Garsen–Witu–Lamu Highway


Garsen–Witu–Lamu Highway is a road, under construction in Kenya, connecting the towns of Garsen, Witu and Lamu.

Location

The road starts at Garsen, in Tana River County, pursuing a general easterly direction through Witu to end at Mokowe in Lamu County, where the ferry connects to Lamu Island, a total distance of about. However the construction contract gives the distance as.

Overview

This road, is an important trade corridor for traffic headed from Nairobi, South Sudan and Ethiopia, to the proposed Port Lamu and is a component of the Lamu-Moyale Highway, part of LAPSSET.

Upgrade and funding

The government of Kenya, using locally sourced funds, plans to upgrade the entire road to class II bitumen surface with shoulders, culverts and drainage channels. Kenya National Highway Authority is handling the hiring of a qualified, competent contractor to carry on the work.
H-Young Company was selected to improve the surface to grade II bitumen standard, widen the road to across, with culverts, drainage channels and side paths at a cost of KSh10.8 billion. As of December 2018, construction works were approximately 20 percent complete, with a completion date of December 2019.