Public transport vehicles plying up-country routes will be barred from the Central Business District (CBD) in yet another city decongestion plan.
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has given a committee headed by County Transport Executive Mohamed Abdullahi 30 days to come up with a relocation plan for bus termini located within the CBD.
“We will need to sit with all of them
(upcountry operators) within the 30 days to come up with a viable relocation plan,” Mr Abdullahi said.
The buses will have to relocate to alternative sites outside the city with Mr Abdullahi saying that within the period they will be looking at potential termination points.
The plan to bar upcountry PSVs from entering the CBD was introduced in 2009 by the City Hall but flopped after it was strongly resisted by the operators.
There are three main roads through which upcountry traffic gets to the CBD—Waiyaki Way, Mombasa Road and Thika Road— meaning that the county government will have to come up with at least three major termini.
