{"id":132145,"date":"2026-02-25T17:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/after-years-of-waiting-nithi-bridge-rebuild-set-to-commence\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:02:52","slug":"after-years-of-waiting-nithi-bridge-rebuild-set-to-commence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/after-years-of-waiting-nithi-bridge-rebuild-set-to-commence\/","title":{"rendered":"After years of waiting, Nithi Bridge rebuild set to commence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has commenced the reconstruction for the long-awaited Tharaka Nithi Bridge in Tharaka Nithi County.<\/strong><\/p>\n

KeNHA Wednesday hosted a stakeholder sensitisation meeting at the County Commissioner\u2019s Office in Meru as the contractor moved equipment to the site, a bridge that has over the years, earned the epithet \u2018killer\u2019 bridge.<\/p>\n

Last week, President William Ruto confirmed that the contractor was already on the site, ready to start work, saying that Nithi Bridge evokes bad memories for locals and travellers. \u201cThe contractor is on site, we will build a modern bridge there,\u201d Ruto said.<\/p>\n

In a statement detailing the purpose of the meeting, KeNHA Director General Eng. Luka Kimeli said the Nithi Bridge, located along Makutano-Embu-Meru Road, will be redesigned and realigned to provide a lasting solution to one of the deadliest blackspots in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nithi Bridge has been identified as a high-risk area for road accidents. This is primarily due to restrictive road geometrics arising from the challenging terrain, limited sight distances, and steep curves,\u201d said Eng. Kimeli.<\/p>\n

Nithi Bridge is approximately 48 kilometres from Embu Town and it connects Meru and Tharaka Nithi\u00a0 Counties. It is one of the key infrastructure projects that President Ruto promised Kenyans in 2022.<\/p>\n

He said that this was compounded by poor driver behaviour, including disregard for lane discipline and speed limits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe location continues to attract public concern, necessitating urgent intervention to address the geometric deficiencies to enhance road safety,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n

As part of the detailed design process for the bridge and approach roads, the KeNHA Director General said that the survey team is required to map out all the affected parcels of land on the project corridor to enable the National Land Commission to initiate the land repossession processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will grant the contractor complete possession of the site without any encumbrancers and provide him with the designed alignment\u2019s right-of-way, permitting him to execute works without delay,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

At the same time, locals expressed high hopes, saying that the long-awaited project was finally being actualized by President Ruto\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

Elsepah Njagi, a trader at Mitheru market, said many families have lost their loved ones at Nithi Bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has caused a lot of pain not just to the people of here but also Kenyans at large; the whole country has been affected,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has commenced the reconstruction for the long-awaited Tharaka Nithi Bridge in Tharaka Nithi County. KeNHA Wednesday hosted a stakeholder sensitisation meeting at the County Commissioner\u2019s Office in Meru as the contractor moved equipment to the site, a bridge that has over the years, earned the epithet \u2018killer\u2019 bridge. Last […]<\/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-132145","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\/132145","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=132145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}