KENHA Issues New Routes After Traffic Snarl-Up on Nairobi-Nakuru Highway

In a statement on Saturday, September 3, KeNHA directed motorists to use the Flyover-Njabini-Olkalou-Lanet and Naivasha-Olkalou-Lanet routes. 

Further, the highway authority ordered trucks to delay their travels until the situation eases at Gilgil. 

KeNHA had notified the public that a section of the Northern Corridor, between Naivasha and Nakuru was experiencing congestion due to a traffic incident near the rail over road bridge between Gilgil turn-off and the weighbridge. 

Police were deployed to man the situation and restore normalcy. Motorists were advised to exercise lane discipline and avoid overlapping. 

Motorists were stuck in the snarl-up from 7 pm on Friday, September 2 up to 9am Saturday morning.

Road users reprimanded the trucks using the weighbridge and called on the police and road authorities to intervene.

“We have slept on the road from 8 pm Nairobi to Gilgil (currently). No movement. No idea what’s causing the gridlock,” one Lilian Oranga lamented on her social media pages. 

KeNHA cautioned motorists from overlapping and worsening the situation.
 

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