• Completed this week. President Uhuru Kenyatta expected to commission the terminus, date to be announced.
• Green Park bus terminus is located at Railways Club and will be the drop-off and pick-up points for matatus plying the Ngong and Lang’ata routes.
Green Park bus terminus at Railways Club will be completed by the end of this week.
The aim is to decongest the central business district. Boda bodas and taxis will use a tarmacked designated area.
It will be he drop-off and pick-up points for about 140 matus plying the Ngong and Lang’ata routes.
The terminus will have a small dispensary, a modern restaurant, mini-supermarket, police station and user-friendly ablution blocks at drop-off and pick-up points. It will use solar power.
The dispensary has been operating since January. About 3,000 people use the terminus daily but that number will increase greatly.
Green Park—named for its greenery—is the first terminus constructed by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services since it took charge of key city functions in March last year.
NMS director of transport and public works Engineer Michael Ochieng on Tuesday said the technical work was complete and almost everything else will be done before the end of the week.
It is expected to be commissioned by President Uhuru Kenyatta but the date was not given.
NMS director general Mohammed Badi inspected the terminus on Friday last week.
Ochieng said several successful matatu test runs already had been made at the terminus, from the entrance to the exit.
In January this year, NMS expanded the terminus accommodate boda bodas and taxis to provide connections for passengers alighting at the stage.
BRT buses will also be available for commuters who want to go to the CBD.
Transport director Ochieng said the aim of the CBD decongestion plan is to accommodate all stakeholders.
"Decongestion is more of an expansive exercise and we don’t want it to be branded as a matatu issue. We want to bring in taxis and boda bodas operating in the CBD," he said.
He said BRT buses are with Kenya Railways "but NMS will examine all options by the time we completely finish the terminus".
Director general Badi emphasised the ablution blocks will be hygienic and user-friendly to everyone, including PWDs and children.
"With all these plans, you can see why the launch of Green Park has been delayed," Badi said. "Roads have been completed and we are finishing setting up sheds.
Green Park is among other termini NMS is constructing along Workshop Road and in Westlands, Landhies–Muthurwa and the Globe Roundabout.
NMA will launch an integrated electronic system in the new termini to be used by matatus and commuters. The digital platform will notify matatu owners when PSVs can make their way to the termini and when commuters can be picked up and dropped off.
(Edited by V. Graham)