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Plans in high gear for East African coast highway

KeNHA works on a road in the country. The Kenya-Tanzania highway is considered a major component of the region’s corridor network. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  Anthony Kitimo

Correspondent based in Mombasa, Kenya

Nation Media Group

The Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) has started the process to construct part of the 460-kilometre East African Coastal Corridor development project.

Tenders were advertised for the two phases of the 13.5km Mombasa—Mtwapa (A7) section, which entails the construction of a four-lane dual carriageway.

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