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sanity
#171 Posted : Friday, November 17, 2017 10:11:44 AM
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All these and yet pedestrians and Matatus not catered for.
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Musimo
#172 Posted : Wednesday, November 22, 2017 1:56:46 PM
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sanity wrote:
All these and yet pedestrians and Matatus not catered for.


After the kiboko thika road did on them, the contractor and contracting agency decided to wait so that they can determine the actual pints where the footbridges and the stages would be constructed to avoid over-spending on the road. They will be built, and with a high degree of certainty at points where there are high numbers of pedestrians so that they will not remain majorly unused like the mang'u high school one. Remember also that the street lighting has not been done yet.
jgithige
#173 Posted : Wednesday, November 22, 2017 2:33:47 PM
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Musimo wrote:
sanity wrote:
All these and yet pedestrians and Matatus not catered for.


After the kiboko thika road did on them, the contractor and contracting agency decided to wait so that they can determine the actual pints where the footbridges and the stages would be constructed to avoid over-spending on the road. They will be built, and with a high degree of certainty at points where there are high numbers of pedestrians so that they will not remain majorly unused like the mang'u high school one. Remember also that the street lighting has not been done yet.


Something needs to be done in allsops area. Ever jam especially on weekends and peakhours. Maybe an interchange would do.
"Blowing out someone else candle won't make yours shine brighter"-Anonymous
Realtreaty
#174 Posted : Friday, March 30, 2018 12:53:48 PM
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Gosh!!!Sad d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

800 Million for 10 bridges???

80 Million per bridge ?

Then we get similar bridges like ones on City stadium, Ladhies road and wakulima market that look like they were intended for Wild beast crossings?

Why the bridges were never include in the initial tendering?

Kenyan engineers are myopic and too useless to think anything and reason foreign cons are able to screw us.

We need better Project Managers as this was a miss during the prototype session

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

https://www.businessdailyafrica....364312-iwu57g/index.html

wukan
#175 Posted : Friday, March 30, 2018 2:13:13 PM
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Joined: 11/13/2015
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Realtreaty wrote:
Gosh!!!Sad d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

800 Million for 10 bridges???

80 Million per bridge ?

Then we get similar bridges like ones on City stadium, Ladhies road and wakulima market that look like they were intended for Wild beast crossings?

Why the bridges were never include in the initial tendering?

Kenyan engineers are myopic and too useless to think anything and reason foreign cons are able to screw us.

We need better Project Managers as this was a miss during the prototype session

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

https://www.businessdailyafrica....364312-iwu57g/index.html



The projects done by kenya urban roads authority have a lot of issues. Upper hill roads come to mind no pedestrian facilities at all. I think the engineers at KURA don't care about pedestrians as road users. They should be taken to Japan to be schooled on building urban roads.
Stiffler
#176 Posted : Friday, March 30, 2018 6:44:26 PM
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Location: Nairobi
wukan wrote:
Realtreaty wrote:
Gosh!!!Sad d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

800 Million for 10 bridges???

80 Million per bridge ?

Then we get similar bridges like ones on City stadium, Ladhies road and wakulima market that look like they were intended for Wild beast crossings?

Why the bridges were never include in the initial tendering?

Kenyan engineers are myopic and too useless to think anything and reason foreign cons are able to screw us.

We need better Project Managers as this was a miss during the prototype session

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

https://www.businessdailyafrica....364312-iwu57g/index.html



The projects done by kenya urban roads authority have a lot of issues. Upper hill roads come to mind no pedestrian facilities at all. I think the engineers at KURA don't care about pedestrians as road users. They should be taken to Japan to be schooled on building urban roads.


In Transport Unit in any Engineering Class, the need to cater for Pedestrians is always stressed on. There is a Stretch on Riverside Drive I always refer to in my Technical Discourses. Room for Pedestrians and Cyclists well provided for.

Some of these cases are just greedy guys at the ministry/ client. Tender Documents have 10 footbridges, do 5 instead. Pocket the 500 mill savings....
Angelica _ann
#177 Posted : Saturday, March 31, 2018 10:50:11 AM
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Joined: 12/7/2012
Posts: 11,936
Stiffler wrote:
wukan wrote:
Realtreaty wrote:
Gosh!!!Sad d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

800 Million for 10 bridges???

80 Million per bridge ?

Then we get similar bridges like ones on City stadium, Ladhies road and wakulima market that look like they were intended for Wild beast crossings?

Why the bridges were never include in the initial tendering?

Kenyan engineers are myopic and too useless to think anything and reason foreign cons are able to screw us.

We need better Project Managers as this was a miss during the prototype session

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

https://www.businessdailyafrica....364312-iwu57g/index.html



The projects done by kenya urban roads authority have a lot of issues. Upper hill roads come to mind no pedestrian facilities at all. I think the engineers at KURA don't care about pedestrians as road users. They should be taken to Japan to be schooled on building urban roads.


In Transport Unit in any Engineering Class, the need to cater for Pedestrians is always stressed on. There is a Stretch on Riverside Drive I always refer to in my Technical Discourses. Room for Pedestrians and Cyclists well provided for.

Some of these cases are just greedy guys at the ministry/ client. Tender Documents have 10 footbridges, do 5 instead. Pocket the 500 mill savings....


This is normal eating by Jubilee Government, as was expected!!!
In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins - cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later - H Geneen
kawi254
#178 Posted : Saturday, March 31, 2018 8:26:51 PM
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Joined: 2/20/2015
Posts: 468
Location: Nairobi
Angelica _ann wrote:
Stiffler wrote:
wukan wrote:
Realtreaty wrote:
Gosh!!!Sad d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

800 Million for 10 bridges???

80 Million per bridge ?

Then we get similar bridges like ones on City stadium, Ladhies road and wakulima market that look like they were intended for Wild beast crossings?

Why the bridges were never include in the initial tendering?

Kenyan engineers are myopic and too useless to think anything and reason foreign cons are able to screw us.

We need better Project Managers as this was a miss during the prototype session

d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! d'oh!

https://www.businessdailyafrica....364312-iwu57g/index.html




80 Million per bridge is cheap by Jubilee tendering standards. The ones at GM & Bellevue Mombasa road cost 440 Million per bridge.
The projects done by kenya urban roads authority have a lot of issues. Upper hill roads come to mind no pedestrian facilities at all. I think the engineers at KURA don't care about pedestrians as road users. They should be taken to Japan to be schooled on building urban roads.


In Transport Unit in any Engineering Class, the need to cater for Pedestrians is always stressed on. There is a Stretch on Riverside Drive I always refer to in my Technical Discourses. Room for Pedestrians and Cyclists well provided for.

Some of these cases are just greedy guys at the ministry/ client. Tender Documents have 10 footbridges, do 5 instead. Pocket the 500 mill savings....


This is normal eating by Jubilee Government, as was expected!!!

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