KENYA’S SALGAA AND SACHANGWAN ROAD TO BE EXPANDED.

Salgaa and Sachangwan road expansion aimed at reducing accidents. 

Dual-ling of the Salgaa and Sachangwan on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway is on ongoing. The US$7.4 million project will last for one year.

Over 100 people died of accident on this road last year, hence the decision to dual the highway. China Railways will contract the construction of the 22 km road from Sobea to Mau Summit. There will be road signs to educate road users as well as reduce accident to the minimum.

“We have been witnessing many accidents on this route for many years and we always feel bad seeing people dying here. We appreciate that could now be a thing of the past,” Mr Josephat Karanja, a Sachangwan resident said.

A station will be built  to check vehicle braking systems since many of the accidents were blamed on brake failures.

“We dread accidents, especially over the festive season. For long we have asked the government to come up with a solution and now we appreciate it has done something,” said Ms Lucy Wangari, a Salgaa trader.

Last December, 36 Kenyans lost their lives at Salgaa. The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) imposed a night travel ban for public service vehicles which was then lifted by the High Court Judge Chacha Mwita.

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