The upcoming Green Park bus terminus at Railways Club. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU
About six months after taking the reins of Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), Major General Mohammed Badi announced an ambitious plan.
That was September and the NMS Director General said by end of November, all public service vehicles (PSVs) will be out of Nairobi central business district (CBD).
According to Maj Gen Badi, the development was part of a wider plan to decongest the capital’s CBD and it was being finalised ahead of a launch by President Uhuru Kenyatta in November.
The relocation strategy was to see matatus plying Ngong and Lang’ata Roads (Kawangware, Kikuyu, Kibera, Lang’ata, Rongai, Kiserian) terminate their journey at the Green Park terminus, popularly known as Railways Club.
Matatus to be relocated from the CBD in phases
The new Green Park bus terminus designated by NMS at the Nairobi Railways club. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Matatus will relocate from the Central Business District in phases as the first bus terminus is expected to be ready by January, the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has announced.
Engineer Michael Ochieng, the NMS director of transport and public works, yesterday revealed that talks with stakeholders were at an advanced stage and the relocation of Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) was slated for mid-January 2021.
Notably, Desai, Green Park, and Park Road Termini are almost complete and will be the first to be open for use according to the de-congestion plan.
THE STANDARD By
Josphat Thiong’o |
December 24th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Matatus will relocate from the Central Business District in phases as the first bus terminus is expected to be ready by January, the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has announced.
Engineer Michael Ochieng, the NMS director of transport and public works, yesterday revealed that talks with stakeholders were at an advanced stage and the relocation of Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) was slated for mid-January 2021.
Notably, Desai, Green Park, and Park Road Termini are almost complete and will be the first to be open for use according to the de-congestion plan.
Ochieng said that in the phased re-opening plan, PSVs plying the Ngong and Langata Road routes, which will terminate at the Green Park terminus, will be the first to be relocated.
Already, Green Park, Desai and Park Road Termini are near completion and will be the first to be opened as part of the decongestion strategy.
He explained that the phased reopening will see public service vehicles (PSVs) plying the Ngong and Langata Road routes, which will be terminating at the Green Park terminus, the first to be relocated.
Thereafter, the next step will be relocating matatus and long distance PSVs from Mt Kenya and those from the Thika Superhighway – that have been terminating at Tea room, Accra Road – which will drop and pick passengers at Desai and Park Road termini in Ngara.