Kenya road surfacing contract awarded

Road surfacing work worth US$150 million will be carried out in Kenya on the routes connecting Modogashe to Habaswein and Samatar as well as Rhamu to Mandera. The work involves surfacing a total of 143km of roads. This will be carried out jointly by Hass Consortium-GVR Infra and Shandong Hi-Speed Nile Investment Company, supported by the Stanbic Bank of Kenya. The contract will take 30 months to complete, while Shandong Hi-Speed Nile Investment Company also has a deal for the PPP package that involves maint
September 11, 2018 Read time: 1 min
Road surfacing work worth US$150 million will be carried out in Kenya on the routes connecting Modogashe to Habaswein and Samatar as well as Rhamu to Mandera. The work involves surfacing a total of 143km of roads. This will be carried out jointly by Hass Consortium-GVR Infra and Shandong Hi-Speed Nile Investment Company, supported by the Stanbic Bank of Kenya. The contract will take 30 months to complete, while Shandong Hi-Speed Nile Investment Company also has a deal for the PPP package that involves maintaining the roads over a 10-year period. Stanbic Bank and China Exim Bank are partnering to deliver a financing package. The package of works is one of many that the Kenyan Government is awarding for road maintenance. In all some 10,000km of roads will be maintained in the country.
Asphalt milling, paving & compaction

Related Content

  • Kenya road construction project awarded
    April 30, 2021
    A major Kenyan road construction project has been awarded.
    Read More
  • A new tunnel project for Turkey is a significant move
    December 12, 2012
    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supplying a finance package worth US$150 million for the new Bosphorus crossing project in Turkey. Running under the Bosphorus at Istanbul, the new tunnel will connect both European and Asian sides of the city. The EBRD’s $150 million loan completes $1.4 billion worth of financing required for the Eurasia Tunnel project, being built under the Bosphorus straits. Other components of the $1.4 billion financing package for this PPP project include a
    Read More
  • Plans in hand for major Ethiopian road programme
    September 22, 2014
    In Ethiopia plans are in hand for a series of major road projects. The Ethiopian Government has set out a programme of road building contracts to expand the country’s transportation network. The Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) intends to build 600km of roads in the 2014/2015 fiscal year. This will extend Ethiopia’s road network from 4,671-5,275km. However AACRA still requires some £189.5 million to complete this project. So far AACRA has received US$305 million from Addis Ababa City Administration,
    Read More
  • Ethiopia road contract awarded
    March 4, 2016
    Work on a major road project now looks set to commence shortly in Ethiopia. The US$221.7 million project will be carried out by a joint venture comprising Indian contractor IL&FS Transportation Networks (IL&FS) and its fully-owned Spanish arm Elsamex. The new highway is for an 84.56km route connecting Agamsa-Bure as well as an 86.1km stretch from Nekempte-Anger Gutin-Andhode. Financing for the work is being supplied by the World Bank and the work is expected to take eight years to complete. IL&FS won the pa
    Read More

Highlighted Content