Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has proposed the introduction of toll stations in highways to facilitate payments on major highways across the country that kenyans will pay to use in transportation.
According to the Cabinet Secretary, the highways will undergo an introduction of toll stations in highways where road users will pay certain ammounts that will help in construction and rehabilitation of roads countrywide.
The CS was speaking on Friday during the launch of the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) 2023-2027 Strategic Plan where he listed the roads that will have the toll stations installed for the revenue collection.
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The major highways listed by the Transport Cabinet Secretary include: Athi River-Namanga Road, Galleria-Rongai-Ngong-Karen shopping centre road, Mombasa to Malaba road, Corridor C and D roads which are; Museum Hill-Moyale road and Sirare- Lodwar road respectively. Kiambu Road was also included in the list.
Murkomen added that the government was committed to raise alternative funds for the improvement of road networks across the country.
“We will make sure that, from all those tolled roads, the resources are transferred back to the people of Kenya by giving them quality roads.”
The plan according to Murkomen will see the construction of over 2,000 KM of roads across the country in ensuring ease of transportation and opening up of interior areas with no roads in the country.
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He also hinted that the toll stations installations will cost the tax payer and the government an average of Ksh700 million across the major roads that have been listed.
Backing Murkomen’s proposal was the KENHA’s Director General Kung’u Ndung’u who said that the agency had identified a major challenge in durability among major roads and the new proposal will go a long way in ensuring mantainance and construction of more roads.