.

According to KeNHA, the project was implemented under the EPC/Turnkey Contract framework and was signed between KeNHA and the Contractor, M/s CENTUNION Espanola de Coordinacion Tecnica Y Financiera, S.A of Spain at a cost of EUR 23,250,000.

“The project is being implemented under the EPC/Turnkey Contract framework and was signed between KeNHA and the Contractor, M/s CENTUNION Espanola de Coordinacion Tecnica Y Financiera, S.A of Spain at Contract Sum of EUR 23,250,000,” KeNHA said.