By BONFACE OTIENOMore by this AuthorThe Treasury has allocated Sh5.53 billion to be used in the construction of special lanes for high-capacity buses in efforts to decongest Nairobi roads. “Increase is on account of donor commitment and provision for procurement of bus rapid transport,” said the Treasury in the supplementary budget for the year ending June. Government officials said earlier they would construct overhead pedestrian crossings every kilometre for passengers to access the pickup points on the special lanes. In the city centre, the special lanes will be constructed along roads such as the Haile Selassie Avenue, Moi Avenue, Kenyatta Avenue and University Way, according to the agency’s designs. In 2016, Dar became the first city in East Africa to launch a BRT system, which has helped ease public transport.

Source: Daily Nation May 17, 2019 13:18 UTC