Reduced Mombasa-Kilifi travel time, tourism corridor enhancement, cross-border trade facilitation, road safety improvements
Mombasa-Mtwapa-Kilifi Road (A7 Dualling)
56km road upgrade from Nyali Bridge to Kilifi including 8-lane dual carriageway, new Mtwapa Bridge, and grade-separated interchanges.
AnnouncedDecember 1, 2020
StartedJanuary 1, 2022
Expected CompletionDecember 31, 2027
Financials
Offering PriceKsh 41,700,000,000KES
Timeline
AfDB Financing Approved
African Development Bank approved KES 38.4 billion financing package; EU contributed KES 3.3 billion grant
Lot 2 (Mtwapa-Kilifi) Construction Launched
President Ruto launched the Mtwapa-Kwa Kadzengo-Kilifi road section
Lot 1 (Mombasa-Mtwapa) 90% Complete
Government announced the 13.5km Mombasa-Mtwapa section is 90% complete despite land acquisition delays
Contractors
Various AfDB-Procured Contractors
Road Construction (Lot 1 & Lot 2)Multiple contractors for the two lots of the A7 highway upgrade
Politicians Involved
Uhuru Kenyatta
President of KenyaInitiated and inspected the Mombasa-Mtwapa-Kilifi road dualling project
James Macharia
Cabinet Secretary for TransportLaunched the project and supervised construction progress
Benefits
Description
This major road project upgrades the A7 highway from Nyali Bridge in Mombasa to Kilifi town, covering 56.1km in two lots. Lot 1 (13.5km, Nyali Bridge to Mtwapa Bridge) involves constructing an 8-lane dual carriageway with service lanes, six grade-separated interchanges, and six footbridges, including a new Mtwapa Creek bridge. Lot 2 (40.4km, Mtwapa to Kilifi) involves a mix of dual carriageway (7km) and expanded single carriageway (33km). The project is part of the 460km multinational Malindi-Tanga-Bagamoyo East African Coastal Corridor connecting Kenya and Tanzania. Funded primarily by the African Development Bank with EU grant support.
Overview
Key section of the transnational East African Coastal Corridor, transforming connectivity between Mombasa and the North Coast tourism zone while facilitating cross-border trade with Tanzania.