POWERCHINA's subsidiary STECOL Corporation and Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute Group Co recently signed a contract for the design and construction of a complete bus rapid transit (BRT) system for the Thika Highway in Kenya.
The BRT transport network -- which will be located in Nairobi, capital of Kenya -- will cost about $50 million. The total length of the bus network is about 27 kilometers, with 20.18 km of dedicated roads.
The construction will include 25 stations, 10 overpasses, two parking spaces and related support facilities. It was the first publicly tendered BRT system undertaken by the Kenyan government.
After the completion, the BRT network will offer speed, punctuality and quality.
It will greatly reduce the current traffic congestion in Nairobi and help improve the local bus operating environment, optimizing the public transport structure.
In addition, it will serve as a model operating route for Kenya's BRT system.
Neat, STECOL Corporation will continue to do a good job in the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, intensify efforts in project planning and design, and orderly promote the start of the project on schedule.
