The Outer Ring Road is a 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) multi-lane highway located in Nairobi, Kenya. Construction funding was initially provided by the African Development Bank in 2013, although construction delays and increased traffic have delayed completion of the project.[1][2] The highway runs primarily along the Eastlands area of Nairobi and connects major transportation hubs including the Nairobi-Thika Highway, Mombasa Road, and the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

In August 2020, Kenya secured a $59 million (KSh6.4 billion) loan from the South Korean Export-Import Bank to build special lanes for high-capacity buses (bus rapid transit) to expand the road's carrying capacity.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Kenya – Nairobi outer ring road improvement Project". projectsportal.afdb.org. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  2. ↑ "Upgrading of Nairobi's Outer Ring Road to take longer". The East African. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  3. ↑ August 27, 2020, Thursday. "Sh6.4bn loan for Outer Ring Road upgrade". Business Daily. Retrieved 2020-11-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Treasury Signs Ksh 6b Deal For BRT Project in Outer Ring Road". Kenyan Wallstreet. Retrieved 2020-11-09.

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