This follows the announcement of tendering process for the restoration of the roads which have been categorised into different lots.
The roads include Garage Road, Homa Bay Road, Workshop Road, Pate Road, and Dar es Salaam Road as part of Lot 1 roads in the area.
Lot 2 include Busia and Kampala Roads, Lot 3, Gilgil, Bamburi, and Changamwe Roads while Lot 4 roads are Dakar, Funzi, Athi River and Addis Ababa Roads.
For Lot 5, the targeted roads are Catalysts Road, Machakos Road, Baricho road and Wundany Road while Lot 6 include Rangwe, Mareba, Hola, Lusingeti and Kitui Roads.
Migwani Road, Isiolo, Bandari, Wajir, Chogoria and Jirore Roads under Lot 7 are also targeted for rehabilitation the same as Butere, Yarrow, Bunyala and Factory Street under Lot 8.
Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has set in motion plans to replace human garbage sweepers in the central business district (CBD).
This follows the introduction of high-tech mechanical sweepers by the Major General Mohamed Badi-led administration to clean the CBD.
The deployment of the three new state-of-the-art mechanical sweepers is aimed at reducing over-reliance on labour-intensive human sweepers.
The addition of the three new sweepers brings to six the total number of mechanical sweepers at the disposal of NMS with three other having been in use since late last year.
The new fleet will complement three smaller capacity scarab street sweepers, which were among the vehicles by the government entity rehabilitated in the first phase.
MoodyÕs restaurant along Mama Ngina Street, Nairobi on December 27, 2020. PHOTO LUCY WANJIRU
Nairobi central business district (CBD) has been synonymous with congestion, entertainment spots, garbage, parking boys, and dilapidated roads.
However, a wind of fresh air is steadily sweeping across the city centre heralding a transformation that has seen the CBD welcome a new face.
Most of the night clubs are gone, a non-motorized transport (NMT) has been implemented, roads have been re-carpeted, garbage issue dealt with and parking boys’ numbers controlled.
Kenyatta Avenue, Wabera and Muindi Mbingu Streets have been transformed into NMT corridors with pedestrian and cycle paths constructed in the three streets by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).