{"id":124877,"date":"2025-11-17T15:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/rironi-mau-summit-road-dualling-to-commence-on-november-28-ruto\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:07:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:07:27","slug":"rironi-mau-summit-road-dualling-to-commence-on-november-28-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/rironi-mau-summit-road-dualling-to-commence-on-november-28-ruto\/","title":{"rendered":"Rironi-Mau Summit Road dualling to commence on November 28: Ruto"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 17 \u2014 President William Ruto has confirmed November 28, 2025 as the official start date for the dualling of the 170km Rironi\u2013Naivasha\u2013Mau Summit Road.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Head of State added that the government will also break ground on the same day for the 58km expansion of the Rironi\u2013Maai Mahiu\u2013Naivasha Road, a move expected to further enhance connectivity across the southern transport corridor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dualling of the 170km Rironi\u2013Naivasha\u2013Mau Summit Road begins on November 28, 2025,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

In an update on Monday following a meeting with China Communications Construction Company President Zhang Bingman, whose subsidiary China Roads and Bridges Corporation (CRBC) will build the road, Ruto described the planned groundbreaking as a major milestone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis will herald a major milestone for this critical part of the Northern Corridor between Nairobi and Western Kenya \u2014 facilitating movement, boosting trade, and bringing an end to decades of agonising gridlock, congestion, delays, and disastrous accidents. On the same day, we will also break ground for the 58km dualling of the Rironi\u2013Maai Mahiu\u2013Naivasha road, opening new frontiers on a highway that serves the southern part of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Central artery <\/h2>\n

The Rironi\u2013Mau Summit stretch is a vital section of the Northern Corridor, linking Nairobi, Nakuru, and Western Kenya, and serving as a central artery for regional freight and passenger traffic.<\/p>\n

<\/a>China Communications Construction Company President Zhang Bingman\/PCS<\/p>\n

According to the government, upgrading the corridor to a modern dual carriageway is expected to significantly cut travel times, reduce vehicle operating costs, and enhance road safety \u2014 particularly for heavy transport.<\/p>\n

The project will be implemented through a Public\u2013Private Partnership (PPP) under a 30-year Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain-Transfer model involving a consortium of China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and Kenya\u2019s National Social Security Fund (NSSF).<\/p>\n

Motorists will pay a toll of Sh8 per kilometre, subject to a 1 percent annual adjustment, with charges based on distance travelled across eight toll stations.<\/p>\n

Government estimates place the cost of the six-lane project at US$700 million, with ownership retained by the state while the private partner finances and operates the infrastructure.<\/p>\n

President Ruto emphasized that the upgraded four- to six-lane design \u2014 replacing an earlier two-lane proposal \u2014 will adequately meet future traffic demands.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 17 \u2014 President William Ruto has confirmed November 28, 2025 as the official start date for the dualling of the 170km Rironi\u2013Naivasha\u2013Mau Summit Road. The Head of State added that the government will also break ground on the same day for the 58km expansion of the Rironi\u2013Maai Mahiu\u2013Naivasha Road, a move expected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}