Infrastructure
Plans for Second Nyali Bridge Gather Steam in Mombasa
The State has shortlisted three firms from a pool of five contractors that bid for the work.
Plans are afoot to build a second bridge at Nyali Crossing in Mombasa, with the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (Kura) set to pick a firm to work with after agreeing on costs and timeline.
Kura says it has shortlisted three firms from a pool of five contractors that bid for the work under a Public-Private Partnership model.
These include Nyali Connect Consortium, Consortium of IHI; Japan Overseas, Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development; and Acciona, and Strabag AG.
Kura will pick one of the companies for the actual construction works after negotiations.
“It is the qualified firm that the government will get into a deal with. We want to start negotiations and see who can offer the best deal from the three,” John Cheboi, Kura communications manager said on Wednesday.
Mr Cheboi said the State agency was awaiting the Treasury to renew the contract for consultant firm Deloitte, or to pick another company, which will steer the final negotiations.
The proposed second Nyali Bridge, a toll passage connecting Mombasa island and the Northern mainland, is part of an ambitious plan that seeks to decongest the Kenyan port city.
“When the bridge is put up we will have dealt with the congestion experienced by motorists from North Coast,” – Mombasa County Transport minister Tawfiq Balala
The bridge will be erected 500 metres to the east of the current Nyali Bridge – which was erected by a Japanese contractor in 1980 – and about 520 metres across Tudor Creek.
The passage, which will pass near the Tamarind Hotel, will start from Abdel Nasser Road on Mombasa Island to join Links Road on the Northern Mainland.
“It is clear that when the bridge is put up we will have dealt with the congestion experienced by motorists from North Coast,” Mombasa County Transport Minister Tawfiq Balala said.
The second Nyali Bridge project sets the stage for the construction of several toll motorways countrywide, as Kenya seeks to improve its national road network without taking loans.
Thika Road, the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, the Nairobi Southern Bypass, and the Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Road are other roads slated for tolling.
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