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limanika
#31 Posted : Friday, October 18, 2013 5:39:33 PM
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a4architect.com wrote:
@limanika, watch this video

https://www.facebook.com...o.php?v=215653181793233[

Am sure you have used Thika road especially the area around muthithi road near museum hill. There is no shortage of space as such or any presence of service lines.
I deal with design so i know these things. A design that is not well criticized during initial design stages usually has such flaws here and there.

These flaws can be ironed out through retendering the project for design again at these areas with problems.


Understood but any adjacent space belongs to someone. Whereas anyone can design a perfect road in the middle of Sahara desert where land is cheap, and there is no shortage of space, Thika Road was just a complex case. There were political issues at play, don’t ask me to explain. I believe the engineers did the best under the circumstances. I Consider Thika Road to be better than sections of Waiyaki Way and Mombasa Road
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a4architect.com
#32 Posted : Friday, October 18, 2013 6:12:29 PM
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@limanika. The thika road engineers did a good job but their flaws are unlike any that we have seen with kenyan engineers. I have only seen such flaws in indian roads in the video
https://www.facebook.com...o.php?v=215653181793233[

Kenya has a compulsory acqusistion law that is to be used when govt needs more land for services.
The only mistake i have seen with thika road is the design such that cars can interveave each other as seen near muthithi road/museum hill which will cause alot of serious accidents in future.
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limanika
#33 Posted : Wednesday, October 23, 2013 7:00:57 PM
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a4architect.com wrote:
@limanika. The thika road engineers did a good job but their flaws are unlike any that we have seen with kenyan engineers. I have only seen such flaws in indian roads in the video
https://www.facebook.com...o.php?v=215653181793233[

Kenya has a compulsory acqusistion law that is to be used when govt needs more land for services.
The only mistake i have seen with thika road is the design such that cars can interveave each other as seen near muthithi road/museum hill which will cause alot of serious accidents in future.

What you are calling a design flaw can be corrected very easily- just block cars from one direction so they have to drive longer before joining the highway. If this is done, believe you me some other Kenyans will be up in arms the following day.
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#34 Posted : Thursday, October 24, 2013 4:33:32 PM
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@limanika..good point. Kenyan road engineers need to effect this design change ASAP since its causing unnecessary deaths on the daily.
People wont mind travelling for a short distance if it will save their lives eg around museum hill.
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