The construction of a Sh2.9 billion office complex that will
house Kenya's road agencies is 40 per cent done and will be completed
September next year.
The building sits on a nine-acre piece of land in Embakasi near the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Kenya
National Highways Authority director-general Peter Munindia says the
office complex will host employees of Kenya Rural Roads Authority, Kenya
National Highways Authority, Kenya Urban Roads Authority, Kenya Roads
Board and Engineers Board of Kenya.
“Several
institutions have been established since the Kenya Roads Act was
enacted in 2007. However, these institutions have been housed in private
premises which, as public institutions, they are hard pressed to
afford,” said Mr Munindia.
“To
mitigate the various challenges, the government identified and secured a
nine-acre piece of land in the vicinity of JKIA where the complex is
being constructed”
The complex
occupies a gross floor area of 35,000 square metres consisting of lower
ground floors, suspended floors and a conference facility housing a
500-seater auditorium.
Construction work by China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Corporation started in March 2017.
The project is funded jointly by World Bank and the Kenya government on a ratio of 80 to 20 per cent.
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