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Road Network Expansion and Upgrading Programme
To upgrade road networkThe aim is to construct 1,950 km of new roads by 2012 by developing and effectivelymanaging a robust road system that will require minimum maintenance. This strategy will involve carrying out 20 feasibility and design studies; provision of 1,950 km of roads to all major production, marketing and consumption areas; provision of legal framework to repossess illegally acquired land on road reserves, and the expansion of 1,103 km of road width to provide for non-motorised-transport (NMT). Under the road transport policy, road concessioning will be introduced on Nairobi bypasses and major roads, including sections of the Northern Corridor route (Mombasa-Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit-Eldoret-Malaba and Mau Summit-Kisumu-Busia); Machakos turnoff-Nairobi-Rironi (and including the Uhuru Highway); Waiyaki Way; and Westlands toRironi sections. It is expected that at least 3 concessions will be accomplished by 2012.
Roads investment policy: A new road sector policy was ratified by Parliament in 2006. This was followed by an enactment of the Kenya Roads Act 2007. During the Plan period, the following will be undertaken: full implementation of the Sessional Paper No. 5 of 2006 on the Management of the Roads Sub-sector for Sustainable development; establishment and operationalisation of the three autonomous road sector agencies Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) and Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) by the end of 2008 to develop and maintain the entire national road network. This operation will cost Kshs 450 million. Additionally will be the preparation and implementation of the Road Investment Plan (2008-2018) as well as the full harmonisation of legislative framework governing roads.
