Buildings to be demolished along outer ring road as Sh8bn work on Outer Ring road begins Thursday

 

Thousands of traders operating on Outer Ring Road in Nairobi’s Eastlands are staring at eviction as expansion of the road begins this week.

Some of the buidings to be domolished is the East gate building housing Naivas Supermarket in donholm, Mavuno church donholm, Dimples supermarket at mutindwa, the petrol station in donholm and many other building in tassia and embakasi

By design, the Sh8.5 billion project involves creation of two-lane passages on each side of the road as well as a 9-metre Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor to be incorporated at a later stage.

Among the most affected are thousands of small-scale traders running kiosks on the busy road.

A number of petrol stations, garages, furniture shops, commercial and residential buildings along the route that connects the Eastern bypass to Thika superhighway will have to pave way for the