The long-overdue construction of the Rironi-Mau Summit Road will begin in August, President William Ruto announced.
He said design work and other technicalities for the project are almost complete before he breaks ground on it in two months time.
“We have agreed with the contractors to speed up the project and complete it by 2027.
If not, they should have done a substantial portion of it by that time,” he said.
He made the remarks when he hosted a delegation of leaders from Nakuru County at State House, Nairobi, on Wednesday.
Present were Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika, Trade and Investments Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui and other leaders.
Ruto explained that the Rironi-Mau Summit Road would consist of four lanes from Rironi to Naivasha town as well as the Maai Mahiu-Naivasha road.
The road will then expand to six lanes from Naivasha town to Nakuru City in order to adequately handle the high volume of traffic on the route.