The objective of theLAPSSET project is to open up northern Kenya and provide a reliable transport corridor for Ethiopia and Southern Sudan.
The following components will be constructed:
- A standard gauge railway line;
- A new road network;
- An oil pipeline, crude oil pipeline and refined oil pipeline from Lamu to Jubaa and Ethiopia;
- An oil refinery at Lamu with capacity of 120,000 barrels per day;
- A modern oil terminal at Lamu port to facilitate tanker loading and offloading;
- A refined petroleum products pipeline from Lamu connecting to the existing Mombasa-Kampala pipeline
- International airports at Lamu, Isiolo and Lokichoggio;
- A free port at Lamu (Manda Bay) including three berths to handle container, conventional and bulk cargo vessels, Lamu Port Management Building, Lamu Port Police Station and staff housing, and dispensary and a club house;
- Three resort cities in Lamu (at Manda Bay), Isiolo and on the shores of Lake Turkana; and
- 1,420km 220 KV double circuit electricity transmission line along the LAPSSET Corridor.
