James Gichuru Road Junction – Rironi Highway, Kenya

Rehabilitation and capacity enhancement of James Gichuru Road Junction – Rironi Highway (A104) in Kenya. The subject road section is part of the A104 international highway which starts at Namanga and proceeds northwestwards to Athi River where it takes a northeasterly direction to proceed to the Kenya/Uganda Border at Malaba. The section is located in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties. Major items of works include: earthworks; cold milling of existing pavement layers; recycling of the road surface after cold milling, with addition of cement and graded crushed stone to form subbase; provision of a stress absorbing membrane interlayer, provision of base using dense bitumen macadam; provision of surfacing using asphalt concrete with surface dressing or using concrete; construction of new culverts and removal of existing culverts; new box culverts/bridges in place of existing box culverts/bridges or box culvert/bridge improvements including widening; new storm water drainage system; other drainage improvements as specified; construction of facilities for non-motorised traffic; construction of facilities for socio-economic enhancement and roadside amenities; construction of service roads and collector roads; construction of heavy vehicle parking facilities and high speed weigh in motion facilities; provision of street lighting along the highway; HIV/AIDS mitigation measures; road safety improvement measures. Estimated project value : U$158 million. The GPS co-ordinates are -1.2765292, 36.7713079