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Disuse turning footbridges into white elephants

Buxton footbridge

A hawker walks near the Buxton footbridge in Mombasa. The footbridge is usually unused by residents.

Photo credit: Wachira Mwangi | Nation Media Group

A new way of protecting pedestrians is by building footbridges. But residents of some particular areas have not put these footbridges to good use, seeming to instead prefer to cross the dangerous roads on foot instead of using the facilities.

In Mombasa County, for instance, two footbridges have recently been built — one across Makande from Tudor area and the other at Buxton Estate. However, these footbridges are rarely used despite having cost the taxpayers millions of shillings to build.