Nairobi-Mau Summit Highway Project

project in tender

The project involves the Design, Build, Finance, Operate, Maintain and Transfer (DBFOMT) basis, Nairobi Mau Summit A8 Highway (175 km) into a 4 lane dual carriageway and in the due course its further development into a 6 lane carriageway in sections depending upon traffic volumes; strengthening of 57.8 km of the A8-South highway between Rironi and Naivasha via Mai Mahiu.This Project forms part of the Trans-African Highway (Northern Corridor), part of the main transport route serving East and Central African Countries through the Indian Ocean seaport of Mombasa. The proposed Project is an expansion and improvement of the existing Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit road. It is part of the A8 highway and the Northern Corridor, which connects the Port of Mombasa via Nairobi to Malaba at the border with Uganda, and onwards to Kampala. The Northern Corridor is the busiest and most important transport corridor in East and Central Africa, providing a gateway through Kenya from Mombasa Port via road, rail and pipeline to the landlocked countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and Eastern DR Congo.