President Uhuru Kenyatta is shown the road plan by Transport CS James Macharia at the opening of Miritini-Mwache-Kipevu Link Road in Mombasa County on Thursday. With him are Deputy President William Ruto, Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho and Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Residents will have an alternative to the congested Likoni channel once phases two and three of the project are complete.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said the road will open up the economy of Mombasa and the entire country.
The port is also used by most of the land-locked neighbouring countries for their import-export trade.
The bypass was proposed 30 years ago to decongest Mombasa.
Transport and trade in and around the port city of Mombasa received a major boost with the opening of the first phase of the Sh11 billion Dongo Kundu bypass.
The bypass will ease transport of cargo by road from the port of Mombasa and boost business between Kenya and Tanzania.
