The national government has constructed 2,200 kilometres of roads in the coastal region at Sh144 billion since 2013.
The road projects are expected to spur economic growth and create jobs for more than four million residents.
Last week, the National Development Implementation Technical Committee toured the multi-billion shilling infrastructure projects at the Coast.
Infrastructure Principal Secretary Paul Maringa said the roads in Lamu, Kilifi, Mombasa, Kwale and Taita Taveta will continue to attract local and foreign investors.
“We have to appreciate the amount of investment committed in the six counties, we have completed several road projects spread across the region,” he said.
Maringa said out of the Sh144 billion, Sh95 billion was spent locally by purchasing construction materials.
“Some of the money allocated for these road projects went into the importation of other construction materials,” he said.
In Mombasa, the NDITC team of 18 principal secretaries inspected the Sh4.5 billion Makupa Causeway bridge construction.
The bridge is 56 per cent done and is scheduled to be launched in July.
It is expected to improve traffic along the busy Mombasa – Nairobi highway.
The group also inspected several mega infrastructural projects classified under Mombasa Port Area Road Development.
The road projects included the Sh11.5 billion Miritini- Mwache- Kipevu link road which is 100 per cent complete.
“This road is unique with provisions to the Mombasa Port, Moi International Airport, SGR Mombasa terminus, the Nairobi – Mombasa highway, the upcoming Northern Bypass and Mwache to Dongo Kundu and Dongo Kundu to Kibundani,” Maringa said.
The NDITC team inspected the Sh24.2 billion Mwache- Tsunza- Mteza road, which will connect Mombasa and Kwale counties.
The PS said the road will be interlinked with three bridges including the 1.4km Mteza bridge—the longest in East and Central Africa—and the Mwache and Tsunza bridges.
The road starts at the Mwache interchange and terminates at Dongo Kundu around Mwangala on the southern mainland of Mombasa.
They concluded their tour by inspecting the Mwache- Tsunza- Mteza and the Mteza- Kibundani road constructed at Sh4.8 billion, which connects to the old Likoni- Lungalunga- Tanzania highway.
The team said they were impressed with the progress and urged contractors to accelerate the remaining works to ensure they are completed within the stipulated time.
They said the mega infrastructure projects under Mombasa Port Area Road Development are game-changers to the North and South Coast counties.
They said besides the development of new trading centres along the corridor, the projects will revitalise tourism in the South Coast.
Visitors are expected to spend less than 25 minutes between Diani and Moi International Airport and Mombasa SGR terminus.
State House Chief Of Staff Nzioka Waita, who led the NDITC team, said more than 3,000 people have been directly employed since the inception of the projects.
“The President is committed to ensuring there is equity in the development of our nation that is why we are here to inspect the projects,” he said.
Edited by Kiilu Damaris
