Proposed site of pedestrian bridge at Liwatoni in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, StandardCoastIt was also revealed that the Chinese contractor is already on site at Liwatoni with materialsThe proposed temporary bridge across the Likoni Channel in Mombasa will cost Sh1.7 billion, officials announced yesterday. The bridge has been established by National Security Council in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, to check congestion on ferries on the channel. Kenya's top security organ approved a plan to erect a temporary 529-metre floating bridge across Likoni Channel to ease congestion on ferries and lower risk of contracting Covid-19 on the vessels, a document by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) reveals. "Construction of the floating pedestrian bridge is a high-level decision in the government response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the human congestion at the Likoni Channel," according to the report, which indicates the project has been awarded to M/S China Road and Bridge Corporation by the State Department of Infrastructure.

Source: Standard Digital June 15, 2020 18:21 UTC