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Thika Road Expansion was a Mistake
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Mkimwa
#151 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 12:08:00 PM
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Bottleneck is at Pangani.

The entry from the service lane into the highway should not be there. Now we have 5 lanes moving into 3 lanes, what do you expect.. major traffic issue.

In my opinion:
1. the guys from Kiambu road going to town and forest road should use the underpass at the utalii area, then join the highway at some point.
2. Current entry to the highway should be made into an exit so that guys from thika road can go to pangani/kariokor.
3. Current exit/entry from highway to/from park road should be made into an entry only.. Build an exit point some 100m away from that junction so that guys can use Desai road instead of park road.
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maka
#152 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 12:15:54 PM
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quicksand wrote:
ChessMaster wrote:
If it is this bad with the expansion,how much worse would it have been without it?


There is a bigger picture here. The expansion eased traffic on Thika Road, suddenly making that side of town attractive for residence. Hordes of people moved across, easing congestion in other parts of Nairobi, lowering rents even (or ensuring they held as opposed to the steady march upwards previously - where I live there are 5 vacant apartments with no eager takers). This is what many pundits are unable to see. A few expansions like these on all major arteries into and from Nairobi and things will be swell, but it will take time, planning and money

...I agree with you @quicksand let other areas also be opened up so that the pressure isnt on only one side of the city,atleast they are doing the bomas,karen,langata road junction that will definetly help a bit when its over come May...now imagine if we dint have the age limit rule for rides in this country,traffic would have been HELL...@mukiha who originated this thread 3years back was right after all
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jaggernaut
#153 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 2:12:37 PM
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Remember the old days before the superhighway? And you are still complaining?
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mkeiyd
#154 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 3:34:14 PM
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When Jews were brought from Egypt and they'd no water in the wilderness,they started complaining to Moses saying following him was a mistake.
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Marty
#155 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 3:42:42 PM
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mkeiyd wrote:
When Jews were brought from Egypt and they'd no water in the wilderness,they started complaining to Moses saying following him was a mistake.
Binadamu hana shukrani kamwe!


Yep. I am a user of this road and I tel you that the kidogo jama we are experiencing at the moment cannot remotely compare to pre China Thika road. Of course the last few days have been crazy expecially when they were doing the foot bridge at Pangani.
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jamplu
#156 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 3:56:10 PM
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Those who use thika road should never complain. You should try Mombasa Road jam stretches all the way to Mlolongo Lang'ata road is even worse. Be grateful what
you are experiencing is normal!
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nostoppingthis
#157 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 4:26:47 PM
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What are the future plans for expansion of Thika road? I think it will soon be bumper to bumper...
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Impunity
#158 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 5:00:12 PM
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nostoppingthis wrote:
What are the future plans for expansion of Thika road? I think it will soon be bumper to bumper...


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Lolest!
#159 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 5:01:50 PM
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mgeman wrote:
Lolest! wrote:
Morning traffic jam getting worse every week. By 2017 it will be as bad as it was.
Was also on that jam this morning. The bottleneck is at Muthaiga where the service road from Kiambu and the one from Thika meet.these two service roads are four lanes and are forced to feed onto a two lane road. Design problem I believe.

This is actually 6 lanes feeding into 2 lanes. You forgot the lane from Muthaiga through the overpass.
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Lolest!
#160 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 5:11:32 PM
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Every year, we get hundreds of graduates into the job market. In 2 years time, maybe 20% of them can afford to buy a car through bank and employer credit facilities. This not factoring in those from the informal sector who havent gone through lengthy years in school. We need to make public transport more attractive.
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