Bungoma county roads CEC Collins Mukhongo has expressed his satisfaction towards the ongoing construction of the dual carriage way which had been left unattended to since the 1970s with the growing population now seeing Bungoma county with over one million people.
Speaking to Dailytrends.co.ke from his office on Tuesday April 28, he noted that the progress is so far good and on time, and it currently stands at 25% and approximately by the end of the year 2021 it will be done and set.
This comes after the Kanduyi-Musikoma dual carriage way project was launched on 12th of May 2019 with 1.3 billion shillings being allocated for the project.
The 6.5km dual carriage way was estimated to take 24 months to construct.
Touching on the bridges following a recent incident that got one boda-boda member losing his life at Siritanyi on Namisi river after drowning, Mr Mukhongo noted that as a county the requirement for bridges is 97 bridges and so far, 17 have been done.
He went further to note that the budget for bridges is quite expensive hence the smallest bridge can cost around 5-6 million approximately and the bigger one can go up to Ksh 30 million plus , and so it is advised to have some money for world based programs and so members of the county assembly are expected to prioritize such bridges because every ward is allocated between 13 and 15 million shillings every financial year and its expected that those kind of bridges fall under that category.
On other roads the CEC noted that the county government is collaborating with the likes of KENHA, Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) and the Kenya Urban Rural Roads Authority (KURRA)to see the success of transportation in the county of Bungoma.
He finalized by urging all the Bungoma county residents to be vigilant in the prevention of Covid-19 by washing hands frequently, wearing masks and staying at home as much as possible.