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Road Construction in UpperHill
webish
#1 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 7:25:28 AM
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Seriously, are they even intending to finish Phase 1 of this project? All other Road constructions I see, have some progress, but this. Eh.

Yani, most part of Upper Hill is so unbearable. Unsafe to both pedestrians and motorists. You can never walk the "streets" anymore..

Too much dust, which is now a health hazard. Someone dug the Road at CBA cross junction, and left it like that, leaving a single lane for all motorists from four directions. This lack of order is so annoying, and I am a totally frustrated taxpayer.

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XSK
#2 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:00:14 AM
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webish wrote:
Seriously, are they even intending to finish Phase 1 of this project? All other Road constructions I see, have some progress, but this. Eh.

Yani, most part of Upper Hill is so unbearable. Unsafe to both pedestrians and motorists. You can never walk the "streets" anymore..

Too much dust, which is now a health hazard. Someone dug the Road at CBA cross junction, and left it like that, leaving a single lane for all motorists from four directions. This lack of order is so annoying, and I am a totally frustrated taxpayer.


its such a shame. I never look forward to being in that hill from around 5 pm. The traffic is a mess. It is said (dont ask who) that due to the many buildings coming up, the road contractors do not want to finish their roads as the heavy trucks will damage them soon after and it will seem like they did not their job properly. They are therefore marking time!
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2012
#3 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:02:00 AM
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It all boils down to the Governor. If you see the potholes around the city then you can tell what his priorities pertains to the roads. Roads in this state hinder development of the county something Governor Al Mutua would tell you for free.

BBI will solve it
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mkeiyd
#4 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:22:53 AM
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2012 wrote:
It all boils down to the Governor. If you see the potholes around the city then you can tell what his priorities pertains to the roads. Roads in this state hinder development of the county something Governor Al Mutua would tell you for free.


Like seriously? Before the "governor" there were no potholes in Nai? I didn't know that.
timuka
#5 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:24:20 AM
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There are so many foreign embassies, multinational banks and insurance companies, international development agencies the likes of world bank and JICA, five star hotels the list is endless. Why cant they come together and form a lobby group to pressure the relevant government agencies to do something about it.
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#6 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:29:05 AM
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Those short stretches have taken too long! And they have to be complete before Ngong Rd is done! Who knows when Ngong Rd is scheduled to start?
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webish
#7 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 8:43:12 AM
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XSK wrote:
webish wrote:
Seriously, are they even intending to finish Phase 1 of this project? All other Road constructions I see, have some progress, but this. Eh.

Yani, most part of Upper Hill is so unbearable. Unsafe to both pedestrians and motorists. You can never walk the "streets" anymore..

Too much dust, which is now a health hazard. Someone dug the Road at CBA cross junction, and left it like that, leaving a single lane for all motorists from four directions. This lack of order is so annoying, and I am a totally frustrated taxpayer.


its such a shame. I never look forward to being in that hill from around 5 pm. The traffic is a mess. It is said (dont ask who) that due to the many buildings coming up, the road contractors do not want to finish their roads as the heavy trucks will damage them soon after and it will seem like they did not their job properly. They are therefore marking time!


I would almost believe this. Because it now looks very intentional. No progress at all. Nothing.

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theman192000
#8 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 9:49:21 AM
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XSK wrote:
webish wrote:
Seriously, are they even intending to finish Phase 1 of this project? All other Road constructions I see, have some progress, but this. Eh.

Yani, most part of Upper Hill is so unbearable. Unsafe to both pedestrians and motorists. You can never walk the "streets" anymore..

Too much dust, which is now a health hazard. Someone dug the Road at CBA cross junction, and left it like that, leaving a single lane for all motorists from four directions. This lack of order is so annoying, and I am a totally frustrated taxpayer.


its such a shame. I never look forward to being in that hill from around 5 pm. The traffic is a mess. It is said (dont ask who) that due to the many buildings coming up, the road contractors do not want to finish their roads as the heavy trucks will damage them soon after and it will seem like they did not their job properly. They are therefore marking time!


While you are asking us not to ask who, we can in the mean time analyse your statement nonetheless.

Other roads have been completed recently in areas where construction is ongoing case in point is Ring Road Kileleshwa. So are we saying that the trucks in Kileleshwa are lighter than those in Upperhill? Even if the trucks in Upperhill are heavier, would they not destroy roads outside of Upperhill are is their movement confined to Upperhill?

In my experience, most contractors want to complete their project ahead of time due to rising cost of materials, finance and labour costs. Some of the reasons a contractor would halt works is if they are not being paid by the client, a dispute has arisen or a court order has been issued due to various factors stopping further work on the project.
TAZ
#9 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:07:32 AM
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mkeiyd wrote:
2012 wrote:
It all boils down to the Governor. If you see the potholes around the city then you can tell what his priorities pertains to the roads. Roads in this state hinder development of the county something Governor Al Mutua would tell you for free.


Like seriously? Before the "governor" there were no potholes in Nai? I didn't know that.


I think what @2012 is trying to say is that Kidero needs to do something since he's now the Governor of Nairobi.
Mukiri
#10 Posted : Thursday, October 17, 2013 10:16:01 AM
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TAZ wrote:
mkeiyd wrote:
2012 wrote:
It all boils down to the Governor. If you see the potholes around the city then you can tell what his priorities pertains to the roads. Roads in this state hinder development of the county something Governor Al Mutua would tell you for free.


Like seriously? Before the "governor" there were no potholes in Nai? I didn't know that.


I think what @2012 is trying to say is that Kidero needs to do something since he's now the Governor of Nairobi.

Someone here might call @2012 a tribalist for that comment. From what I gather, if you belong to a certain community, you can do no wrong.

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