Congestion at Kikuyu town in Kiambu will be reduced after a 4.1km extension of the Southern Bypass is complete.
Kikuyu Town MCA Binary Wainaina yesterday said the road starts from PCEA in the town and passes at the Steel Rolling mill.
It ends at Sigona, where it joins the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
He said builder China Road and Bridges Corporation agreed to tarmack the road to ease movement.
“The town is congested since it lies in the middle of the Southern Bypass. The many motorists and pedestrians end up create a huge jam,” Wainaina said.
Resident John Waweru said the road will open up the area to better business. “There so many buildings, flats and residents who live in the area and go to town daily,” Waweru said.
However, the MCA said the expansion is hampered by the electricity poles erected a long time ago.
Wainaina said the contractor and his office has asked Kenya Power to move the electricity lines for about three metres to accomodate the design of the road.
He said the poles and lines with transformers lie where the drainage and the pedestrian walk were to be built.
An engineer who didn’t want to be quoted said Kenya Power has agreed to move the poles and would assign the job to an electricity contractor.
Wainaina is appealing to Kenya Power managing director Ben Chumo to ensure the poles and trasformers are moved in time.
